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 is based on survey responses from companies with offerings in the category covered. HotList is not intended to reflect the quality of products or services. Forms are sent to companies listed in the category in HMT's 2001 Resource Guide. Forms are also available on HMT's website--www.healthmgttech.com--and may be completed online.

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For a complete directory of companies providing healthcare information technology products and services, consult the Health Management Technology 2001 Resource Guide (published in March), or check the online version at www.healthmgttech.com.

Next month's HotList topic is Clinical Information Systems. If your company provides clinical information systems, you can find and complete a survey form online at the Health Management Technology website (www.healthmgttech.com). You can also request a survey form by calling Pat Ambrose, 941-966-9521, or e-mail pat@healthmgttech.com.

If your company markets a healthcare IT product, check the list below to find which topics will be featured later in the year.

2001 HotList Topics

* September September: see month. , Clinical Information Systems

* October October: see month. , Practice Management

* November November: see month. , Diagnostic Imaging

* December December: see month. , Security
                         A4 Health Systems       Agilen() Technologies

Circle Card Number              227                       228

Website               www.a4healthsystems.com       www.agilent.com

Name of product          Healthmatics EMR       Interactive Healthcare

Type of product         Electronic medical             Services
                              record                Technology for
                                                  disease management

Automatic data
  collection                                              Yes
Chart backing                   Yes
Clinical
  information                                             Yes
Coding                          Yes
Decision support                                          Yes
Diagnostics
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes
Emergency medicine
Financial
  information
Home care                                                 Yes
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out
Infrastructure

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS
Windows                         Yes                       Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple
Other                                              Windows 95/98/ME

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes
Touch screen                    Yes
Voice                           Yes
Pen                             Yes
Other                                             In-home push-button
                                                devices measure weight,
                                                  blood pressure and
                                                   heart rhythm for
                                                  patients with CHF.

BANDWIDTH                      10MB

                      Allscripts Healthcare          Amtelco 1Call
                             Solutions

Circle Card Number              229                       230

Website                 www.allscripts.com           www.1call.com

Name of product             TouchWorks                 Infinity

Type of product          Wireless clinical       PC-based call center
                        information system

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing                   Yes                       Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes
Coding                          Yes
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home care                       Yes
Inventory/materials
  management                                              Yes
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes                       Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                                                   Yes
Windows                                                   Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes                       Yes
Apple
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                                                Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice                           Yes
Pen                             Yes                       Yes
Other

BANDWIDTH

                          Ascom Wireless           AUTROS Healthcare
                             Solutions              Solutions, Inc.

Circle Card Number              231                       232

Website                www.ascomwireless.com        www.autros.com

Name of product           Freeset DCT1900           POC Medication
                                                      Management

Type of product        In-building wireless      CPOE, POC, pharmacy,
                       communication systems      medications depots

Automatic data
  collection                                              Yes
Chart backing                                             Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding
Decision support                Yes                       Yes
Diagnostics                                               Yes
Electronic medical
  records                                                 Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes                       Yes
Financial
  information                                             Yes
Home care                                                 Yes
Inventory/materials
  management                                              Yes
Laboratory                      Yes                       Yes
Medication
  management                                              Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes                       Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes                       Yes
Infrastructure                                            Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING                                               Yes
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                                                   Yes
Windows
Psion                                                     Yes
Windows CE
Apple
Other                 Radio Exchange T-1 CAS          Windows NT

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner                                          Yes
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                                                Yes
Touch screen                                              Yes
Voice                           Yes
Pen
Other

BANDWIDTH                  1920-1930 MHz

                          Axiom Internet                Axolotl
                             Commerce

Circle Card Number              233                       234

Website                www.AxiomInternet.com        www.axolotl.com

Name of product             Vital Point             Elysium Mobile

Type of product          Point-of-service         Clinical messaging
                             software

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing                   Yes                       Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding
Decision support                                          Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine                                        Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care                      Yes
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory                      Yes                       Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes                       Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes
Infrastructure                                            Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING                                               Yes
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes                       Yes
Windows
Psion                                                     Yes
Windows CE
Apple
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner                Yes
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes                       Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice                                                     Yes
Pen                             Yes                       Yes
Other

BANDWIDTH

                      Becton Dickinson & Co.    Citadel Computer Corp.

