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Despite enthusiasm from healthcare providers, hospitals are slow to adopt tablet systems

Dec 29, 2011 by
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Its no secret that healthcare providers are adopting tablets at a rapid pace – one survey found that over 25% of physicians own a tablet and that was nearly nine months ago. This trend, both with tablets and smartphones, has generally been bottom-up; physicians, PA’s, NP’s, nurses, and other healthcare providers are buying consumer devices and bringing them into the clinical world. However, as Eric Yablonka, CIO of University of Chicago Hospitals put it, “This is not ‘nice to have [Read more]

Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine residency launches iPad program

Nov 15, 2011 by
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An insider perspective on the move to mobile at the nation’s number one hospital. In this first series installment, we answer the question – why the iPad?

Hospital IT cite Doctors using iPad for work as their biggest headache

Aug 04, 2011 by
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Great blog piece in Forbes by Tom Gillis — VP of Cisco’s Security Technology Business Unit — on how hospital Chief Security Officers (CSOs) are having issues with managing physician use of mobile devices at work.  He had dinner with the CSOs of five major healthcare providers, who stated their biggest headache is how Doctors love their iPads and want to use them for work. Gillis is in the business of enterprise security, and he gives an insider’s perspective on [Read more]

BlackBerry Playbook Review: Finally, a 7-Inch Tablet for Doctors ?

Jul 06, 2011 by
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The 7″ BlackBerry Playbook seems like the ideal size for in-hospital use. In this in depth review, we look over its excellent hardware design and sleek operating system. But could its lack of medical apps be a a deal breaker for many physicians ?

Emergency room doctors number one consumers of mobile, pathologists last, per report of physician mobile use

Apr 06, 2011 by
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A survey with a large sample size found some interesting breakdowns of mobile use by physician speciality. The lower end of the scale might surprise you.

Why doctors would appreciate iPad stylus and handwriting support

Dec 16, 2010 by
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In the medical profession — the ability to have a stylus and handwriting support can be integral when writing patient notes. We give examples how.

What the iPad’s most significant operating system update [iOS 4.2] means for healthcare and medical professionals

Nov 16, 2010 by
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With the iOS 4.2 update, the iPad becomes only more functional for health care use. We describe how the most significant update to the iPad operating system thus far impacts healthcare.

HCP Live Webinar on iPad and early adopters

Nov 09, 2010 by
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HCP Live Webinar on iPad and early adopters

Australian’s state government launches $500,000 pilot program to use the iPad in hospital treatment

Aug 02, 2010 by
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Physicians in Victoria, the second most populous state in Australia, will be conducting a pilot program using the iPad for hospital treatment. They will purchase 500 iPads initially and the total cost of the rollout will be $500,000.  The rollout of the iPads will start January of next year. “The iPads will allow doctors and nurses to access any web-enabled application run by their hospital as they move around the hospital, as well as allowing them to tap into health [Read more]

Patient interaction with the iPad and the disconnect between health IT and medicine [iPad Makes the Rounds: Part 3]

Jun 28, 2010 by
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This is a continuation of a recent post where we reviewed Dr. Henry Feldman’s experiences using the iPad as his primary interface during a busy week serving as a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (BIDMC) in Boston. In part 1, we reviewed his original post and his positive report on the iPad’s wireless networking capabilities, ability to easily access web-based hospital clinical applications and interactions with patients using the iPad. In part 2, Dr. Feldman detailed his experiences of [Read more]

The iPad Makes the Rounds: Part 2 – Portability, Security and Infection control on the Hospital Wards

Jun 24, 2010 by
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This is a continuation of a recent post where we reviewed Dr. Henry Feldman’s experiences using the iPad as his primary interface during a busy week serving as a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (BIDMC) in Boston. Dr. Feldman is also the Chief Information Architect for the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians. In this post we interviewed him about his experiences of using the iPad on the wards and focus on three main topics: security, portability, and infection control. In [Read more]

The iPad makes the hospital rounds: report from a busy week on the wards – Part 1

Jun 21, 2010 by
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Recently, we had the chance to check in with Dr. Henry Feldman. He had posted a detailed summary of his experiences using the iPad as his main interface while rotating on service for a week as a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess hospital (BIDMC) in Boston. Dr. Feldman is also Chief Information Architect for the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians. His report was published on Dr. John Halamka’s great blog “Life as a Healthcare CIO” on June 11. In part 1, [Read more]