Mobile Applications for High Acuity Care: Technology, Clinical Utility, and Physician Adoption

Neil A. Martin, MD, Professor and Chief of Neurosurgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, describes UCLA’s solution for ubiquitous access to real-time patient data in a highly mobile environment. The solution includes 3G broadband wireless networks, advanced PDA’s and smartphones that access comprehensive reports, lab results, vital signs, monitoring waveforms and radiographic images.