Recently, physicians at the University of Chicago published a research letter in the Archives of Internal Medicine detailing their experience with the routine use of iPads by internal medicine residents during their regular duties. What they documented was that use of the mobile device was objectively associated with faster order entry after patient admission and the subjective assessment that it saves up to one hour per day for each resident.
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iMedicalApps Top 5 Posts of February
The iMedicalApps team will begin to provide you bi-monthly with our favorite posts (very hard to choose) as well as the posts we feel were best received by you, our readers. If you only have a little time to spare, these are the posts you should read.
Physician adoption of mobile devices outpacing software development
A Spyglass Consulting report concludes that tablet computers have a positive impact on healthcare, but are not currently game-changers.