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This is a really detailed account of the kind of advancement that multi-touch tablets can make in domain specific applications. Why are people rolling around co

This is a really detailed account of the kind of advancement that multi-touch tablets can make in domain specific applications. Why are people rolling around computers on carts to perform simple interactions with web apps? I can't think of a better use case.

sp332 16y ago
You think App Store approval is picky, try FDA approval.
- niels_olson 16y ago
  HHS, FDA's parent agency, covers HIPAA. And a bunch of other stuff (CMS comes to mind).
patio11 16y ago
Why are people... Carry a clipboard with patient names and diagnoses on it, OK, you're pretty much kosher. Carry a tablet which accesses patient names and diagnoses over a wireless connection and you probably just bought six or seven figures in infrastructure and auditing requirements. HIPAA: Comply Diligently, Or Get Intimate Domain Knowledge About Emergency Room Operation.
- niels_olson 16y ago
  > probably just bought six or seven figures in infrastructure and auditing requirements. This has already been paid. Citrix is already deployed at most hospitals, and doctors routinely access it over wifi and 3g from laptops, the "COWs" the author refers to, and even their home computers. And Citrix has an iPhone client, a Linux client, and a BlackBerry client, all free.
  - tl 16y ago
    I can't speak to the quality of the iPhone version, but the Linux version is absolutely terrible. It's slow and crash-prone (think early flash releases).
- kellishaver 16y ago
  I think a good number of hospitals have that infrastructure in place already. The doctors at ours all carry around laptops, then have to balance them awkwardly or find a table to set them on. Aside from being physically awkward to use at times, there does seem to be a lot of benefits. I can go to one doctor at one clinic and he can pull up my medical records and see what medications another doctor has prescribed me. Basically, any doctor I go to at any medical facility here has instant access to my entire patient history if they need it. This seems to me like it would be particularly valuable in an emergency situation. I'm not exactly in a big city, either. It's a rural area of eastern Kentucky. I tend to think the medical profession is one of the markets with the biggest potential with regards to tablets, the other being schools.
  - sigzero 16y ago
    I have a friend whose "speciality" is wireless in hospitals. The infrastructure is already there.
niels_olson 16y ago
> Why are people rolling around computers on carts to perform simple interactions with web apps? Please, don't even ask that question. It's the wrong question. They are a temporary placeholder until tablets come along. The clipboard metaphor is what you want.

sp332 16y ago

You think App Store approval is picky, try FDA approval.

niels_olson 16y ago
HHS, FDA's parent agency, covers HIPAA. And a bunch of other stuff (CMS comes to mind).

patio11 16y ago

Why are people... Carry a clipboard with patient names and diagnoses on it, OK, you're pretty much kosher. Carry a tablet which accesses patient names and diagnoses over a wireless connection and you probably just bought six or seven figures in infrastructure and auditing requirements. HIPAA: Comply Diligently, Or Get Intimate Domain Knowledge About Emergency Room Operation.

niels_olson 16y ago
> probably just bought six or seven figures in infrastructure and auditing requirements. This has already been paid. Citrix is already deployed at most hospitals, and doctors routinely access it over wifi and 3g from laptops, the "COWs" the author refers to, and even their home computers. And Citrix has an iPhone client, a Linux client, and a BlackBerry client, all free.
- tl 16y ago
  I can't speak to the quality of the iPhone version, but the Linux version is absolutely terrible. It's slow and crash-prone (think early flash releases).
kellishaver 16y ago
I think a good number of hospitals have that infrastructure in place already. The doctors at ours all carry around laptops, then have to balance them awkwardly or find a table to set them on. Aside from being physically awkward to use at times, there does seem to be a lot of benefits. I can go to one doctor at one clinic and he can pull up my medical records and see what medications another doctor has prescribed me. Basically, any doctor I go to at any medical facility here has instant access to my entire patient history if they need it. This seems to me like it would be particularly valuable in an emergency situation. I'm not exactly in a big city, either. It's a rural area of eastern Kentucky. I tend to think the medical profession is one of the markets with the biggest potential with regards to tablets, the other being schools.
- sigzero 16y ago
  I have a friend whose "speciality" is wireless in hospitals. The infrastructure is already there.

niels_olson 16y ago

> Why are people rolling around computers on carts to perform simple interactions with web apps? Please, don't even ask that question. It's the wrong question. They are a temporary placeholder until tablets come along. The clipboard metaphor is what you want.