Barco launches mobile point-of-care solutions

Barco has added two new point-of-care solutions to its product line, the ProScribe and CliniScape mobile point-of-care devices.

The 10-inch ProScribe and the 12-inch CliniScape, both featured at HIMSS10, offers patient information at the point of care for physicians and caregivers, said the Kortrijk, Belgium-based company.

 

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