The Abbott point-of-care division takes care of installing specialized equipment in hospitals and emergency rooms. This needs a well orchestrated team of engineers, project managers, hospital staff and trainers to be on the same page during a complex process. The tool enables the scheduling and tracking of the project, and training, and archival of project histories.

A tablet PC was chosen as the device that the team would use to run the application because of it's portability and it's large screen allowing easy access to reports and charts in the field. The critical aspect of design was understanding the interface challenges and advantages of the Tablet PC and how they could be best utilized by this multidisciplinary team to maximize efficiency. Another challenge was to maintain the narrative during a project, so that in the event of a change of staff during an implementation, all members of the team could see what the next steps would be and could refer back to history.

The implementation of this project increased efficiency dramatically and enabled diverse team members to work together more efficiently.