Tablet me a nurse
Thu, January 28, 2010 at 22:04 So I must admit I'm an Apple fan boy. After switching 4 years ago I've never looked back.
Writing this on a PC actually feels kind of morally wrong. But it just so happens that being a student doesn't really allow you to be choosy when you want a gaming machine as well as a laptop. So I have both, a PC for all the not so serious stuff and a Mac for the real deal.
What I bring on this Blog has so far been a mix between personal opinion and more current technical, nursing related stuff. What I've tried to do is divide those up so its easier to distinguish between them.
Ok so for the actual post I have, like a lot of others recently, been presented with the new concept from Apple with its iPad. The idea is not new, we've seen tablets from most of the major manufactures for about 6 months now. What I like about the iPad is that it is just that, an Apple product.
This mean that it's thouroghly tested and designed for maximum ease of use for consumers.
Using the concept from the iPhone and putting it on a bigger screen is genius.
The product itself looks like this and features a screen about the size of a piece of regular A4 paper.
If you've tried an iPhone or iPod Touch, you've tried the controls for this as well.
This makes it far more intuitive than any other tablet out there.
What I find so exiting is that this is just exactly what is needed in nursing today. A way to log your patients information, chedule and symptoms from something portable, light and user friendly.
The only thing that is needed are applications that meet this goal. Some of the applications out there, like this one help nurses get a quick overview of diceases and symptoms when they are with the patient. The great thing would be to have the hospitals electronic patient information right at your fingertips when you need it.
Because of the very open SDK given by apple, its almost as easy as dragging and dropping buttons to make one such application. I for one therefor have high hopes that this will be the future in pervasive healthcare.
Another great use of this hardware is that it is so intuitive that showing grafs or patient data to the patient will be no hassle, as you can choose just exactly how you want it to be shown. Rather than current methods based on an exstensive medical knowledge and subsequent translation for the nurse.
Make informed choices.
Reader Comments (3)
How is live? Still have pictures from summer 2008 Ibiza. Will sent them to you.
Summer for us 2010 will be Ibiza again, same hotel etc. with friends from Belgium. Hope everything is O.K.
Regards Erik & Roland :O)