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Originally Posted by Iceman_2K
Take it from someone who works with the health care industry very intimately (US Health care that is) - they don't. They want everything to occur with one click, and the easier the better. They don't like complexity and don't care for the ability to do more than one thing at one time - especially when liability is on the line if a mistake is made. I've seen doctors ask for workstations that cost upwards to $30000 and all they do on it is put their coffee cup on the top of it and browse the Wall Street Journal. A machine, whether it be a laptop, desktop or whatever, is just a tool. The simpler and easier it is for them to pick up and use, the better.
Most of the remarks so far have been comparing it to the netbook and laptop replacements, or even desktop replacements. That's a pretty limited and short sighted view as to what this device can do and its potential applications.
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I'm a software developer in the health care industry.
The iPad will have no place in the healthcare industry. There are too many software development barriers, and few financial incentives.
Hospitals invest $Ms in software/hardware, and are slow to change cause of it. All hospitals I have worked with are heavily invested in Microsoft cause it solves their security concerns regarding workstation/care provider access.
The iPad does not have a rich enough security system that implements these features, requiring custom software which would only add to a hospitals already large investment in IT, and render their current systems useless.