I timed the following:
turn on chromebook --7 seconds
sign on chromebook --7 seconds
sign on to VNC viewer for chrome--25 seconds
sign off VNC viewer for chrome--8 seconds
turn off chromebook--6 seconds
unhook or hook HDMI extender to TV HDMI cord--1-2 seconds
It would be less efficient to have a chromebook in every exam room and turn on and off and sign on and off to VNC viewer in my opinion.
I plug in my chromebook and turn it on first thing when I arrive to office. When I am ready to see the first patient I sign onto VNC viewer for Chrome using the intranet connection, so that if internet connection is lost, I can still drive my main computer. My nurse sends me the chart, on my office desktop I open the patients chart and have the graph of weights up on screen. I then unplug my Chromebook and carry into exam room and set on computer table, plug in the HDMI extender end to the TV HDMI end, turn on the TV and the patients chart is ready to go with weights visible on big screen TV. After I finish with patient, I unplug the HDMI extender from HDMI TV cable, and carry the Chromebook back to office (TV screen goes black). I then set my Chromebook back on my office desk and plug in, and use Dragon to finish my note to complete the HPI and summary section, the ROS and EXAM I template out. Sign off the chart and print up my super bill and send the office summary to Updox inbox and my nurse sends to patient portal.
When lunch hour arrives, I sign out of VNC viewer and sign back in when ready to start seeing patients after lunch. At end of day I sign off VNC viewer.
This works extremely well. I very much like having two operating systems to balance my workflow, any internet searches I exclusively use the linnux OS on the Chromebook, and use my Microsoft OS for HIPAA dependent patient care (office desktop or VNC viewer for Chrome replicating desktop) except for when I search Up to Date embedded in AC when printing up patient information while in exam room.
Sorry so long winded, but hope this helps.
