In a hospital, there is no slowing down between patients, but it can be hard to handle multiple things at once, creating longer waiting times. One solution hospitals have considered is changing the way they currently deliver health care. Instead of gathering information on one patient at a time, nurses and specialists can utilize a mobile medical cart. Here are the other reasons why hospitals are switching to mobile medical carts.
Nurses treat more than one patient at a time, and sometimes, they may take a while with others. The best way nurses can move faster and reduce the time spent with patients is by using a mobile trolley between beds or rooms. With a computer attached to a trolley, nurses can input data quickly instead of entering another area to put in information.
Hospitals require their workers to work fast on their feet, but sometimes, time is not in their favor since they constantly need to be moving from one place to another. But when employees have mobile carts, they can work more efficiently. They can input data, charge a tablet, and store an extra battery charger there, reducing the time it takes to finish a task and adding more flexibility in multitasking.
In a hospital environment, patient information is more vulnerable. Workers going out into the hallway to use a computer may have others peering over their shoulders and looking at personal information without them realizing it. If the wrong person were to look at the screen, they could cause a HIPAA violation. To reduce the violations, hospitals can use mobile carts to carry tablets around so patients and doctors have more control over who sees personal information.
Since the emergency room gets busy, nurses must ensure they have all their equipment ready to move from room to room with ease. Having a cart to carry all those medical devices, like a stethoscope, blood pressure sleeve, and a first aid kit, comes in handy. Most hospitals customize their trolleys with outlets for nurses to plug in additional equipment, like an ultrasound machine.
Hospitals are doing much to make work easier for their staff. Hospitals are switching to mobile medical carts to reduce workers’ stress and enable them to see more patients in shorter amounts of time. First Healthcare Products wants to help your infirmary transition to hospital mobile computer carts so every day is easier for all medical staff.