MacPractice, Inc., the leading Apple developer of practice management and clinical software for medical, dental and chiropractic offices, announced plans for development of several applications for deployment on Apple’s newly announced iPad.
“MacPractice Interface for iPad” is a new version MacPractice Interface for iPhone 2.0 redesigned to take advantage of the iPad’s larger screen. A physician, dentist, chiropractor or optometrist may connect via Wi-Fi or 3G to access their schedule and patient records in MacPractice. Patient photos, alerts, prescription history and appointment history are all available. The patient’s address is linked to Google Maps. Reminders on the iPad create MacPractice Reminders in the office for staff and providers to request an appointment, communicate instructions, or as a way to make a clinical note in MacPractice EMR. A doctor may monitor what is happening in the office from the hospital or golf course by viewing up-to-date daily management reports.
Doctors who perform hospital rounds or see patients at a remote location can now add new patients and post procedures and diagnoses into MacPractice in their office from their iPad or iPhone (requires the MacPractice HL7 Interface).
“MacPractice Kiosk for iPad” and “MacPractice Web Interface for iPad” will provide the ability for patients and staff to complete and sign MacPractice EMR forms including patient registration, HIPAA release, medical history, etc. on an iPad.
Chairside Dental Chart for iPad (iPad App) will interface with MacPractice DDS to record preexisting conditions, restorative and periodontal treatment and treatment plans.
MacPractice is developing an iPad EMR/EHR App to integrate with MacPractice MD, MacPractice DC, MacPractice DDS and MacPractice 20/20. Details to be announced.
In February, MacPractice will preview “MacPractice Interface for iPhone” at MacWorld in Booth #748, at HIMSS in Booth #3151 and at Chicago Midwinter Dental Meeting in Booth #2723. Physicians, dentists, chiropractors and eye doctors are encouraged to view QuickTime demo movies of MacPractice after registering at MacPractice.com.
Source: MacPractice, Inc.
THERE COULD BE A iPAD ON ALMOST EVERY HOSPITAL BED or at least every nurse making the rounds.
Now lets talk schools.
So, how may … Who will buy … Village idiots it is time to open your eyes and see the future!
Did you all notice the iPad plugged into the keyboard looks a lot like an iMac with a whole lot more that you can do with it?
Virginia Tech will be the first university in the US to deploy the iPad to it’s student body.
Taking bets now.
As good as the Mac is, I have never seen it in medical practices, from dentists to MD’s!
Have no idea why, just haven’t seen it. Anyone know of market demographics relative to Mac vs PC usage?
@Jersey_Trader:
Your “Village idiots” part is correct. Wait for a couple more months. They will come out in droves.
This will be a help for the iPad and Mac’s. The tablet computer has not taken off because of the price, and heaviness of them. Apple has made them practical so people who have seen uses for a tablet can now put their ideas to work. Those who see no business use for the iPad need to start looking outside the field.
The other day I was at the Doctor’s office. I had asked her a question about a particular medication and whether it could be taken with another one. She pulled out her iPod touch and in a few seconds gave me my answer.
I thought wow.
Now with the iPad, I am thinking…. wower (forgive the liberties taken with the Queen’ English)
If the iPad hasn’t been entirely revealed, and there’s more functionality to come with iPhone 4.0 including multi-tasking, it will truly be an amazing device.
I have to tell “CHAZ” to look a bit harder. There are several thousand offices that are running MacPractice. Mine has been using it (and its predecessor MediMac) since 1992. We do everything with MacPractice, from billing to scheduling and have written our own customized EMR templates. I can only imagine with the iPAD will do for MacPractice, and for medical applications for the Mac in general.
We have seen the future- bring it on!
I have used Mac Practice from the beginning. Great company. Used by approximately 3300 offices and 20,000 practitioners. About 65 employees. Growing extremely fast. Is the best program in its class by far.
@ Dr. Gallo
I have looked closely, haven’t seen them. But I’m from Pittsburgh, and it is a real bastion of PC’s. I’d guess fewer mac’s per thousand than other major cities (it’s the “cost” don’t cha know!
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@buster
“wower”. ? I like that! My new word for the day
I’m a proponent of WHAT-SHOULD-HAVE-BEEN-NAMED-iTOUCH and it’s application in schools. Affordable, manageable, just needs someone to make this happen.
Suppose Jobs chose one school district, or maybe even just one school, an academically poor-performing one, and donated the iTouch, iMacs (for teachers/staff) along with the ebooks-on-servers and projectors to integrate it all, to show how transforming this could be for education.
Apple cannot just sit back and assume it can transform anything without a mission to do so.
But sigh, it’s really all about the bucks. Being content to be a Mercedes instead of a Ford.
Apple won’t be able to keep up with demand just from us regular users, much less on a industrial use-sized scale. These things will be hard to come by for over a year, just watch.
after i finish residency in 5 long years i will DEFINITELY be using the iPad in my practice! it will almost make it worth it!
@R2
that’s my thinking too. apple still hasn’t revealed ‘everything’ ….. i think there’s more to come when it is actually released.
Handsome Smitty,
When you talk about donating iTouch, should we assume you mean iPod touch (as most people today cal the iPod Touch iTouch), or did you mean the iPad?
And why should it have been named iTouch?? That would make it thoroughly confusing to those who currently know abut the iPod touch by the name of iTouch…
I must say, iPad is a perfect name for this device. It fits perfectly together with the iPhone and iPod; any other name (iSlate, iTablet) would have been sticking out somewhat. The whole ‘feminine hygiene product’ joke is quite sophomoric and will become just completely a non-issue within first few weeks of aggressive advertising.
@ Predrag
iPad as a name SUCKS. Hope Apple loses the fight over the name. iTouch makes more since for this device than iPod Touch – shouldn’t that name be hyphenated? All iPods will be touchable in the near future anyway, so it will be a redundant name.
I don’t find the name ‘sophomoric,’ just lame. Too plain and simple for what the device does (although ‘simple’ is good, plain, not so much).
I switched years ago to MediMac and then to MacPractice. Could not be more pleased with the support and quality of the software and of course the complete Joy of Using Macs in a Medical Office. I feel the iPad will fill a void in the practice that has been yearning to be filled for years.
@Smitty
The name is just a name. Get over it. I guess anyone who goes by Handsome something would be pretty superficial now that I think about. I am not so fond of Lexus as a car name but I sure love the car.
Yours,
Decent looking Hugh
“Hey Doc, I need an eye pad. Would you check your iPad?”
@gzero
love the hokies, but doubt the state will fund this so soon. Will probably be smaller, community colleges first, just to test it out.
I switched to MacPractice from a PC-based practice management system (Medisoft) that was a LOUSY experience with arcane usage and massive tech support expense.
What an improvement! You couldn’t pay me to go back. Whole office runs on 2 21″ iMacs; essentially no tech support problems at all.
Apple might want to consider a sealed version of the iPad for medical use so that it can be more easily disinfected. You don’t want it to become a transmission vector for antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Apple might also consider a ruggedize version for field use. Perhaps the glass cover could be replaced with a polycarbonate panel with a high tech scratch resistant coating. Some time ago I saw an article on cold sputtering a diamond coating on plastics. I think that the target was optics/glasses, but it would be really great for a durable touch screen.
I’ll call and raise you twenty.
Virginia Tech will receive the first 1,000 off the assembly line and hook them all together to build another supercomputer.
Chaz
My dentist who makes a sleep apnea appliance (he also treats tmj) has had Mac’s in his offices since 1993 or so. I’ve been sleeping ever great ever since.