Circle Card Number              235                       236

Website                   www.bd.com/bdid       www.citadelcomputer.com

Name of product          Rx and Dx Systems              TS9000+

Type of product       Medication and specimen    RF network ruggedized
                        management systems            PC/computer

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing                                             Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding                                                    Yes
Decision support                Yes                       Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes                       Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine                                        Yes
Financial
  information                                             Yes
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management                                              Yes
Laboratory                      Yes                       Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes                       Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                                                Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                                            Yes
Infrastructure

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes
Windows                                                   Yes
Psion
Windows CE
Apple
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner                Yes                       Yes
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                                                Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice                                                     Yes
Pen
Other                                             Most PC compatible
                                                      peripherals

BANDWIDTH                                           2.4GHz, 802.11
                                                       compliant

                         Colorado MedTech,            CompuCaddy
                               Inc.

Circle Card Number              237                       238

Website                    www.cmed.com           www.compucaddy.com

Name of product             Link IT[TM]                CompuCaddy

Type of product            Connectivity          Mobile computer carts

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes
Chart backing
Clinical
  information                   Yes
Coding
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine
Financial
  information
Home  care                      Yes
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out
Infrastructure

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS
Windows
Psion
Windows CE
Apple
Other                          Linux

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner                Yes
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes
Touch screen                    Yes
Voice
Pen                             Yes
Other                     Network, RS232

BANDWIDTH                    232 mbps

                               CPSI                     Datalux

Circle Card Number              239                       240

Website                   www.cpsinet.com           www.datalux.com

Name of product             CPSI System                  IPIX

Type of product       Healthcare information       POC wireless cart
                              system

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes
Chart backing                                             Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information
Home  care                      Yes
Inventory/materials
  management                    Yes                       Yes
Laboratory
Medication
  management
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                                                Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                                            Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS
Windows                         Yes                       Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple
Other                          UNIX

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner                Yes                       Yes
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes                       Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice
Pen                                                       Yes
Other

BANDWIDTH                 2MB per second

                        Datavision-Prologix          DataViz, Inc.

Circle Card Number              241                       272

Website                 www.datavision.com          www.dataviz.com

Name of product               Various               Documents To Go

Type of product          Handheld devices            Palm software
                       including pen tablets
                      ant. bar code scanners

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes
Chart backing                   Yes                       Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information
Home  care                      Yes
Inventory/materials
  management                    Yes                       Yes
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes                       Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes                       Yes
Windows                         Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner                Yes
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes
Touch screen                    Yes
Voice                           Yes
Pen                             Yes
Other                                            Graffiti or handheld
                                                computer with portable
                                                       keyboard

BANDWIDTH                                         650K free handheld
                                                  memory or 32 MB RAM

                           Emergin, Inc.            Ensource, Inc.

Circle Card Number              242                       243

Website                   www.emergin.com          www.ensource.net

Name of product       Emergin Wireless Office

Type of product         Wireless messaging            On-premise
                             software               communications
                                                        system

Automatic data
  collection
Chart backing
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics
Electronic medical
  records
Emergency medicine                                        Yes
Financial
  information
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management                    Yes
Laboratory                      Yes                       Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                                                Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                                            Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes                       Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes
Windows                         Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple
Other                         Flex OS             Stand-alone system

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes
Touch screen
Voice                           Yes                       Yes
Pen
Other                   Two-way pager, PDA       Integration to nurse
                                                 call, alarm systems,
                                                equipment outputs for
                                                  short messaging on
                                                    handset display

BANDWIDTH                     10 MHz                    10 MHz

                        Enterasys Networks       Health care Software
                                                         (HCS)

Circle Card Number              244                       245

Website                  www.enterasys.com      www.hcsinteractant.com

Name of product              RoamAbout                INTERACTANT

Type of product            Wireless LAN         Clinical and financial
                                                  information systems

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing                   Yes                       Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding                          Yes
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Home  care                      Yes
Inventory/materials
  management                    Yes                       Yes
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes                       Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes                       Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes                       Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS
Windows                         Yes                       Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple                           Yes
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner                Yes                       Yes
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes                       Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice                           Yes
Pen                             Yes
Other

BANDWIDTH                     11 Mps                     10 MB

                      IDX Systems Corporation           iMedica

Circle Card Number              246                       247

Website                     www.idx.com             www.imedica.com

Name of product        Last Word Enterprise     iMedica Physician Suite

Type of product           Clinical System         Electronic medical
                       Clinical information             record
                              system

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing                   Yes                       Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding                          Yes                       Yes
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care                      Yes
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory
Medication
  management                    Yes                       Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes                       Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes                       Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes                       Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes
Windows                         Yes                       Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple                           Yes
Other                  Devices that support
                           a Web browser

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner                Yes                       Yes
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes                       Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice                           Yes                       Yes
Pen                             Yes                       Yes
Other                                           Handwriting recognition

BANDWIDTH                                       Wireless networking -
                                                         11MB

