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“From January next year, 500 graduate doctors, nurses and advanced practice nurses would be given iPads to use when treating patients in hospital, Health Minister Daniel Andrews said,” Computerworld Australia reports. “The iPads would connect to safe wireless networks within the hospitals, without interrupting sensitive electronic equipment.”
Computerworld Australia reports, “Mr Andrews said the users would be able to tap into health information resources and web applications run by their hospitals.”
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No bugs!! literary, there are no mechanical parts to hide bacteria and viruses. Just wipe it clean and thats that. Will there be a pad from qwerty key lovers that does not have qwerty keys? Hospitals have already eliminated qwerty keys from their desktops in exchange for key less keyboards that can be easily disinfected.
I know some people who work at a hospital with Pocket PC’s. The devices collect dust; many are still in their original box (in that case, the box collects the dust).
@Crabapple
You are right about ability to wipe it. But in fact you do not need to wipe it, just put it in a sandwich bag. The touch screen works just fine thru the bag. I bought a bag online for my iPad that is watertight and if you make sure to blow into it you can actually float the iPad in water. I think it is good to about 20 feet deep. Anyway they can just discard the baggie and put on a fresh one. Try that with a keyboard devics.
who needs a qwerty keyboard? A lot of medical charting can now be done with preselected narrative available in drop-down menus. The keyboard is reserved for inputing names, birthdates, etc.
@ HughB, Thanks.
@ anaknipedro, you maybe right, you need a mouse for drop down menus, mice can harbour bacteria and viruses. Hospital grade keyboards are virtually sealed up in material that is similar to what HughB describes. I wouldn’t want to treated in a hospital that still harbours mice, unless it is a magical mac mouse that can be disinfected just as the iPad can.
The iPad is already in use in some operating rooms
@Mac4lfe
Did you notice that the surgeon was wearing 3D glasses? That would add another dimension to the iPad picture
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My family physician and his associates went electronic a number of years ago and each doctor carries around a tablet of some sort (Windows based). It actually seems to work fairly well but I have to believe that an iPad would work much, much better and, best of all, not require a stylus.
Are there any software companies out there actively developing serious medical software for the iPad along with Mac based back-end systems such as servers? If not, they are missing a huge opportunity. I’ve looked at one or two Mac-oriented medical software companies but their offerings seemed to be very limited at best. In other words, they did not do appear to offer anything near what my doctor’s office already does with Windows. That needs to change.
@Joe Check out MacPractice.
Holy crap — when I read “Victorian doctors” I thought Apple had come up with some sort of time machine to sell to past generations!
As to the MDN Take- not so fast. Many are running Windows via the Citrix app as a portable thin client.
@Joe
Not just MacPractice! Why don’t you type in the search field ‘medical’ in iTunes and select Apps and see what you get.
Plenty!