Microsoft OneNote Mobile

Chris Pratley from the Microsoft Office OneNote Team is blogging about OneNote Mobile for your mobile device. OneNote Mobile will be available in the release of Microsoft Office 12.

Read his blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/chris_pratley/archive/2005/11/21/494990.aspx

I've been using the current version of OneNote on my Tablet PC. It is a great notetaking application. However, having the versatility of being able to use OneNote on my Pocket PC is a very welcome feature.

Medical Economics Article on Tablet PC

Medical Economics has a great article about the Tablet PC in healthcare at: http://www.memag.com/memag/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=182804

Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics '06

Save the Date
University of Maryland School of Nursing 16th Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics July 19 - 22, 2006 Baltimore, Maryland www.nursing.umaryland.edu/informatics

Theme:Advancing Clinical Practice Through Nursing Informatics Keynote Speaker Don Detmer, MD, MA, President and CEO of AMIA

Abstracts accepted for peer-reviewed paper and poster presentations starting November 1 For information on sponsoring and exhibiting, contact Gail Doerr at 410-706-4122 or doerr@son.umaryland.edu

A heartfelt thank you goes out to all of you who made the Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics, 2005 a huge success. It was the largest nursing informatics conference ever held, with nearly 700 participants from 37 states and 11 nations. Nine corporate sponsors supported the event as well as 32 select exhibitors. The Planning Committee is hard at work on SINI 06. We hope to see you this summer.

Tablet PC in Healthcare Whitepaper

Motion Computing has a new whitepaper on the Tablet PC in healthcare. You can access it at: http://www.motioncomputing.com/resources/Tablet%20PCs%20in%20Healthcare%20-%208-15-05.pdf

Overlake Hospital Medical Center CIO Interview on Channel 9

There is a great Channel 9 interview by Robert Scoble with Bill Crounse, M.D., Microsoft's Global Healthcare Industry Manager and Kent Hargrave, CIO at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington. See the interview at: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=96677

Hargrave speaks about Tablet PC utilization at his hospital, HIPAA, and the challenges of implementing the digital healthcare organization.

Tablet PC Improvements in Windows Vista

Take a look at the Microsoft website on Windows Vista for information about the Tablet PC and Windows Vista at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/mobile/

This is one of the enhancements that I have wanted - the ability to directly ink in applications like PowerPoint without having to use the Tablet PC Input Panel. I hope we see more ease of use innovations like this!

The Perfect Nursing Tablet PC?

Is the Motion LS 800 the perfect nursing Tablet PC? Finally, the Tablet PC I have been waiting for! Motion has just announced a new 8.4 inch screen Tablet PC available with their famous "View Anywhere" screen. For more information see: http://www.motioncomputing.com/products/tablet_pc_ls.asp This is the combination that I have been waiting for: a smaller screen (but not Pocket PC size) in a slate format. Tablet PC Talk mentioned something about fitting in a labcoat pocket (I'd like to see this). All they need to do now is make it indestructable.

Don't get me wrong, I love my Toshiba M205. But, it is a little large dragging it around on rounds. It is the perfect tool for going from meeting to meeting (in conference rooms or offices). It is a bit hefty when you want to take notes from environmental rounds so you don't need to take writen notes and transcribe them to complete your report on rounds.

If anyone from Motion is listening...great job! I'd be more than willing to test one out and provide a full report on it here!

Institute on Nursing Informatics & Classification

Slightly off the Tablet PC topic, but very much on the nursing topic:

DESCRIPTION: The Institute includes cutting edge content on the interface of nursing informatics & classification. Emphasis is placed on the actual use of standardized language in clinical and educational settings. The Institute emphasizes in-depth, current information on the ANA recognized classifications of NANDA International, NIC (Nursing Interventions Classification), NOC (Nursing Outcomes Classification). Developments, implementation, and clinical evaluation of these classifications will be discussed. Presentations and dialogue with developers and users from various settings will be offered. There will be opportunities throughout this 3-day conference to network.

The conference will include keynote presentations by Colleen Di Iorio, Looking to the future: Measurement tools and strategies; Joanne Dochterman, Conducting effectiveness research: strategies and issues; and Margaret Lunney, Teaching nurses to use NANDA, NIC and NOC: Novice to Expert.

Presenters emphasizing the actual use of NIC and NOC in education and clinical settings are Mary Clarke, Genesis; Toddy Manson, Nebraska Methodist Hospital; Evelyn Burruss and Judy Long, Fresno County Department of Community Health; Teresa Clark, Joe Greiner, and Pam Kunert, University Hospitals & Clinics; Gail Keenan, University of Michigan. Discussion will include current systems as well as database development and issues related to the classifications in practice.


The brochure/registration form is available online at http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/centers/cncce/ or email Sharon Sweeney, sharon-sweeney@uiowa.edu

Microsoft Office Reference Implementation for Clinical Forms

I just realized that I had posted information on the Case Management Reference but never posted information on the Microsoft Office Reference Implementation for Clinical Forms. The Clinical Forms Reference gives a great illustration of the automation of collecting, retrieving, and sharing patient information in an emergency department, enabling clinicians to become more productive and efficient using the Tablet PC and Microsoft InfoPath 2003. Using the reference implementation leads to reduced patient wait time, fewer treatment errors, and instant access to patient information. To me, this is the type of implementation that the Tablet PC was destined for in healthcare.



See: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/cits/iwp/ricm/tninput.mspx

Care Management Reference Implementation for Microsoft Office 2003

Care Management Reference Implementation for Microsoft Office 2003



The Care Management reference implementation for Microsoft® Office 2003 contains sample code, templates, and guidance that demonstrate the possibilities in using the Microsoft Office System to address critical business issues.



Overview

Intended for developers and IT implementers, this download of sample code, templates, and guidance demonstrates one possibility for implementing a solution to extend care management programs to more members using the Microsoft Office System. The content provided with the reference implementation illustrates how to use Microsoft Office InfoPath® 2003 XML-forms to streamline task management and to utilize Microsoft Office SharePoint® Portal Server 2003 to implement a unified process and documentation approach. From a business perspective, the Care Management reference implementation shows how health plans can increase their care management capacity.



See: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=2ce5a873-3767-452a-a938-69bc3ba990fa&displaylang=en