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I have problems with doctors using these devices with the lack of a replaceable battery. The current plan is you trade them in for a refurb one with a new batt

by gte910h 16y ago

I have problems with doctors using these devices with the lack of a replaceable battery. The current plan is you trade them in for a refurb one with a new battery when your old one dies.

powrtoch 16y ago
Can you elaborate? Why would this present a problem in particular for doctors?
- sterwill 16y ago
  Just a guess: sensitive medical information may persist on the device when it's shipped back to Apple.
  - grinich 16y ago
    Even after a full OS restore? (via iTunes, etc.)
  - bbgm 16y ago
    HIPAA is not Apple's responsibility as such. Rather they need to make sure the iPad allows the medical facility to achieve HIPAA requirements.
    - gte910h 16y ago
      Which is why: > I have problems with doctors using these devices with the lack of a replaceable battery. I'm sure some will misuse their batteries and will have them get crappy in much less than 3 years.
cloudwalking 16y ago
What's wrong with that? With the sealed battery, you can spill blood all over your iPad and wipe it off, it'll work fine. After two years when the battery only lasts three or five hours, erase the device and send it in for a replacement. As long as they don't charge more than the battery + minimal labor, it seems like a fair tradeoff.
- gte910h 16y ago
  "Erase" is a funny word. It doesn't actually wipe all the data when you "erase" a device such as an ipad, it just marks the area as usable for writing. So a doctor will "erase it", and if people want to hunter for credit cards, etc, they can scan the memory of the device after returning it. There is a HUGE crime presence buying old hard drives looking for credit card numbers, etc on them. No reason to not assume they'll do it with iPads too.
grinich 16y ago
Apple offers a battery replacement for $99, plus $6.95 shipping, subject to local tax. Apple disposes of your battery in an environmentally friendly manner. [1] However, A properly maintained iPad battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 1000 full charge and discharge cycles. Which essentially means that it will last for 3 years. By then I'm sure the battery will be the last reason to replace it. [1] http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html [2] http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html
jamesbkel 16y ago
I assume you're referring to the potential for sensitive data such as medical records to be left on the iPad..? Any institution that takes HIPAA compliance seriously would address this by simply purchasing a new iPad (or Apple could face pressure to offer HIPAA compliant refurb). If they don't take compliance seriously... well don't worry about the iPad, there's a lot more sensitive data on the truckload of PCs they just left at the local dump.
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by gte910h 16y ago

I have problems with doctors using these devices with the lack of a replaceable battery. The current plan is you trade them in for a refurb one with a new battery when your old one dies.

powrtoch 16y ago

Can you elaborate? Why would this present a problem in particular for doctors?

sterwill 16y ago
Just a guess: sensitive medical information may persist on the device when it's shipped back to Apple.
- grinich 16y ago
  Even after a full OS restore? (via iTunes, etc.)
- bbgm 16y ago
  HIPAA is not Apple's responsibility as such. Rather they need to make sure the iPad allows the medical facility to achieve HIPAA requirements.
  - gte910h 16y ago
    Which is why: > I have problems with doctors using these devices with the lack of a replaceable battery. I'm sure some will misuse their batteries and will have them get crappy in much less than 3 years.

cloudwalking 16y ago

What's wrong with that? With the sealed battery, you can spill blood all over your iPad and wipe it off, it'll work fine. After two years when the battery only lasts three or five hours, erase the device and send it in for a replacement. As long as they don't charge more than the battery + minimal labor, it seems like a fair tradeoff.

gte910h 16y ago
"Erase" is a funny word. It doesn't actually wipe all the data when you "erase" a device such as an ipad, it just marks the area as usable for writing. So a doctor will "erase it", and if people want to hunter for credit cards, etc, they can scan the memory of the device after returning it. There is a HUGE crime presence buying old hard drives looking for credit card numbers, etc on them. No reason to not assume they'll do it with iPads too.

grinich 16y ago

Apple offers a battery replacement for $99, plus $6.95 shipping, subject to local tax. Apple disposes of your battery in an environmentally friendly manner. [1] However, A properly maintained iPad battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 1000 full charge and discharge cycles. Which essentially means that it will last for 3 years. By then I'm sure the battery will be the last reason to replace it. [1] http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html [2] http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html http://www.apple.com/batteries/ipad.html

jamesbkel 16y ago

I assume you're referring to the potential for sensitive data such as medical records to be left on the iPad..? Any institution that takes HIPAA compliance seriously would address this by simply purchasing a new iPad (or Apple could face pressure to offer HIPAA compliant refurb). If they don't take compliance seriously... well don't worry about the iPad, there's a lot more sensitive data on the truckload of PCs they just left at the local dump.

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