The hand-held, voice-controlled terminal: medical information interface of the future.

In its push to cross the barrier of fixed-site, fixed-format information displays, Texas Instruments is busy working on prototypes of a small device that healthcare knowledge workers can carry with them onsite or offsite to enter orders, display test results, view images, listen to audio comments and record other patient data. TI won't specify a delivery date, and they say it's still several years away. Vision must precede form.