The Ideal Point of Care Device for Healthcare Organizations

At ProviNET Solutions, we are constantly vetting the marketplace to help ensure our best-of-breed recommendations continue to be of value to our clients. For that, we take pride in the solutions we routinely endorse. Specifically, we understand the importance of our healthcare clients choosing the correct Point of Care devices, recognizing the significant impact on an organization if they don’t have the right solution in place. This is why, over the last five years, ProviNET Solutions has partnered with Pioneer Solutions, as they offer a number of medical-grade touchscreen options that are an ideal fit for healthcare organizations.

The medical-grade touchscreen computers manufactured by Pioneer are specifically designed for healthcare environments, featuring an embedded privacy filter and antimicrobial properties that set their offering apart from the rest. These state-of-the-art touchscreen computers include a rugged design that can withstand the harsh and demanding healthcare environments, and are even built to protect against liquid sprays and can withstand millions of touches. Their enclosure contains an anti-microbial additive to prevent the growth and spread of surface micro-organisms and bacteria.  And to help comply with rigorous HIPAA requirements, the devices are also equipped to protect patients’ personal and confiden­tial information with their innovative design, allowing a privacy screen filter to be embedded internally.  Due to this design, only the user directly in front of the screen may see the information, concealing views from other angles. As an added benefit, this embedded privacy filter also eliminates the need to regularly clean the display from fingerprints and helps prevent scratches.

The Pioneer platform also provides versatility, primarily when considering initiatives to help ensure caregivers maintain mobility throughout their area of responsibility for the entire shift. The freedom to move about the facility with a mobile, all-in-one device featuring a hot-swappable battery has been a game-changer for the medication administration workflow. Previously, a laptop was the most common solution, often requiring carts to be left plugged into the wall.

Another enormous advantage to consider with the Pioneer platform is that the devices have a longer life cycle than most commercially available or consumer-grade all-in-ones. This allows larger enterprises to implement phased rollouts, installing the same device model over several years. Not only does this method help reduce deployment and support overhead, but it also helps minimize the total cost of ownership of the equipment. Because these devices are purpose-built with a healthcare setting in mind, this helps mitigate the customers’ concern of having to purchase replacement hardware that isn’t intended for this specific purpose every 1-2 years.

Choosing the right point of care device may seem like a difficult and daunting task, but there are resources available to assist you! Pioneer and ProviNET have teamed up to create a free resource kit that will outline a series of items to consider to ensure you are able to establish well-defined goals and outcomes throughout this exercise. We hope that this kit will help you and your organization understand the various components and then take the correct steps to make informed decisions for your organization. To download the free eBook, please visit www.www.provinet.com/poc. Also, please doesn’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, feel free to send me an email anytime at markn@provinet.com I would love to chat with you.