                         InteHealth, Inc.               iScribe

Circle Card Number              248                       249

Website                 www.Intehealth.com          www.iscribe.com

Name of product             CarePad[TM]              iScribe i5000

Type of product         Wireless real-time       Prescription writer,
                         access to legacy             coding tool
                            system data

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing
Clinical
  information                   Yes
Coding                          Yes                       Yes
Decision support
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records
Emergency medicine
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                                                Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes                       Yes
Windows                         Yes                       Yes
Psion
Windows CE
Apple
Other                  Supports PDA devices
                       and wireless networks

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                                                Yes
Touch screen                                              Yes
Voice
Pen
Other                                           Transfer from practice
                                                   management system

BANDWIDTH               Varies with device/
                              network

                      JMJ Technologies, Inc.         McKessonHBOC

Circle Card Number              250                       251

Website                   www.jmjtech.com        www.mckessonhboc.com

Name of product            EncounterPRO            Horizon MobileCare

Type of product       Computer-based patient       Mobile computing
                              record                  application

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing                   Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding                          Yes
Decision support                Yes                       Yes
Diagnostics                                               Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes                       Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes
Infrastructure                                            Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                                                   Yes
Windows                         Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes                       Yes
Apple
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes
Touch screen                    Yes
Voice                           Yes
Pen                             Yes                       Yes
Other                   Handheld computers

BANDWIDTH              28.8K per user with
                            thin client

                           MDeverywhere         Medic Computer Systems

Circle Card Number              252                       253

Website                www.mdeverywhere.com          www.medic.com

Name of product             EveryCharge            +MEDIC FirstHand

Type of product           Charge capture            Handheld device

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes
Chart backing
Clinical
  information                   Yes
Coding                          Yes
Decision support
Diagnostics
Electronic medical
  records
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory
Medication
  management
Point-of-care                   Yes
Prescription
  ordering
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes                       Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes                       Yes
Windows
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple
Other                  Internet Explorer 5.5

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice                           Yes
Pen                             Yes
Other

BANDWIDTH

                          MediNotes Corp.          MICROMEDEX, Inc.

Circle Card Number              254                       255

Website                  www.medinotes.com        www.micromedex.com

Name of product            Charting Plus         mobileMiCROMEDEX[TM]

Type of product         Electronic medical       Drug, alt.medicine,
                              record            acute care, toxological
                                                      information
Automatic data
  collection
Chart backing                   Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding                          Yes
Decision support                Yes                       Yes
Diagnostics
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes
Emergency medicine
Financial
  information
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes
Infrastructure

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                                                   Yes
Windows                         Yes
Psion
Windows CE
Apple
Other                 Full 32-bit Windows OS

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes
Touch screen                    Yes
Voice                           Yes
Pen                             Yes
Other                                               Handheld stylus

BANDWIDTH                Minimum 2MB/Sec,
                        recommend 11MB/Sec

                      National Semiconductor       NEC America, Inc.

Circle Card Number              256                       257

Website                  www.national.com           www.cng.nec.com

Name of product          Geode[TM] Metro           NEC NEAX Wireless
                       Wireless Thin Client

Type of product        Wireless thin client       Wireless telephone
                                                        system

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes
Chart backing                   Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes
Coding                          Yes
Decision support                Yes                       Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes                       Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care                      Yes
Inventory/materials
  management                    Yes
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS
Windows
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple
Other                       BeOS, LINUX         Operates via PBX system

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes
Touch screen                    Yes
Voice                                                     Yes
Pen                             Yes
Other                                            Receives alphanumeric
                                                     text messages

BANDWIDTH                   Up to 11MB                 1900 MHz

                           Opinionmeter           PatientKeeper, Inc.

Circle Card Number              258                       259

Website                www.opinionmeter.com      www.patientkeeper.com

Name of product            OPINIONMETER             PatientKeeper
                                                      Enterprise

Type of product        Patient satisfaction     Software for handheld
                          feedback device           device (Palm,
                                                      Pocket PC)

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes
Chart backing                                             Yes
Clinical
  information                                             Yes
Coding                                                    Yes
Decision support                                          Yes
Diagnostics                                               Yes
Electronic medical
  records                                                 Yes
Emergency medicine
Financial
  information                                             Yes
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory
Medication
  management
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out
Infrastructure                                            Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes                       Yes
Windows                         Yes
Psion
Windows CE
Apple
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes                       Yes
Touch screen
Voice
Pen
Other                                                   Stylus

BANDWIDTH

                       Point-of-View Survey           Progressive
                              Systems            Microtechnology, Inc.

