Recently, Digg founder, Kevin Rose stated that iTV (the soon to be released upgrade to Apple TV) “will change everything”, and that we should expect the device’s release in September.
The rumor: Apple will be releasing a revamped/renamed version of their ‘Apple TV’ set-top box, called ‘iTV’. The box will run the Apple iOS (same as the iPhone/iPad), and be priced around $99.
I’m sure you are asking yourself, how in the world will iTV help healthcare? Well, it is simply one reason, iOS-based TV applications, simply put you can run your iTune apps though iTV. Imagine being able to view extremely high resolution images from iOS apps on the big screen? If a mobile iPad isn’t good enough for you and you need a bigger screen how does 52″ HD TV sound?
High resolution radiology images will look crystal clear, not to mention EKGs, sonograms, X-Rays … you get the idea.
Think about how the exam room can have an iTV hooked up so that the physician can show a patient all types of information, lab results, X-Rays, patient education videos all in real time.
Since iTV coming, the Dr. Chrono team is hard at work thinking of our we can use this new technology to enhance healthcare.
For physicians who don’t know, we offer physician email accounts. Email us if you would like one at support@drchrono.com!
So your email address would look something like this:
[DR.YOUR.NAME]@drchrono.com
A thing of the past...
Four years ago, the Institute of Medicine issued a press release on the benefits of electronic prescribing, and now that the iPad has revolutionized mobile technology in the doctor’s office, these benefits are worth reviewing. DrChrono.com and its point-of-care iPad EMR platform unveiled its eRx functionality recently, and is the first and only iPad platform with this feature. Below are some of the highlights of the press release.
- “Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 million people every year, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.”
- “A study of outpatient clinics found that medication-related injuries there resulted in roughly $887 million in extra medical costs in 2000.”
- “New computerized systems for prescribing drugs and other applications of information technology show promise for reducing the number of drug-related mistakes, the report says. Studies indicate that paper-based prescribing is associated with high error rates.”
- “Electronic prescribing is safer because it eliminates problems with handwriting legibility, and when combined with decision-support tools, automatically alerts prescribers to possible interactions, allergies, and other potential problems…”
You can view a video showcasing DrChrono.com’s eRx feature here:
http://blog.drchrono.com/2010/08/17/ipad-emr-eprescribing-now-available/
Reference:
Bootman, et al. Preventing Medication Errors. Institute of Medicine Press Release, July 20, 2006.
We have release our advanced document management feature on the iPad.
Physicians can now view uploaded paper charts, old hand written scripts, x-rays, lab results or just about anything a doctor wants on the iPad,
Check out the new feature:
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