Choose The Right Mobile Cart

Edited by Vicki Amendola, Editor, Health IT Outcomes

Carts and workstations on wheels (COWs and WOWs) are the unsung heroes in your facility's mobile arsenal, supporting a wide range of workflows from general rounds to bedside medication administration. However, it is important to not become complacent when it comes to choosing your cart, or your cart provider. Every application and every user has a different need. Ignore these intricacies and differences and you will wind up with a bunch of unused hardware, dissatisfied staff, and a chunk of your capital expenditure budget missing. Get it right and you'll have a tool that generates productivity in your workforce and improved patient care. The experts on this panel have been through this before, and their advice can set you on the right path for mobile cart selection.