Comments on: iPad – Are you brave enough to support it? http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/ipad-are-you-brave-enough-to-support-it/ healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:59:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Huffman http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/ipad-are-you-brave-enough-to-support-it/#comment-74 Steve Huffman Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:34:22 +0000 http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=730#comment-74 The Citrix app is "Citrix Receiver" that can extend applications to the iPhone and presumably the iPad. The Citrix app is “Citrix Receiver” that can extend applications to the iPhone and presumably the iPad.

]]> By: Healthcare IT Weblog http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/ipad-are-you-brave-enough-to-support-it/#comment-72 Healthcare IT Weblog Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:12:59 +0000 http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=730#comment-72 Seems like a very cool toy – not sure about it’s use in a ‘business’ environment. Thinking about getting the basic model to test out some of the functionality. Does anyone know of a Citrix app that could run on an iPad? If so, I could then access my EMR. I am sure that clinicians are looking at this device as it looks extremely portable. Would like to try using it with a voice recognition app – that would be very cool. Seems like a very cool toy – not sure about it’s use in a ‘business’ environment. Thinking about getting the basic model to test out some of the functionality. Does anyone know of a Citrix app that could run on an iPad? If so, I could then access my EMR. I am sure that clinicians are looking at this device as it looks extremely portable. Would like to try using it with a voice recognition app – that would be very cool.

]]> By: Rich http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/ipad-are-you-brave-enough-to-support-it/#comment-66 Rich Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:48:12 +0000 http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=730#comment-66 There is a lot here with the iPad that could be really appealing to doctors and other clinicians. We have gone through many iterations of trying to find a tablet-type device that physicians could walk around with and chart on and still have a sufficiently robust screen so they could see what they needed to see. This might just be it. The jury is still out, I would like to do more research on this, but the potential of this iPad as a truly portable clinical device is very real and very appealing. Let's see how it all evolves. There is a lot here with the iPad that could be really appealing to doctors and other clinicians. We have gone through many iterations of trying to find a tablet-type device that physicians could walk around with and chart on and still have a sufficiently robust screen so they could see what they needed to see. This might just be it. The jury is still out, I would like to do more research on this, but the potential of this iPad as a truly portable clinical device is very real and very appealing. Let’s see how it all evolves.

]]> By: Steve Huffman http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/ipad-are-you-brave-enough-to-support-it/#comment-65 Steve Huffman Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:00:38 +0000 http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=730#comment-65 Joe - My thought on the camera relates to the issue related to control of people taking pictures of things they shouldn't and then sharing them to places they shouldn't. It is a continual sense of frustration for my staff. Audio is an interesting twist that I haven't given much thought to.... Joe – My thought on the camera relates to the issue related to control of people taking pictures of things they shouldn’t and then sharing them to places they shouldn’t. It is a continual sense of frustration for my staff. Audio is an interesting twist that I haven’t given much thought to….

]]> By: kgamble http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/ipad-are-you-brave-enough-to-support-it/#comment-64 kgamble Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:20:18 +0000 http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=730#comment-64 Wow - no sooner does the iPad come out that you've got a CIO blogging about it. Impressive! I'm glad Steve (and Joe) took the time to break it down - it's so easy to just "ooh" and "ah" at a new technology without really at what it really means for an organization. That being said, I want one! Wow – no sooner does the iPad come out that you’ve got a CIO blogging about it. Impressive! I’m glad Steve (and Joe) took the time to break it down – it’s so easy to just “ooh” and “ah” at a new technology without really at what it really means for an organization. That being said, I want one!

]]> By: jbormel http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/01/27/ipad-are-you-brave-enough-to-support-it/#comment-63 jbormel Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:37:23 +0000 http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=730#comment-63 Steve, Great perspective. It brought back memories of doctors bringing their first 20 pound laptops on rounds in the late 80s, and screen-scraping their data from the HIS. Then, the hospitals buying and deploying printers, some with IR input, so doctors could print their own notes and put them on the patient's paper chart (with a delayed and reluctant "blessing" from the medical records forms committee, and then the individuals, hospitals and 3rd parties (including vendors) writing sync'ing applications for the Palm Pilot in the mid 90s, for patient lists, labs and reports. All of this serves as strong, empiric behavioral evidence that many customer-oriented CIOs will likely support the iPad in some fashion, in 2010. Help me understand your camera point and does that extend to audio? Steve,
Great perspective. It brought back memories of doctors bringing their first 20 pound laptops on rounds in the late 80s, and screen-scraping their data from the HIS. Then, the hospitals buying and deploying printers, some with IR input, so doctors could print their own notes and put them on the patient’s paper chart (with a delayed and reluctant “blessing” from the medical records forms committee, and then the individuals, hospitals and 3rd parties (including vendors) writing sync’ing applications for the Palm Pilot in the mid 90s, for patient lists, labs and reports. All of this serves as strong, empiric behavioral evidence that many customer-oriented CIOs will likely support the iPad in some fashion, in 2010.

Help me understand your camera point and does that extend to audio?

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