http://articles.icmcc.org/2010/02/08/one-in-five-physicians-likely-to-purchase-an-ipad-more-than-60-percent-intrigued-by-new-device-according-to-epocrates-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-in-five-physicians-likely-to-purchase-an-ipad-more-than-60-percent-intrigued-by-new-device-according-to-epocrates-survey Your information source on Health IT. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:42:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://articles.icmcc.org/2010/02/08/one-in-five-physicians-likely-to-purchase-an-ipad-more-than-60-percent-intrigued-by-new-device-according-to-epocrates-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-114090 Lodewijk Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:15:19 +0000 http://articles.icmcc.org/2010/02/08/one-in-five-physicians-likely-to-purchase-an-ipad-more-than-60-percent-intrigued-by-new-device-according-to-epocrates-survey/#comment-114090 Thank you Lucien for the link. Especially the discussion is very interesting. I much appreciated the remark that the talk is about what people hope the iPad will do. BTW the same is true about your remark on timing: "It's all about timing. EHR, web 2.0, Participatory Healthcare, demographics of patients-population, and it's sexy". That is also a dream, a dream of how healtcare might change. The problem with us, who think of and work at these technological aspects and innovations be it EHR or mhealth is that we sometimes forget that the majority of caregivers and the very large majority of patients don't even know what we are talking about. As long as simple wearable heart monitoring devices do not get massively used, I don't think a tablet PC with limited functionality will change healthcare. I even doubt if it will change the way professionals work. It is the old problem, what should be first, the tools or the knowledge? IMO, awareness and knowledge will have to lead the way, the implementation and use of tools will than follow. Does this mean that these kinds of new technical developments are lacking necessity? On the contrary, they will help modify the perception and awareness of people. But their impact will be indirect. Thank you Lucien for the link. Especially the discussion is very interesting. I much appreciated the remark that the talk is about what people hope the iPad will do. BTW the same is true about your remark on timing: “It’s all about timing. EHR, web 2.0, Participatory Healthcare, demographics of patients-population, and it’s sexy”. That is also a dream, a dream of how healtcare might change. The problem with us, who think of and work at these technological aspects and innovations be it EHR or mhealth is that we sometimes forget that the majority of caregivers and the very large majority of patients don’t even know what we are talking about.
As long as simple wearable heart monitoring devices do not get massively used, I don’t think a tablet PC with limited functionality will change healthcare. I even doubt if it will change the way professionals work. It is the old problem, what should be first, the tools or the knowledge? IMO, awareness and knowledge will have to lead the way, the implementation and use of tools will than follow. Does this mean that these kinds of new technical developments are lacking necessity? On the contrary, they will help modify the perception and awareness of people. But their impact will be indirect.

]]> http://articles.icmcc.org/2010/02/08/one-in-five-physicians-likely-to-purchase-an-ipad-more-than-60-percent-intrigued-by-new-device-according-to-epocrates-survey/comment-page-1/#comment-113999 Lucien Engelen Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:49:21 +0000 http://articles.icmcc.org/2010/02/08/one-in-five-physicians-likely-to-purchase-an-ipad-more-than-60-percent-intrigued-by-new-device-according-to-epocrates-survey/#comment-113999 Lodewijk, for some little mashup on information on the iPad for healthcare : http://lucienengelen.posterous.com/will-apples-ipad-change-healthcare Lodewijk, for some little mashup on information on the iPad for healthcare : http://lucienengelen.posterous.com/will-apples-ipad-change-healthcare

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