For hospitals, Apple’s iPad tablet computer is about much more than checking and updating electronic health records.
Some hospitals develop their own iPad apps for patients and staff, but even for those that don’t, there are a growing number of apps aimed at helping healthcare professionals better care for and communicate with their patients.
With iPad adoption among physicians so high — a survey this year estimated it at 27 percent — the importance of the tablet device to the healthcare industry should only grow in the next few years.
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