In our June 23rd post we described some of the healthcare applications that occur outside of the four walls and the popular mobility solutions for healthcare businesses with field workers.  Today I’d like to take a closer look at what mobile diagnostic and home health care businesses can do by moving to automation.

Home health care and mobile diagnostic businesses rely on workers in the field to provide mobile medical services to patients who can’t be treated on-site.  Mobile solutions provide healthcare field workers with the tools they need on-the-go, while also providing the back office with web-based dispatching and the ability to assign and track visits in real-time.  Supplying your mobile healthcare workers with handheld mobile devices enables them to:

• View historical patient data in the field
• Capture readings-dispensed pharmaceuticals, medical supplies issued and treatments
• Capture images of wounds
• Capture signatures for proof-of-completion
• Populate electronic forms with arrival and departure time for insurance and billing

Collected data is transmitted to the back office in real-time, allowing management to access and report on patient visit information.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for additional information about field mobility solutions that increase the efficiency of home health care and mobile diagnostics field workers.

Not all healthcare applications take place within the four walls.  There are a variety of healthcare businesses that rely on workers in the field, such as:

• Home health care
• Mobile diagnostics
• Pharmaceutical delivery
• Medical testing labs
• Durable medical equipment (DME/HME) suppliers
• Patient transport service providers

Some popular mobile solutions for healthcare businesses with field-based workforces include:

• Location-Based Services (GPS Tracking)
• Push-to-Talk
• Route Optimization
• Turn-by-Turn Navigation

Visit us again in the next few days to learn more about how mobile solutions increase accuracy and improve productivity of healthcare field workers.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for additional information about MobileArc Field Mobility Solutions.

It’s not only your field workers who require a solution to stay mobile and have the tools they need at their fingertips.  Managers also require the ability to stay connected while on-the-go.  This video from Motorola showcases some of the features of the MC5590 Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA) that are designed for mobile managers.

Download the full MC5590 spec sheet for more information on all of the best-in-class features of the MC5590.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. to learn more about the Motorola MC5590.

The unlocked Xplorer by Samsung is the next generation in utility devices for field workers that require a phone as rugged as the environment they work in.  Made with urethane (anti-shock materials) it takes a beating and keeps on ringing.  The Xplorer meets the strict IP57, MIL-STD-810F making it shock, dust and water resistant to a depth of 3 feet and features echo cancellation with a dedicated microphone, so you can make phone calls while driving or on a noisy job site without shouting or pressing your ear right up against the phone.  With its integrated flashlight and dedicated key, you are never left in the dark.  Additional specifications:

• Network -GSM 850/900/1800/1900
• Display-TFT, 256K colors / 1.77 inches
• Sound-Speaker Phone, Vibration, Polyphonic (64), MP3 ringtones
• Phonebook -1000 entries, Call records
• Memory- Internal 7 MB + microSD card slot (up to 8 MB)
• Data- GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, USB v2.0
• Camera -1.3, 1280 X 1024 pixels, flash, video 15fps
• Messaging- SMS, MMS
• Browser -WAP 2.0/xHTML
• Radio -Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Java -MIDP 2.0
• Battery- Up to 9 hrs. talk time and up to 600 hrs. stand-by
• Dimensions -4.45 X 1.9 X .69 in.
• Weight -3.63 oz.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for more information about the Samsung SGH-B2100 Xplorer.

Is your business looking for an “always on” communication solution that will keep your workforce connected no matter where they’re located?  DecisionPoint’s newest offering−Grapevine™ Voice-Texting enables instant communication within an enterprise over Windows or Linux PCs and Windows Mobile phones, regardless of where your employees may be.  Grapevine™ is designed to work with either your existing cellular data connection or 802.11 wireless network, so it improves communication while reducing costs.  Grapevine™ delivers Push-to-Talk capability over the internet, on any network and any Windows Mobile device.

Key Features

• Highly scalable—instantly communicate with up to 5,000 individuals and 100 participants at once in a group
• Private and secure network with voice encryption
• High quality voice with audio alerts
• Connect from desktop, laptop or Windows Mobile phone—Grapevine™ is ideal for immediate communication between your dispatcher and field workers
• Grapevine™ is interoperable anywhere in the world across all WWAN, and Wi-Fi networks at the same time—even over different carriers

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. to learn more about Grapevine™ Voice Texting.

If your field workers require a larger display than their current mobile device offers, but still need something that’s easy to work with while on-the-go, you might be interested in combining the REDFLY Mobile Companion with your existing devices.  REDFLY is a large screen and keyboard that links to mobile devices via a USB cable or wireless Bluetooth™.  Essentially REDFLY is a smartphone terminal with no OS, no CPU and no storage that allows you to use your smartphone like a laptop.  The REDFLY Mobile Companion is a compact device yet it still provides a full size keyboard and your choice of two display sizes-7 inch or 8 inch.  REDFLY doesn’t require an additional data plan so it’s a great low cost option to combine with any Windows Mobile device.

Let’s Get Mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for more information about mobile devices that are compatible with REDFLY.

Social networking is the rage.  Not a day goes by without the mention of Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.  What can we learn from the millions of people leveraging these technologies to get in touch, stay in touch and find new opportunities? 
 
Well, first we learn that connecting with people and sharing information is a fundamental human need.  From a historic perspective these new technologies promote communication and in many respects are no different from their predecessor technologies such as the teletype, telephone and e-mail.  The advantage that these newer technologies offer is quicker access to a much larger group of people and support for multiple types of digital communication. 
 
How does this relate to the mobile worker?  Well first of all, I am not suggesting that providing a mobile worker with Facebook or LinkedIn on his mobile phone will increase his/her productivity.  However, what I am suggesting is that improving the delivery of information to and between mobile workers and the enterprise will improve productivity and that there are a number of tools and technologies currently available to help.   Technologies such as Push-to-Talk voice communication, mobile e-mail and messaging alerts enable mobile workers to be updated in real time.  Additionally, technologies such as GPS tracking and Geofencing ensure that the enterprise has real time awareness of the locations of its mobile workers and assets thus providing the ability to deploy the most cost effective resources to a location.  Finally, with the advent of high resolution displays and high speed wireless networks, mobile workers now have access to detailed information such as schematics that until recently was not possible.  If you have a mobile workforce, it is important to ask the question: Are my mobile workers disconnected and working on their own? If so, how can you leverage technology to connect them and leverage the strength found in numbers?

Let’s Get Mobile! Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. to learn more about the technologies that will keep your mobile workforce connected.

Proof of delivery solutions that leverage mobile devices can help your business maximize productivity and realize improvements in delivery tracking and overall reporting.  DecisionPoint’s select software partner Global Bay offers a Proof of Delivery solution that can help your mobile business realize these benefits and many more.

GBmobile Proof of Delivery combines an easy-to-use mobile interface for field workers with a feature rich back-end web management system.  With GBmobile Proof of Delivery you can easily stay connected to your mobile workforce and utilize mobile devices to schedule, dispatch, track and complete deliveries.   Your workforce will gain access to the following features via their handheld mobile computers:

• View schedules
• Accept/reject pickups
• Real-time schedule updates
• Scan packages
• Photo capture
• GPS and routing
• Pickup/delivery completion
• Signature capture

By enabling real-time proof of delivery GBmobile will minimize human error, increase accuracy and improve productivity.

Let’s get mobile!  Contact DecisionPoint Systems, Inc. for more information about how GBmobile Proof of Delivery can help you achieve improvements in delivery and logistics.