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Hello [H]! My company recently started digitalizing our work flow throughout our company. It finally got to my department and they're asking people in my team for suggestions. I thought maybe the [H] would have more experience and suggestions with what laptop/tablet and/or software for reading digital PDF reports and annotation.
Parameter should fit in:
Of course we can just use our current cheap all-in-one Lenovo PCs and pair it with Adobe Acrobat PDF editor, but I honestly hope we don't go that route because it's just not as fun as a tablet/laptop! Internally I'm screaming "SURFACE PRO 3 PLEASE," so I can play with it at work. But I have to consider the companies budget and reliability before proposing any hardware. I want to make a strong proposal or else they would throw the whole idea out. My direct manager is hoping we could come up with a great mobile hardware proposal, so we can also suggest to human resources to allow us to work from home occasionally.
So I guess a small info about work would be helpful. I'm a Medical Coder and we receive hundreds of operative reports daily. We currently print out each report, annotate the reports, and file the copies away. We are trying to get away from physical printing and annotating on paper. Because come on, it's the 21st century. Our annotations aren't too dramatic, just quick underlines, boxes, notes, and comments at the end of the report. That's why I find annotating with a mouse and keyboard would be too much work, compared to annotating with a touchscreen and pen.
My team isn't too big, so it seems reasonable. But at the same time budget needs to be considered because we can't spend thousands on so many new hardware to not fully utilize the system. Any recommendations? Suggestions? SP3? Lenovo Yoga? External Wacom? Yeah that last one is probably too dramatic.
Parameter should fit in:
- Tablet/Laptop with Multi Sensitive Pen
- Windows Operating System
- Software that Supports PDF File annotation
- External Monitor is a plus
- Physical Keyboard/Number Pad/Mouse
- Space isn't important because we utilize a network drive
- Good size and resolution is also a huge plus
Of course we can just use our current cheap all-in-one Lenovo PCs and pair it with Adobe Acrobat PDF editor, but I honestly hope we don't go that route because it's just not as fun as a tablet/laptop! Internally I'm screaming "SURFACE PRO 3 PLEASE," so I can play with it at work. But I have to consider the companies budget and reliability before proposing any hardware. I want to make a strong proposal or else they would throw the whole idea out. My direct manager is hoping we could come up with a great mobile hardware proposal, so we can also suggest to human resources to allow us to work from home occasionally.
So I guess a small info about work would be helpful. I'm a Medical Coder and we receive hundreds of operative reports daily. We currently print out each report, annotate the reports, and file the copies away. We are trying to get away from physical printing and annotating on paper. Because come on, it's the 21st century. Our annotations aren't too dramatic, just quick underlines, boxes, notes, and comments at the end of the report. That's why I find annotating with a mouse and keyboard would be too much work, compared to annotating with a touchscreen and pen.
My team isn't too big, so it seems reasonable. But at the same time budget needs to be considered because we can't spend thousands on so many new hardware to not fully utilize the system. Any recommendations? Suggestions? SP3? Lenovo Yoga? External Wacom? Yeah that last one is probably too dramatic.