Check the hardware specifications to make certain that the solution you select can grow with your practice. The amount of bandwidth available is an important question and relates to interference potential and confidentiality. Like cellular phones, wireless computers based on RF communications have considerable range, work through walls, and can, unfortunately, be monitored from afar. Anyone with a scanner and a modicum of computer savvy can decipher RF communications. In addition, RF systems are prone to potential interference with and from the myriad of medical equipment in most hospitals.
Mobile computers have the same liabilities as most miniature electronic devices.
They can be destroyed by a single fall to the floor, are easily stolen, and require batteries or recharging. But like a cellular phone, once you get used to the freedom and flexibility they offer, it's hard to imagine going back to being tethered to your desk. Your comments and discoveries about using computers in practice and for fun are welcome and may be published in Digital Doc. The McGraw-Hill Companies.