i can definitely envision touch tablets being in use in healthcare: portable charts, radiology imaging, treatment plans, pharmacy lookup, online order entry, etc. today, the closest thing they have to it is roaming rdp/citrix sessions but they are still tied to a physical workstation and they ultimately print things out and of course it's all over the hospital and the confidential shredding bins are always full...

obviously apple needs to do alot to offer the proper security and management that regulation would call for.android would need to be tweaked as well. playing music and reading magazines doesn't quite cut it yet for most people to put it on their "i need it list".

this hp tablet running win7 can be managed with the enterprise management suite and offers security that passes regulators right out the box.