The Perfect Computer for Healthcare and Electronic Medical Records

So I've been using computers in the healthcare setting for over a decade now. First at Yale than Duke. I've been thru the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center using Vista (New Haven, CT; Durham, NC; Asheville, NC; and Portland, OR). I've been at 5 different community hospitals on both the West and East Coasts. I've used all the different flavors of electronic medical records (EMR) in all these different locations/settings. I'm now using (not by choice) NextGen, Meditech, …

6/19/2010 0

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iPad Use In the Medical Clinic and/or Hospital For the Surgeon Doctor

To read what I consider the perfect computer for healthcare, click here . UPDATE 10/25/10: Watch video of using MediTech on the iPad To give a little background, I am a ENT (otolaryngology-head and neck surgeon). I see patients in all sorts of environments including the hospital, operating room, and outpatient clinic. In the hospital, I use MediTech and PACS while in the clinic I use NextGen. Admittedly, I was not entirely convinced the iPad would ever be useful in this varied medical …

6/12/2010 1

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