We noted last week that there’s a lot of hype swirling around Apple’s release of the iPad — an electronic tablet device that many in the health care technology field see as a revolutionary new tool that will speed the adoption of electronic health records.
But other writers and experts are not so sure, and there will certainly be a period of testing and caution before the health care industry embraces new EHR tools of which the iPad is just one example.
Read on to find out whether the iPad will actually live up to the hype or just be another fancy toy that will give health care workers and patients a bigger screen to play Tetris on.
Here are some key specs of the iPad:
- Price: For WiFi only (no cellular connectivity), expect to pay $499 for a 16GB hard drive; $599 for 32GB; and $699 for 64GB. Add access to AT&T’s 3G network, and you’re looking at adding another $130 to each of those amounts. (more…)











Wed, Feb 3, 2010
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