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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Point Care. 2010 Dec;9(4):185–192. doi: 10.1097/POC.0b013e3181fc95ee

TABLE 3.

Disaster POC Connectivity: Responder Empowerment

Handheld
Computer Features		 POC Connectivity Applications
802.11× Connection to a wireless local area network
 for data transfer, internet access, and voice
 communications
Bluetooth Pairing with compatible POC devices
Camera Video and photos for multimedia POC
 connectivity
Cellular Voice communications, SMS, MMS, and
 internet access
Global Positioning
 System		 Generation of longitude/latitude for user and
 patient tracking, and situational awareness
Universal Serial Bus Connectivity to personal computers and for
 battery recharging
Web browser Internet access

MMS indicates multimedia messaging service; PDA, personal digital assistant; and SMS, short message service (“text message”).