4 Ways Mobile Workstations Are Evolving to Meet Clinicians' Needs - HealthTech Magazine

Mobile workstations have long provided the resources for clinicians to document and treat patient conditions at the point of care. 

Easy to maneuver, these carts help doctors and nurses reduce fatigue by eliminating extra steps and increasing time with patients as they enter electronic medical record data. The carts are also vital in medication dispensing and numerous other workflows, and allow users to install vendor-agnostic barcode scanners, printers, monitors, keyboards and mice.

“Medical carts give healthcare organizations flexibility as they care for patients now and prepare for future needs,” says Mark Brandenhoff, general manager for healthcare at Ergotron, a maker of ergonomic technology solutions for the workplace.

As hospitalizations continue to rise during the COVID-19 pandemic and teams work to provide critical care in new places, medical carts — and their expanding capabilities — have become even more valuable.

“You can roll a cart anywhere it’s needed, even out into the parking lot,” Brandenhoff says. “That has been especially important this year as hospitals set up COVID-19 remote triage locations. You don’t have to run extension cords or use a generator to power the cart.” 

He spoke more about key benefits of these valuable tools and why they matter now:

DISCOVER: Learn more about Ergotron’s mobile medical cart solutions, available through CDW.

1. Extended Battery Life (and Easy Swaps) for Long Shifts

Many Ergotron mobile medical carts let hospital workers “hot swap” the lithium-iron phosphate batteries — removing and replacing them while the equipment is still running — without interruption during rounds. This continuous battery life and mobility allows carts to be used at drive-through COVID-19 testing sites, for example. 

For healthcare professionals who suffer disruptions to their workflow when they must restart their PCs to go to another power outlet, or if a hospital suffers an outage, battery power is a convenient alternative. 

“If the power goes out, one of the biggest complaints we have from clinicians is it takes a long time to restart a computer and get everything up and running,” Brandenhoff says. “They have to log back in, and it’s a very time-consuming effort that can lead to ‘power anxiety’ during future shifts.”

2. Purpose-Driven Design That Supports Constant Cleanings

Just as robots use UV light to clean hospital rooms, carts can deploy similar technology. Soon, some Ergotron medical carts will offer optional UV Angel technology that can reduce bacteria on surfaces by 99 percent. 

UV light “breaks the DNA chain of any given pathogen, whether it’s a virus or bacteria, and essentially reduces 99 percent of pathogens on the surface of the keyboard,” Brandenhoff says. 

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