HP Inc has announced a new line of sanitizable and secure laptops, displays, and all-in-one desktops. Designed for healthcare workers in hospitals and clinics, the new laptops can be easily cleaned with germicidal wipes, without the worry that moisture will damage the electronics.
The products address the problem of health care-associated infections (HAIs), which result in 1.7 million illnesses in the U.S. each year - and 99,000 deaths. The laptops have integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) readers for single sign-on authentication, which allows workers to sign in by tapping their badges on the laptop’s touchpad. It also has fingerprint identification.
HP has announced the products at the HIMSS18 health care event.
Reid Oakes, senior director of worldwide health care at HP, said in a press briefing that the products were custom-designed to address the health care market, with special attention to patient safety, smarter workflows, telemedicine, and security features that are demanded by laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
“HP designed these computers for easy sanitation, so you can clean the computer while it’s still on,” Oakes said. “The clickpad is also calibrated to work with touch by surgical gloves.”
The new devices include the HP EliteBook 840 G5 Healthcare Edition notebook, the HP EliteOne 800 G4 23.8 Healthcare Edition All-in-One (AiO), and the HP Healthcare Edition HC270cr Clinical Review Display. The devices show that HP is focusing its resources on vertical markets to ensure that the PC thrives in an age of smartphones and other devices.
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