OREANDA-NEWS. Fujitsu today announced development of the Fujitsu Healthcare Solution HOPE PocketChart mobile solution to give medical professionals access to medical records even when they are away from the hospital. Using tablets and smartphones, Fujitsu's new solution for mobile devices will be available in Japan beginning.

HOPE PocketChart was developed as an add-on option for Fujitsu's HOPE/EGMAIN-GX electronic medical records system for large-scale hospitals, and which boasts the top market share for electronic medical record systems(1) in Japan. A robust security environment protects the system against medical data leaks, so the new solution offers secure access to medical records even from outside the hospital.

By employing the new solution, hospitals will be able to transmit accurate and thorough medical information to doctors when they are away from the hospital, such as at night, on weekends, or when they are attending medical conferences, thereby supporting the provision of rapid medical care during emergencies or other situations. The solution will also serve doctors within hospitals, providing them with quick reference to medical records when a PC is not readily available, such as when they are making rounds, briefing patients or attending meetings.

The practice of medicine today requires ICT environments that enable physicians to access the data they need to make appropriate treatment decisions, anytime and anywhere, through tablets and smartphones, which are rapidly coming into widespread use.

To meet this demand, Fujitsu developed the HOPE PocketChart solution, which ensures a secure environment by performing access authentication for pre-registered mobile devices at Fujitsu's datacenters. From outside hospitals, authorized devices are then allowed to access electronic medical records stored on hospital servers. As a result, doctors who use HOPE PocketChart can view patient data, including treatment information and x-ray images, via a mobile device, even outside of their hospital. Up until now doctors needed to have a patient's condition conveyed by telephone, but this solution will support the delivery of high-quality healthcare from anywhere.