On Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:59:40 pm Tom Buskey wrote: > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Lloyd Kvam <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 09:00 -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: > > > I'm not sure I'll ever buy a $400 tablet. > > > > I agree with that sentiment for myself. We have an iPad here on loan to > > make sure the web sites we support display nicely. The iPad is a great > > device for those folks who have trouble with "regular" mouse/keyboard > > interfaces. > > > > We expect to see iPads getting used by patients in hospital settings > > filling out forms (multiple choice - little or no typing). Earlier > > attempts with other tablets (running Windows) proved unworkable. > > My Dr.'s office has been using TabletPCs since 2000. It's fantastic when > he can look up all my records to see a graph of my cholesterol. > > He has a custom "Family Practice" suite behind it all, I'm sure. It works > very well for him.
This seems to be a very good application for slate computers. Instead of bringing in a huge folder of charts which I can only assume are originals, you could bring in a slate. Although I can only imagine issues arising from sanitation and HIPPA compliance. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
