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The iPad makes its first hospital rounds











Let me know if you see your doctor sporting an iPad.

Topics: Legal, CXO, Health, iPad, Mobility, IT Employment



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  • It is political but it is definitely not a stunt.

    Stanford University is equipping their Medical Students with iPads that will allow them to view course material and medical imaging photos .. among other things. See AppleInsider article below for more info.
  • RE: The iPad makes its first hospital rounds

    If it suits the work then use it. Anyway it can always connect back to the office server and runs any Windows hospital software

  • My Doc was buying one

    He's already using the iPhone & loves it. Planned on buying an iPad when he could and had an idea for a medical app that he was thinking of developing.

    Medical apps on the iPhone would be the indicators of initial iPad apps. I use OsiriX to hold all my imaging - checked their site before the iPad hit the market and they were already working on it.

    I also believe that it's an excellent device for medical references (legal referencing also) as there is a massive body of knowledge in that field. Great for med school as well as physicians in practice.
  • What about security?

    In everything I've heard about the ipad nothing was there about encryption. HIPAA violtions are not cheap and you have to prove innocense if accused. If security is there it could work well.
    • RE: The iPad makes its first hospital rounds

      @harrim47 Security should be a network function, on the whole. Beyond that the iPad seems no more insecure than any laptop.
      • RE: The iPad makes its first hospital rounds

        @DanaBlankenhorn and Harrim47'<br><br>Security is more than a network function, you also have to maintain physical security for HIPAA. The advice I have been given currently is basically to let someone else suffer the first audit or two and see how those pan out.<br><br>I'm not holding my breath since the iPad calls home via iTunes, but I'm not against the concept either if it is found to be compliant.<br><br>Just remember that DEFCON just proved that there is no longer a secure wireless or GSM (editted, originally I misspoke "3G") network, so any data transmitted over those had best be highly encrypted.<br><br>As for laptops - they support EFS and have the option of using an ethernet cable which is still far more secure than a wifi connection as long as one maintains the physical security also.
      • iPad security

        @88Fan I'm among those who feel motive is a bigger issue in health care security than anything else. Unfortunately health reform didn't do enough to reduce the motivation of employers or insurers from getting access they shouldn't, so insecurity is going to be routine.

        Physical security is an example. M stands for mobile, as they say. Securing a mobile device means putting a lot of stuff in front of any data access, and can mean rendering the device unusable.

        Africa does a lot of good work in mhealth because these concerns just don't exist.