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Review: ASUS Chromebook Enterprise Flip C436 Offers Robust Computing Power

This slight but sturdy laptop has the durability and speed to meet the rigors of healthcare.

Carlos Soto is an award-winning reviewer and journalist with 20 years of experience covering technology and business.

The right laptop plays a huge role for clinicians and patients, from holding, transferring and managing sensitive patient data to processing payments and discharging. To perform these tasks effectively, laptops need to be fast, durable and versatile.

Today’s healthcare laptops should address productivity, stronger security and portability. These are not only the technology needs that healthcare requires, whether for charting or telehealth, but also what drives IT security compliance in this sector. With this in mind, the ASUS Chromebook Enterprise Flip C436 passes the test for durability, processing power and battery life.

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A Chromebook with Eye-Catching Design

This impressive Chromebook is a sleek and stylish laptop that offers military-grade durability and robust security, making it ideal for hospital use. Backed by the embedded Google Titan C security chip, the laptop keeps data integrity secure and bolsters user identity. The fingerprint reader adds a layer of security to device management that healthcare facilities need.

ASUS’s NanoEdge technology supports a clean and crisp 14-inch Full HD display, perfect for viewing X-ray images or patients during telehealth visits.

Powered to Help Clinician Workflows

Power and portability take center stage. With battery life reaching 12 hours, this Chromebook makes a huge difference, especially with its successfully tested quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with 16 gigabytes of RAM.

The laptop’s front-edge design makes it easier to open the lid when traveling, and the 360-degree ErgoLift hinge is smooth and holds the device firmly in various positions. Clinicians can use the laptop traditionally or convert it to a tablet format. The hinge also elevates the back of the device, providing an easier way to access the keyboard to use teleconferencing features.

Additionally, the powerful Wi-Fi 6 compatibility drives better performance when using remote features or transmitting high-resolution files.

Combined with Chrome OS, which was built for cloud-first security, this Chromebook can drive digital transformation for healthcare systems looking for mobility solutions. In kiosk mode, the Chromebook can be used as a digital sign-in tool for patients. End users will appreciate its ease of use, and IT teams will save time with its zero-touch enrollment capabilities.

Top Laptop Features for Healthcare

In modern healthcare settings, laptops must work well and keep data safe, whether at the clinic or at the clinician’s home. So many variables require IT staff to consider several features before buying the best laptop for their healthcare workers.

Staff members and clinicians must carry their laptops from one room to another throughout the day, so the ideal device should weigh under 7 pounds. Additionally, clinic rooms often lack sufficient outlets because most units are filled with diagnostic tools, so laptops need to have strong, long-lived batteries or various charging capabilities.

Finally, a good laptop should offer several features that make the lives of clinicians easier. For example, full-sized keyboards are helpful for clinicians when inputting patient data, and additional touch-screen capabilities help them work more efficiently and add portability.

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Weighing a mere 2.51 pounds and only half an inch thick, the ASUS Chromebook Enterprise Flip C436 simplifies working in a mobile environment. USB-C ports on either side of the unit accept power so clinicians can plug in the power adapter on either side.

The laptop’s display provides crisp image quality even in tablet mode and the touch screen allows clinicians to annotate the image to help illustrate areas of interest.

The touch display also supports an active stylus such as the ASUS Stylus Pen SA300. And the unit’s 720p integrated webcam with microphone and quad speakers with Harman Kardon-tuned audio make it the ideal machine for videoconferencing and telehealth sessions.

Today’s healthcare landscape requires agility and security beyond the perimeters of a hospital. Technology solutions should also offer features that make the lives of healthcare professionals easier.

The ASUS Chromebook Enterprise Flip C436 not only meets all these requirements but also offers additional features that will be useful in any clinical setting.

SPECIFICATIONS

NOTEBOOK TYPE: Chromebook
MECHANICAL DESIGN: 360-degree flip
PLATFORM: Chrome OS
HARD-DRIVE CAPACITY: 512GB
EMBEDDED SECURITY: Titan C security chip
SECURITY FEATURES: Fingerprint reader
PROCESSOR: Quad-core Core i5
CLOCK SPEED: 1.6GHZ