The efficiency of touch-web applications and the emerging app market model conspire with iPad to deliver key mobile medical solutions that simply weren”t possible less than a year ago. The emergence of these new opportunities make it possible to speed diagnoses, improve and accelerate the delivery of critical care information while making it far more useable in the field.
ClearPractice Rides Wave of iPad Adoption in Medical
“… the company has experienced substantial growth fueled by the wave of adoption of the iPad by medical groups and physicians of all types, including primary care, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, obstetricians and gynecologists, orthopedists and psychiatrists. This growth has been reflected in a recent report from a leading analyst firm predicting that the iPad will continue to dominate the tablet market through 2015.” – more…
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Survey: 27 percent of US doctors have tablets | mobihealthnews
A new survey published by Knowledge Networks for the pharmaceutical industry, found that 64 percent of doctors have a smartphone, while 27 percent of primary care providers and specialists say they have a tablet. The survey polled more than 5,400 doctors.
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iPad Used by Physicians Five Times More Than Other Segments
A poll of over 5,000 doctors conducted by the Physicians Consulting Network recently revealed that 27% of primary care and specialty physicians own an iPad or similar device, a rate that is five times higher than the general population. The device”s ease of use and intuitive nature, size, portability, long-lasting battery power and low cost of adoption make it the tablet of choice among physicians, helping to improve the delivery of patient care. –
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Apple”s iPad is making rounds in healthcare. Its ergonomic design, long battery life, and beautiful user interface (UI) gives other tablets a run for their money. Several reports indicate that the iPad is growing in popularity among physicians. As a result, more and more electronic medical record (E |
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Doctors driving IT development with their mobile technology choices 5/23/11
When physicians at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center started adopting smartphones a few years ago, they almost immediately looked for ways to use them in their clinical lives. Doctors liked being able to access their patients’ records and clinical tools anytime, from any place, so they pressured the hospital to give them access.
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Diagnostic Imaging Pathways App for #iPad — Medgadget.com — Internet Journal of Emerging Medical Technologies http://ow.ly/5LFSh |
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iPad Based Medical Records Made Possible By Drchrono – SmartAboutHealth: Posted on 16 July 2011 by adminDrchrono… http://bit.ly/pJc36i |
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Going Digital: A Medical Student’s Life with the #iPad http://is.gd/TrFdP9 #mhealth #mobile #health #education RT @pfanderson |
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Enthusiastic adoption of iPad in Chicago area hospitals [Chicago Sun Times]
The Chicago Sun Times is reporting on examples of how Apple’s iPad has been adopted by doctors and hospitals in their region. In this article by health reporter Monifa Thomas, the examples and quotes paint a picture of enthusiastic adoption, that spreads rapidly once the tablet device appears and doctors find that it can be useful for their daily activities.
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@HlthCareMktTips with all of the new apps out there for medical use – and even iPad used for EHR, how can they possibly monitor it all? |
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Medical residents @uchicagomed improved their patient care with iPads, and provided a blueprint for other hospitals. http://ow.ly/5LfAl |
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Lab Coats Designed for iPad, Warning Buoy for the The iPad Tsunami in Healthcare
If there is any doubt in your mind that iPad adoption in healthcare is still nascent, check out this lab coat from 1-800-LABWEAR. The iPad Pocket Coat is a sign of the medical times. When you start seeing peripheral industries manufacturing tools, products, and services shaped specifically around another product, the tail is officially waging [...]
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Mobile Global Health Messenging Services Arrive with Unique Point-and-Chat Feature
With the announcement of special services in the health care field, the folks at PoKos have demonstrated clear interest in assisting public health officials and consumers with texting infrastructure that can be deployed easily and with specialized public health-related features. As we know, interest in the application of mobile technology to health care (mHealth) has [...]
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[...] iPad Adoption Rates in Medical, Research and Hospitals Up Sharply [...]
Bill,
While I have no doubt that more healthcare institutions are investigating various tablet technologies, where is the data to support your statement? Do you have year-over-year sales figures or examples of new, key, medical applications?
I agree that tablets have the potential to improve medical care, including to speed diagnoses and accelerate information delivery, but I haven’t seen any evidence of this happening locally. I am aware of a large number of smartphone and tablet applications that are excellent references, calculators, and other resources, but none that actually alter health care delivery. Your limited posting would more useful with examples of institutions that have successfully implemented iPad and other tablet technologies, as well as information about the applications they are using.
I was taking care of patients in 1996 in a high-tech hospital with wired, touch-screen monitors at every bedside. Today that same technology could be easily delivered wirelessly to portable devices, but that alone does not impart a significant improvement in health care.
Mike
Mike,
>>> … data to support that statement? <<<
Chilmark Research said that 22 percent of physicians had an iPad at the end of 2010. Rumor has it that the iPad is dominating as the tablet of choice for physicians, the Knowledge Networks figure of 27 percent adoption of (all types of) tablets among US physicians. By year end (2011), the forecast is in the 38% range for physicians with iPad. If these numbers are remotely accurate, the annual growth rate exceeds 80%, hence the term "sharply up".
More data, although anecdotal and perhaps a biased perspective — in 2010 I performed 3 iPad adoption strategy briefings for hospitals; in 2011 (same number of months with iPad in circulation) I've performed 21.
And to be clear, this article is not about improved healthcare nor is it about the propensity for iPad to accomplish that. It's simply news about adoption rates. In the 1990's almost all Fortune 500 companies adopted business intelligence solutions; the adoption pace was furious. But fewer than 27% of those systems actually stuck. Success rates will vary, and we probably need a little time and more surveys to understand how iPad is influencing healthcare quality. Most of the implementations to this date are pilot programs and carefully guarded experiments so there's not a lot of openly available data [yet].
[...] that makers of lab coats are now making iPad pockets (iPad Adoption Rates in Medical, Research and Hospitals Up Sharply), this may be less of an issue. However, Apple will always change its tune if the market suggests [...]
Bill,
Thanks for supplementing this article with so many examples. When I left my comment, the posting consisted only of the two sentence introduction.
The two references to the University of Chicago’s internal medicine residency program were particularly persuasive in showing the potential uses of a medical tablet.
Mike
Actually, these links were always in the article to begin with. I suspect your browser didn’t download the whole story because the article is actually a combination of my intro and my Storify content. Perhaps the rendering was challenged at the time you saw the post.
[...] 9, 2011 I just read an interesting article on a new blog I just discovered…ipadcto.com. The article cites a number of different resources as proof that the iPad is truly taking off in Healthcare. [...]
Have you heard about TickiT, a really interesting new communication tool that helps patients talk to their doctors about touchy issues. It has an amazing interface that is engaging, professional but still fun and uses the iPad perfectly. Make sure to check them out at http://www.tickitforhealth.com