Medical software and healthcare software is used in hospitals, clinics, and related facilities. This product area includes software used to control and monitor medical devices, and software used for medical practice management and patient billing. Healthcare applications are also used for the entry, storage, and distribution of medical records. Typically, medical software and healthcare software charting programs are enterprise applications software distributed across local area networks (LAN) or wide area networks (WAN). Medical record information may also be recorded on portable devices such as laptops and notebook computers, and then downloaded to a central repository or database management system. Medical records can then be transmitted from hospitals to doctors, doctors to hospitals and nursing homes, or sent by wireless upload from field medical providers such as paramedics and home healthcare providers.