Industry Overview

Patient care is a tough job requiring timely, accurate decision-making and error-free equipment. That’s why Panasonic makes the health care industry’s most dependable PCs, built to withstand the most extreme conditions and meet every challenge facing medical professionals. Panasonic Toughbooks® lead the industry in reliability, which translates to reduced downtime, low repair costs and a significantly lower total cost of ownership.

Panasonic Toughbooks benefit from a $4.5 billion research and development fund from parent company Matsushita Electric Corporation of America. And Toughbook mobile PCs are backed by Panasonic’s 3-year limited warranty and 24-hour technical support hotline, so you’ll always have the power of Panasonic behind you. Unsurpassed quality, service, reliability and uptime—it’s our commitment to you, and to your patients.

Toughbook reliability, with optional medical management software, can enhance the quality of patient care.

Rugged mobile computing for a lower total cost of ownership

According to research from healthcare industry experts, VDC:* Applications

Feature Benefits

	Real-Time Wireless Communications With a wireless-ready Toughbook, home health care attendants and visiting nurse associates can retrieve patient histories from the road and electronically transmit prescription information directly from a patient’s bedside to the pharmacy. Hospital workers can send patient information to the hospital’s mainframe for immediate invoice generation at the time of patient discharge. Doctors can access test results (blood work, x-rays, MRI’s, etc.) as soon as they are available without waiting for chart updates. Currently we offer a variety of integrated options that support all nationwide wireless networks including 1xRTT/CDMA and GSM/GPRS as well as next-generation technologies such as EDGE and EVDO.
	Daylight-Readable, Touchscreen LCD You’ll never strain with the Toughbook’s daylight-readable TFT Active Matrix Color LCD, offering optimal viewing even in bright sunlight. There’s also touchscreen for quick, easy navigation of health care industry software programs.
	Exceptional Portability Toughbooks are easy to carry in the field.  The Toughbook 74 has a built-in handle for convenient portability.  The 802.11a/b/g compliant Toughbook 52, a 7.4-pound semi-rugged model, gives you the same handle and portability when a fully-rugged unit isn't needed.  It has a 15.4” widescreen display that is perfect for group presentations, and its wide area wireless-ready design allows you to stay connected anywhere you go.  It also features optional Bluetooth®. The 2.6 lbs. MDWD (Mobile Data Wireless Display) touchscreen, using 802.11b/g, can be used up to 300 ft. from any wireless LAN-enabled Toughbook, giving you the freedom to walk from room to room to update patient records.

• Rugged mobile PCs boast longer warranty periods and longer replacement cycles versus commercial-grade notebooks.
• With a four-year replacement cycle for rugged notebooks versus a three-year replacement cycle for commercial grade notebooks, rugged notebooks are 11.6% less expensive on a per annum basis.
• Failure of commercial grade notebooks results in an average of 30-60 minutes of downtime. With reliable, rugged mobile computing solutions, healthcare professionals can maximize productivity and uptime-critical in an environment where every second counts.

*Source: Venture Development Corporation,"The Total Cost of Ownership for Mobile Computing ad Communication Platforms," "Vol. VI: Health Services Point of Care.