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Is anyone using an iPad to document patient records? More specifically, who can document 30 patients or more a day, on an ipad? Cloud software or RDP to a Windows Application.
I'm not talking about VIEWING, I'm asking about the specifics of note taking detail. The detail you need to complete records legally and completely in an office.
Just curious. I have every version of the Ipad.
The iPad is great, but get real with the hype in health.
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I just got my first iPad Friday (3rd generation). I played with it this weekend to RDP to my desktop in my office. It was fine for viewing data but was too slow and cumbersome to enter a note that required any amount of free data entry. It was fine for simple cases where not many changes needed to be made to the pre-clicked template. I find it great for web surfing and checking email but it is not all that useful for legacy Windows EMRs as most of their click boxes are not finger friendly. I am waiting for the first real iPad EMR written from the ground up to take advantage for what the iPad has to offer. I am waiting for my bluetooth keyboard case which is delayed from Zagg which will make free text entry better. The screen is amazing on the new iPad but it gets smudged up with finger prints rather quickly so I tend to use a stylus as much as I can.
Bryan D. Uslick, MD CFCDD (Gastroenterologist) eMDs user since 3/3/2006. Currently using version 7.21 (Prior Praxis user.)
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I think a "dictation only" EMR for the iPad could be viable.
My EMR is: Synapse It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. Pioneers are the ones with the arrows in their backs.
uslic001: I am waiting for the first real iPad EMR written from the ground up to take advantage for what the iPad has to offer.
Me too.
The screen is amazing on the new iPad but it gets smudged up with finger prints rather quickly so I tend to use a stylus as much as I can.
Sounds like my Motion Ultraview Anywhere LE1700s ! (Actually I am sure my LE1700s are quite a bit worse with the smudges).
:)
>> It was fine for viewing data but was too slow and cumbersome to enter a note that required any amount of free data entry. It was fine for simple cases where not many changes needed to be made to the pre-clicked template.<<
My sentiments exactly. I use ritePen in combination with Splashtop for one click connection to my Windows EMR. Speed is ironically, not the issue, the issues are as you clarified above. If I could dictate directly into my EMR application, the iPad would be viable even with legacy apps not written for finger or stylus entry. I've used Cloud EMRs written for the iPad with DNS. However, recognition is still often slow and pathetic with servers timing out.
We have an EMR that we use called Suitemed that is able to remote into our servers at the office via my Ipad2.
We are able to chart a full visit pretty easily.
You can document over 30 charts per day on iPad. We demonstrated it at the UCAOA Vegas. It included pre-charted templates with detailed note taking while extremely fast, our navigation screens provide large icons, large fonts and index print size check circles/boxes. Our software is designed for episodic care only.
Research leads to good decisions.
Give me a call or reply back if you fit episodic care.
Luis S.
mbnafees: We have an EMR that we use called Suitemed that is able to remote into our servers at the office via my Ipad2. We are able to chart a full visit pretty easily.
Screenshots ?
Luis Saravia: You can document over 30 charts per day on iPad. We demonstrated it at the UCAOA Vegas. It included pre-charted templates with detailed note taking while extremely fast, our navigation screens provide large icons, large fonts and index print size check circles/boxes. Our software is designed for episodic care only. Research leads to good decisions. Give me a call or reply back if you fit episodic care. Luis S.
Give me a call or reply back if you fit episodic care. Luis S.
Dr. Murdoch,
I can send you screenshots today to your email address if you have one.
Thanks you.
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The iPad hype in healthcare is definitely at an all time high. I'm not sure we'll ever get the productivity out of a tablet like the iPad that we can get out of a workstation set up. At least not for data entry. Voice recognition is the biggest hope and I'm not sure we'll get much better than we have today. Even the EHR that were developed mostly for the iPad don't do that well at data entry.
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