Circle Card Number              260                       261

Website                    www.povss.com            www.scanpmi.com

Name of product              POV 2000

Type of product             Survey unit

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing
Clinical
  information
Coding
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics
Electronic medical
  records
Emergency medicine
Financial
  information
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management                                              Yes
Laboratory
Medication
  management
Point-of-care                   Yes
Prescription
  ordering
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out
Infrastructure

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS
Windows                                                   Yes
Psion
Windows CE
Apple
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse
Touch screen                    Yes
Voice
Pen
Other

BANDWIDTH

                              Proxim               Quick Notes, Inc.

Circle Card Number              262                       263

Website                    www.proxim.com           www.qnotes.com

Name of product               Harmony           Q'Notes, Doc-Q-Manager

Type of product            Wireless LAN         Documentation software

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing                   Yes                       Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes
Coding                          Yes
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care                                                Yes
Inventory/materials
  management                    Yes                       Yes
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes                       Yes
Windows                         Yes                       Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple                           Yes
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                                                Yes
Touch screen
Voice                                                     Yes
Pen                                                       Yes
Other

BANDWIDTH               11 Mbps, 802.11b;
                      54 Mbps, 802.11a (Q401)

                         Siemens Medical             STAT! Systems
                         Solutions Health
                             Services
Circle Card Number              264                       265

Website                    www.smed.com           www.statsystems.com

Name of product       MedAdministration Check        Q.D. Clinical

Type of product              Clinical             Electronic medical
                                                        record

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes
Chart backing                   Yes                       Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding                                                    Yes
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics                                               Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes                       Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management                    Yes
Laboratory                                                Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes                       Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                                                Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                                            Yes
Infrastructure

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS
Windows                         Yes                       Yes
Psion
Windows CE
Apple
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes                       Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice                                                     Yes
Pen                             Yes                       Yes
Other

BANDWIDTH

                       Symbol Technologies,      Tremont Medical, Inc.
                               Inc.

Circle Card Number              266                       267

Website                   www.symbol.com        www.tremontmedical.com

Name of product              Multiple                   SC-2000

Type of product       Wireless infrastructure     Mobile workstation
                       and mobile handheld
                             computers

Automatic data                  Yes
  collection
Chart backing                   Yes
Clinical
  information                   Yes
Coding                          Yes
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care                      Yes
Inventory/materials
  management                    Yes
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering                      Yes
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes
Infrastructure                  Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS                         Yes
Windows                                                   Yes
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes
Apple
Other

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes                       Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice                           Yes                       Yes
Pen                             Yes                       Yes
Other

BANDWIDTH                2Mbps and 11Mbps

                      Two Technologies, Inc.       VitalCom, a Data
                                                   Critical Company

Circle Card Number              268                       269

Website                     www.2T.com             www.vitalcom.com

Name of product              TouchLite            PatientNet/Mobile
                                                    Patient Viewer

Type of product          Handheld computer          Infrastructure/
                                                   software/handheld

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes                       Yes
Chart backing
Clinical
  information                   Yes                       Yes
Coding
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                                                 Yes
Emergency medicine
Financial
  information                   Yes
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management                    Yes
Laboratory                      Yes
Medication
  management                    Yes
Point-of-care                   Yes                       Yes
Prescription
  ordering
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out                  Yes
Infrastructure                                            Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS
Windows
Psion
Windows CE                      Yes                       Yes
Apple
Other                                               Proprietary OS

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes                       Yes
Touch screen                    Yes                       Yes
Voice
Pen                             Yes
Other

BANDWIDTH                                          WMTS 608-614 MHz

                      Welch Allyn Protocol,        Western Multiplex
                               Inc.

Circle Card Number              270                       271

Website                  www.protocol.com            www.wmux.com

Name of product             FlexNet[TM]            Tsunami Wireless
                                                    Ethernet Bridge

Type of product        Wireless medical LAN     High capacity point-to-
                                                     point bridge

Automatic data
  collection                    Yes
Chart backing
Clinical
  information                   Yes
Coding
Decision support                Yes
Diagnostics                     Yes
Electronic medical
  records                       Yes
Emergency medicine              Yes
Financial
  information
Home  care
Inventory/materials
  management
Laboratory
Medication
  management
Point-of-care                   Yes
Prescription
  ordering
Scheduling/patient
  check-in/out
Infrastructure                  Yes                       Yes

RECOMMENDED
  OPERATING
  SYSTEM(S)
Palm OS
Windows
Psion
Windows CE
Apple
Other                       Sun/Symbol

INPUT DEVICE
  CAPABILITY
Bar code scanner
Keyboard and/
  or mouse                      Yes
Touch screen
Voice
Pen
Other

BANDWIDTH             ISM 2.4GHz 1FEE 802.11     10BaseT, 100BaseT and
                               FHSS              Gigabit full duplex
                                                       capacity
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