In modern-day healthcare practice, computers play a significant role and have contributed to vital progress in medical assistant administrative tasks such as patient health documentation, storage, and data recovery. Also, computers enhance the progression of a patient’s treatment by escalating the pace at which medical assistants and physicians alternate various data. Computers provide medical assistants with excellent techniques to access some of the important medical files and documents as well as downloading of patients’ necessary health information (DesRoches, Joshi, Kralovec, Mostashari, & Jha, 2013). Therefore, in the selection of a computer needed for this field one ought to consider a model that supports the practice of medical assistants.
When purchasing a computer appropriate for a medical assistant, there are many models to choose from. However, a touchscreen monitor and desktop is an ideal option for this field. The 19 inch device is not portable and has been created for regular use in one location and in this case suitable for use in the reception area of a hospital. The model has a memory of 12 GB RAM with a storage capacity of 1TB 5400 rpm solid state drive and a processor of 3.4 GHz and therefore guarantees efficiency without delays, necessitates rapidity and saves on valuable time (Olson & Olson, 2012). It has 3 USB ports making it possible to connect to other external devices such as fax machines and printers (Barfield, 2015).
The model weighs 20 pounds has a power cord and can keep power for over 12 hours of video after charging Gross, T., & Beckmann, 2013). It is a bit costly compared to other models as it goes for $ 1200. However, the price is worth given the storage capacity is efficient for the massive storage information and data recovery needed in hospitals (Keen, 2015).
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