Motion C5 – World’s First Mobile Clinical Assistant

Motion Computing has announced Motion C5, the first mobile clinical assistant (MCA), at UCSF Medical Center during a joint conference with Intel. The MCA is a new tablet PC-like computing category, created by Intel with support from Motion to enable nurses, physicians and other clinicians to do their jobs on the move, the press release says.

According to manufacturer, the Motion C5 MCA integrates durable design elements with key point-of-care data and image capture technologies to simplify workflows, ease clinician workloads and improve overall quality of care. It is the first highly sealed, fully disinfectable computer and combines multiple devices into one, such as a built-in barcode and RFID reader for patient identification and supply, specimen and medication administration verification; a built-in camera; and a fingerprint reader to improve security and simplify clinician authentication.

Motion C5 features the 10.4-inch touch-screen and is built on Intel 945GM chipset combined with Intel Core Solo U1400 processor. It has Intel 945GM Extreme Graphics controller with up to 256MB of shared memory. The C5 supports up to 1.5GB of main memory and comes with 1.8-inch hard drive with 30GB or 60GB capacity. There are also integrated 802.11a/b/g wireless and Bluetooth connections, as same as Ethernet LAN, three USB ports and a VGA output.

The Motion C5 mobile clinical assistant starts at $2,199 and will ship worldwide in May 2007.

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