Guest guest Posted January 28, 2006 Report Posted January 28, 2006 McKesson quoted me $2400 for a traditional interpretive Welch-Allyn EKG (not the digital). I worked in an urgent care recently that used a Midmark digital version. They had hardware and interface issues, so there were problems in getting to see the EKG on paper right away. The experience caused me to want a traditional EKG box that prints out the paper with red lines on it. I can scan those in, the volume is not that high. Being able to read it immediately is more important to me than the digital interface. I have not decided on the spirometer yet. I'll look into the Welch Allyn, also the Midmark-PDA one. Unlike EKGs, I don't mind an interface delay with spirometry. Guinn wrote: I just bought the new Welch Allyn interpretive EKG - the one that is spirometry capable. Seems like a great machine. It has a flash card port that I can use when I want to transfer EKGs to my computer. It's been "on sale" lately, at least through McKesson. I looked at the PC programs, but didn't want to dedicate a laptop to one and my desktop's in the other room. . . . Anyone using the Welch-Allyn EKG and/or spirometry?Specifically, the PC-based systems?I'm looking, looking, looking and may have a relatively good opportunitywith new Welch-Allyn models (yeah, pretty expensive, but as Annie hasmentioned, they take up no space and go directly into the laptop... prettyeasy).I'm going with AC so the Midmark stuff would be nice since the interfacewill be available in about a month or two with version 3. But I can get abetter deal with Welch-Allyn and I suspect they are basically the samequality ... but alas, I don't have the ability to judge quality, unlesspeople can report personal experience. I'll also ask AC if they areplanning for more interfaces.Any thoughts?Tim Quote
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