Our Computer Suck...

[Old_Mil]

They are old, slow, and suffer a lot of crashes/freezes. I spoke with IT and they are willing to set up a tablet for me with wifi. Are there any windows tablets with large amounts of memory and high powered processors?

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[GeneralVeers]

Surface Pro might be your best bet.

 

[link2swim06]

Depending on the EMR it may not even be the computer itself. I know ours runs a virtual desktop that is really more dependent on the servers than the individual computer it is running on. Although if the computer itself is a dinosaur that can be a problem too.

Most virtual desktop setups don't require or even use large amounts of memory or processing power in the above setup. They just need a good internet connection and hopefully your hospital's servers aren't too slow.

 

[Old_Mil]

Surface Pro 2/3 seems.to be the way to go. Ordered an i5 with 8 gigs of RAM. Will let you know how this experiment goes... I may even install dragon and get a bluetooth headset and dictate into the tablet. Get google glass for resources and I will be half borg when I walk into the exam room.

 

[ccfccp]

Resistance is futile... here is your dilaudid.

 

[Groove]

Mil, did you have much luck with the surface? I'm considering buying one and installing dragon on it. We're using Cerner Firstnet and I'm having limited success with an iPad/citrix for punching in orders as I move from room to room in our spread out ED but I'm looking for something more efficient. One of my colleagues just bought one but I can't tell if it would be much more efficiency or not. I'm a full Apple guy but the iPad doesn't really cut it. I even got a bamboo stylus to use with it but it's not quite pin point accurate enough. I'd love to be able to dictate in my HPI and MDM on days when I don't have scribes. I used dragon at my last gig though I haven't missed it too much since I'm a fast typer. Anyway, was curious how your surface experiment went or anybody else that's using one at work.

 

[TraumaBlonde]

I absolutely love my iPad,
I've been seeing the iPad minis lately in the trauma bay,

But if you're a window's fan, my brother uses the brand new windows' tablet/keyboard, and he has been very pleased with it thus far

 

[Groove]

Well, the problem I'm having with the iPad is that I have to re-log into citrix/firstnet every time I pick it back up and roam. As soon as I sit down at my workstation to chart, I have to re-log back in which closes my iPad session. The dragon component isn't a necessity though it's nice to be able to dictate. The attraction of the surface to me is that it would be a single device that I could do everything on. The only other solution I can think of with dragon involved would be my macbook set up with dragon and the iPad using a remote desktop viewing app like VNC/Logmein. Or... I could just get used to the multiple log ins and just use the iPad for remote orders when I'm away from my workstation.

 

[TraumaBlonde]

 

[RustedFox]

Tangentially related:

New laptops still NEED to include a CD or DVD ROM drive.

The Mrs. and I got our wedding photos today in the mail. On two DVD-ROMs. Neither of our "new" laptops have a DVD drive.

Out comes the old lappy, with DVD to flash drive to external HD transfer shufflesteps.

 

[la gringa]

Fox - an external DVD drive is not expensive anymore... I got one with my new lenovo laptop for about $70. really though, other than things like that, when's the last time you used a dvd/cd?

i'm really, really, really, really hoping my current hospital's pending move/?upgrade to Epic will include tablet functionality for order entry. current system totally blows and no one seems interested in fixing it as "epic is coming".

 

[deleted547339]

Tangentially related:

New laptops still NEED to include a CD or DVD ROM drive.

The Mrs. and I got our wedding photos today in the mail. On two DVD-ROMs. Neither of our "new" laptops have a DVD drive.

Out comes the old lappy, with DVD to flash drive to external HD transfer shufflesteps.

Congrats.

 

[RustedFox]

Fox - an external DVD drive is not expensive anymore... I got one with my new lenovo laptop for about $70. really though, other than things like that, when's the last time you used a dvd/cd?

i'm really, really, really, really hoping my current hospital's pending move/?upgrade to Epic will include tablet functionality for order entry. current system totally blows and no one seems interested in fixing it as "epic is coming".

Yeah, I knew that argument would be made... but i dont want to 'have to buy another peripheral' to do what was once easy.

Last time I used a dvd on my PC was last month to watch "Desperado" on my PC.
Last time I used a CD was to play SimGolf on the PC (1-2 months ago).
And God forbid I want to listen to say R.E.M's "Green".

 

[Birdstrike]

Yeah, I knew that argument would be made... but i dont want to 'have to buy another peripheral' to do what was once easy.

Last time I used a dvd on my PC was last month to watch "Desperado" on my PC.
Last time I used a CD was to play SimGolf on the PC (1-2 months ago).
And God forbid I want to listen to say R.E.M's "Green".

My favorite R.E.M. song:

"Superman"
R.E.M. • Life's Rich Pageant on Spotify: