I understand the motivation for these applications, but anything that, in a room with a patient, takes one away from interacting with the patient has drawbacks.

I understand the motivation for these applications, but anything that, in a room with a patient, takes one away from interacting with the patient has drawbacks. A lot of docs are taught NOT to use this kind of device in the room. Even burying your nose in the patient's chart, of course, is problematic. Using it outside may have its advantages, but in the room it's ideally two humans and not much between them. And if you'll forgive me, I have a hard time believing an app like this will drive pad adoption by physicians. Most docs have pads because, well, they just like toys. Some docs have used laptops, which are a lot easier for data entry than these pads, and these don't require turning away from the patient either. In my experience, it's not common for physicians to write their progress notes in the room with the patient. Certainly writing a prescription and sending that to a pharmacy directly makes sense in the room, but there are classes of prescriptions where that cannot be done. Looking up drug interactions may be useful, but dedicated applications like eProcrates and other dedicated apps probably have become standard for that and I'm not sure I'd trust an "everything and the kitchen sink" app like this more than dedicated solutions (eg, these drug interaction databases require constant updating and care). Billing info and medical data combined on a view is a no-go, if that's there. They don't belong together. Period. Probably most importantly, most of us would need details about security of the transmission and storage of medical records before considering this at all. Someone said below this app is "HIPAA compliant", but I'm leery of that overused phrase because the HIPAA requirements are quite vague, and as far as I know there is no actual certification for something like HIPAA compliance. Vague claims of "HIPAA compliance" are likely NOT going to impress or satisfy juries and medical licensing boards. In addition, some information (depending on the state) requires more stringent care; for example, mental health records, record of drug abuse/dependence, etc. Hospitals and clinics typically have dedicated IT departments who put into place much more security than HIPAA requires. If someone hacks a system like this, the fact that you require passwords and do some encryption is not going to cut it if you can't demonstrate you are using standard of practice medical record security measures. Specifically, many physicians would want to know, at a minimum, complete details for: - backup, recovery, and retention policies for all data. - logging mechanisms in place to track access and change of data. By "access" tracking, I mean a record of every last living creature who views the data, at any time, for any reason, and that includes everyone at "DrChrono", the employees of any firms that manage their servers, etc. - audit mechanisms and schedules. - policies Yet Another Third Party ("DrChrono") would have in response to subpoenas, direct request from patients for their medical records, requests from insurance companies, etc.