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I think you picked some poor choices for examples. I work in healthcare and I can assure you that the future is increasingly going to depend on mobile devices.

by JunkDNA 13y ago

I think you picked some poor choices for examples. I work in healthcare and I can assure you that the future is increasingly going to depend on mobile devices. Doctors in many places have been lugging laptops and crappy Windows XP tablets around for a while now. The push to electronic health records will drive mobile adoption even more. I have no firsthand experience with the business of painters and plumbers. But thinking about other types of contractors, they do spend their whole day going around to customers (i.e. they are highly mobile). My last HVAC service call involved the technician using a tablet to enter my AC unit's serial number for a real-time warranty check. He then ordered a new part right there in front of me and I signed the sheet with my finger. I expect lots of plumbers would do the same thing with a hot water heater or similar complex repair.

coldtea 13y ago
>Doctors in many places have been lugging laptops and crappy Windows XP tablets around for a while now. The push to electronic health records will drive mobile adoption even more. Sure, and a lot have iPads. But it's still quite peripheral to what the do 90% of the time -- and they could do the same almost as well on their laptop already.
- thetylerhayes 13y ago
  Peripheral to what they do 90% of the time. That depends on the doctor. But generally doctors spend ~20% of their day doing data entry. The rest of the time, in general practice, family, etc. clinics, doctors need an EHR at their fingertips when talking to patients and other care providers and carrying an iPad around with an EHR designed for the iPad from the ground up is easier than most desktop-based EHR software. Could do the same almost as well on their laptop. Misunderstands why a person uses an iPad instead of a laptop.

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I think you picked some poor choices for examples. I work in healthcare and I can assure you that the future is increasingly going to depend on mobile devices.

by JunkDNA 13y ago

coldtea 13y ago
>Doctors in many places have been lugging laptops and crappy Windows XP tablets around for a while now. The push to electronic health records will drive mobile adoption even more. Sure, and a lot have iPads. But it's still quite peripheral to what the do 90% of the time -- and they could do the same almost as well on their laptop already.
- thetylerhayes 13y ago
  Peripheral to what they do 90% of the time. That depends on the doctor. But generally doctors spend ~20% of their day doing data entry. The rest of the time, in general practice, family, etc. clinics, doctors need an EHR at their fingertips when talking to patients and other care providers and carrying an iPad around with an EHR designed for the iPad from the ground up is easier than most desktop-based EHR software. Could do the same almost as well on their laptop. Misunderstands why a person uses an iPad instead of a laptop.