100 Apple iPads to be used at California hospital
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by brian Admin Apr 22, '10A California hospital plans to distribute more than 100 Apple iPads among its health care workers to allow them look at X-ray images, EKG results and more on the portable touchscreen device, according to a new report.
Nick Volosin, director of technical services at Kaweah Health Care District in Visalia, Calif., told Network World that he bought three iPads for testing, and plans to implement more than 100 at the facility in the next two months. Various patient monitoring programs will be accessed through Citrix virtual desktop and application delivery software. Using the Citrix Receiver, the hospital will be able to have its workers access desktop applications without writing proprietary software for the iPad.
The iPads will be distributed to home health care and hospice workers, nurses, dietitians and pharmacists. Because tight supply has forced Apple to turn down volume orders, the hospital had to work with Apple directly to make such a large purchase.
Volosin told author Jon Brodkin that the iPad and its 10-hour battery life will replace a laptop for many employees, particularly because it will eliminate the need to charge multiple times throughout the day, and it doesn’t need to be turned on and off. In addition to patient-related services, employees will also be able to use the device to do traditional office tasks like check their e-mail.
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Apr 22, '10 by That GuySee, THIS is a good use for iPad. I just hope they lock down the browser so you cant dally on it all day long.
Only down side i see to it is when typing notes, the touchscreen keyboard on those is terrible. -
Apr 22, '10 by Coffee NurseQuote from That GuyTrue. Maybe their next investment will be a bunch of these keyboard docks.See, THIS is a good use for iPad. I just hope they lock down the browser so you cant dally on it all day long.
Only down side i see to it is when typing notes, the touchscreen keyboard on those is terrible.Not_A_Hat_Person likes this. - Apr 22, '10 by That GuyId prefer a slide out qwerty board like you see on a lot of cell phones. But hey im picky with my tech gadgetsNot_A_Hat_Person likes this.
- AdminApr 22, '10 by brianI have one of those keyboard docks, it's OK, but the digital keyboard great, and once you get used to it, its a breeze. The docking keyboard is good for charging and if you are doing a lot of typing, otherwise, it kinda takes away from the "mobile" concept
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Apr 22, '10 by shiccyI hope to heck hospitals don't go to these things - I don't think it'd be possible, actually. The batteries only last something like 10 hours between charges, and you can't swap them for new ones so you'd have to have like 1.5 for each employee working. Not cost effective by any means, either. -
Apr 22, '10 by kdrose01As a shareholder, I think this is great! And as an iPhone owner, I think it's fantastic! Many of my nurse friends use Blackberrys or iPhones while working the floors, but the battery life is too short. This makes much more sense. They're also easier to read than a little phone screen. - Apr 22, '10 by Coffee NurseI much prefer a physical keyboard too, but a slide-out style seems impractical to me given the size of the unit itself. The touchscreen keyboard confused me a bit, because it's just the right size to make both index-finger typing and full-hand typng seem slightly awkward. I'd still prefer the dock; I can see a setup wher the clinician uses the portable unit in patient rooms (which of course raises the issue of how to clean the thing) or to go from unit to unit, and then sitting down at a dock in an office or the nurses' station for any extensive text input.
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Apr 22, '10 by woohAnd if they're like the computers-on-wheels that we have, the 100 ipads will turn into 3 that work, 15 that work occasionally, 5 that only work if they're plugged in, and the rest will have signs on them saying "Don't Work." - Apr 23, '10 by seaside81If there's a speech-to-text app on the iPads (like on Google's phones… and maybe also on iPhones?), that could be better on the job than the touch screen keyboard. Probably neither is great if you're in a hurry, but I think it's easier to enunciate to get the correct speech recognition than it is to be both quick and accurate with those keyboards.
