Ontario hospital invests in bedside computers

Collingwood General & Marine (G&M) Hospital, of Toronto, is set to install bedside computers from Lincor Solutions to provide staff and patients with access to clinical and multimedia applications.

With Lincor’s MEDIVista tool running site wide, the 72-bed G&M system will feature touch-screen computers installed at every bed, fully integrated with clinical, diagnostic and hospital management systems to meet the needs of clinicians, patients and hospital administration personnel, according to Lincor.

Lincor MEDIVista enables clinicians to access patient records and clinical applications, and to record observations in real-time eliminating the need for additional hardware on the wards and the error-prone practice of re-keying information. The same secure, sterile, touchscreen bedside PC provides television, phone, internet, games, video telephony, educational content and hospital information for patients, the company stated.  

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