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Date posted: 06/02/2010 Apple's new creation, the iPad, may be a novelty to many consumers, but hospitals are already starting to abandon paper-and-pen clipboards for hand-held digital tablets. In Sacramento, Kaiser Permanente is in the midst of experimenting with one brand of computerized tablets -- with the hope of freeing nurses and doctors from old-school tools and allowing them more time at a patient's bedside. "We want our nurses to have time to actually nurse and support the patient. We want to remove the barriers ... to provide seamless technology integration," said Ann O'Brien, a registered nurse and Kaiser's national director of clinical informatics. The trial being conducted in Sacramento is part of a broader program, dubbed "Destination Bedside." Kaiser expects to choose an electronic tablet by the end of the year for use at its hospitals nationwide. The idea is to improve care and safety by providing up-to-the-minute medical information on the patient that can help prevent mistakes. X-rays, medical charts, prescriptions and notes would be readily available at a tap of a finger. See the full Story via external site: www.physorg.com Most recent stories in this category (Health): 01/05/2013: Microelectronics: Taking the heat off microfluidic chips |
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