Official iPad Thread

[rayxi]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

One in five doctors say they plan to buy an iPad, according to a survey of 350 clinicians by the San Mateo medical software vendor Epocrates. But of course what do Doctors know?.....

Easy. Four in five doctors know not to buy an iPad.

Here's an interesting excerpt from the article:

"Let's say you had a graph of the patient's blood sugar over time," Luo said. "You could show those graphs to the patient pretty easily. You would just sort of pull it up on your electronic medical record and hand the screen to the patient."

Very cool. Now what if the patient asks for a copy to take home? The solution is not very cool and certainly not "magical and revolutionary".




My family doctor shows me charts all the time. If I ask for a copy it's waiting for me at reception when I leave. Same goes for lab requisitions. He uses a notebook. When you get past the cool factor and it comes down to actually doing something useful from end to end, not just half way, the iPad just doesn't stack up.

[Kewl X5]

Congrats! This is my 5th Apple product! Anyhow I can legally tether for free with my Verizon phone as well! There will be some more cool apps for the iPad in the next coming months!

Originally Posted by PersonaNonGrata

Wife and I drove out to nearest Apple store on Saturday after getting the email notification that her 32GB WiFi iPad was ready for pick up. (Kewl: We went to the store at VG.) As usual, the store was packed. Apple is hot stuff!

I must say that I am wanting one. Wife LOVES hers! The iPad is so beautiful. The display is so nice. It has its limitations but what it does do it does well. There are some great free apps. The thing is just so easy and smooth to use. Again, it has its limitations and it is really just a giant iPod Touch so if one does not have expectations beyond that, it shouldn't disappoint.

I am thinking about getting one now. We're both happy with WiFi since we can tether to our rooted Android phones.

[nom3rcy]

Originally Posted by rayxi

Easy. Four in five doctors know not to buy an iPad.

Here's an interesting excerpt from the article:

"Let's say you had a graph of the patient's blood sugar over time," Luo said. "You could show those graphs to the patient pretty easily. You would just sort of pull it up on your electronic medical record and hand the screen to the patient."

Very cool. Now what if the patient asks for a copy to take home? The solution is not very cool and certainly not "magical and revolutionary".




My family doctor shows me charts all the time. If I ask for a copy it's waiting for me at reception when I leave. Same goes for lab requisitions. He uses a notebook. When you get past the cool factor and it comes down to actually doing something useful from end to end, not just half way, the iPad just doesn't stack up.

You are actually defeating your own argument by pointing out the extra steps necessary for a nurse or admin to make an actual copy of the chart, vs the doctor simply pressing PRINT

[nom3rcy]

Originally Posted by Thunder22

Where did i say that? Do you always argue both sides? lol



I do find it funny that YOU likened the iPad to tp though, quite funny. Would you consider the iPad single ply at this stage or 2 ply?

I'm not anti-Apple, I'm anti-fanboi....


carry on.

So satisfied customer = fanboi

ok bro

[brian5]

@nom3rcy,

No, you're wrong. "Satisfied customer" does not equal "fanboy/fanboi". I am a very satisfied customer of Windows 7 (64-bit and 32-bit) but I'm definitely not a fanboi. I probably have more Apple products than Microsoft products.

I don't think that the iPad cuts it yet. It's like the original iPhone; which just didn't deliver enough of anything... When the iPhone 3G came out, I snapped one up and have been happy with that decision (although it's not as good a "product" as Windows 7).

I'm going to buy the iPhone 4 (or HD) when that hits the shelves. I will consider buying the iPad when Apple comes out with a new version that makes it more useful (and improves iTunes etc.).

I refuse to be a sheep...

[Krimson X]

Some iPad trickery.

YouTube - iPad magic sub:E

[R8DX5]

Bloomy got one!!!



Mayor Bloomberg says his iPad saves paper - but the touchscreen is a challenge

[rayxi]

Originally Posted by nom3rcy

You are actually defeating your own argument by pointing out the extra steps necessary for a nurse or admin to make an actual copy of the chart, vs the doctor simply pressing PRINT

That's exactly what the doctor does with his notebook. He presses print and it comes out on the printer at reception. There are no extra steps. You can't print at all from an iPad.

[nom3rcy]

Originally Posted by brian5

@nom3rcy,

No, you're wrong. "Satisfied customer" does not equal "fanboy/fanboi". I am a very satisfied customer of Windows 7 (64-bit and 32-bit) but I'm definitely not a fanboi. I probably have more Apple products than Microsoft products.

I don't think that the iPad cuts it yet. It's like the original iPhone; which just didn't deliver enough of anything... When the iPhone 3G came out, I snapped one up and have been happy with that decision (although it's not as good a "product" as Windows 7).

I'm going to buy the iPhone 4 (or HD) when that hits the shelves. I will consider buying the iPad when Apple comes out with a new version that makes it more useful (and improves iTunes etc.).

I refuse to be a sheep...

I understand that satisified customer does not equal fanboy. I too have numerous versions of Windows as well as OSX and iGadgets and can see the upsides and downsides of them all. When the iPad first came out I thought it was a waste also, and laughed when Jobs called it revolutionary, but now I see that I was wrong.

The reason the iPhone is so great is because of the UI and the software that runs on it. I simple don't see how making the screen larger and extending battery life makes the iPad an inferior product. It isn't a beta tester so to speak, it runs on a fully developed and real-world tested OS. You can't compare it to the first gen iPhone because that thing sucked in comparison.

I also don't see how Apple could make it much better from a hardware standpoint, and all that is left are the developers writing the software, and those are the people who make it truly useful.

[nom3rcy]

Originally Posted by rayxi

That's exactly what the doctor does with his notebook. He presses print and it comes out on the printer at reception. There are no extra steps. You can't print at all from an iPad.

Yes you can, there are hundreds of apps that offer printing. I can print to my laserjet, officejet, or into a pdf, all wirelessly.