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. 2020 May 1;79(5 Suppl 1):118–121.

Table 2.

Equipment with Mobile Capabilities Under Evaluation in the MI-Home Project

Device Function
Mobile Smart Phone To communicate with clients, receive referrals, and make arrangements for clients; encrypted and secured by UHP Compliance Office.
Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot (Jet Pack) For secure Wi-Fi access in the field to connect other mobile devices.
Welch Allyn Vital Signs Monitor Utilizes Bluetooth to populate vital signs directly into EPIC EHR (Electronic Health Record).
GE Logic V2 portable laptop ultrasound Basic prenatal ultrasound to check presentation, fetal heartbeat, amniotic fluid volume, and placenta locations. Includes Trice for wireless transmission of images for other providers to view and share images with clients instead of paper printing.
Sense4Baby Wireless electronic fetal monitoring that transmits Non-Stress Test tracings for antenatal fetal surveillance to internet “cloud” for remote real time viewing and storage instead of printing.
iPad with HIPAA compliant Zoom Telehealth video service to consult with physicians.
Laptop with EPIC For charting in the field using EPIC HER.
Lyft Application on mobile phone Connected to company approved card tied to grant for transporting clients.
Portable newborn scale (precision 1g [6kg] 2g) Has Wi-Fi capability to upload infant weight to EPIC.
Glucometer (Accucheck Aviva) Has Wi-Fi capability.