OSU Medical Center and College of Medicine

~ Wanted to provide students, attending physicians and residents with
   up-to-date, easy-to-access patient information
~ Needed to efficiently disseminate accurate data to 800 employed
   attending physicians, more than 500 residents and 800 medical students

The medical center purchased and distributed more than 3,200 Palm^TM handhelds to residents, attending physicians and third- and fourth-year medical students who can now:

Have point-of-care access to a wide range of applications, including drug reference software, medical calculators, patient medical records, and documents such as phone lists. This access speeds delivery of care and improves efficiency, which increases time for seeing patients.

Download this information from single source -- including any of the 50 nurses' stations or the student lounges, while on-going IT support for this solution is managed in just 20 hours per week.

Benefit from software synchronization which recognizes different user profiles and tailors updates to each specific user group, making it easy for students to track the procedures they have performed.