FutureMedica

Recently, iMedicalApps published a multi-part story about iPad is making the “the hospital rounds”  as a tool for doctors and patients.  While medical texts are still in the future, apps for the iPad – often developed by doctors and hospitals – have pushed the iPad into the medical realm.  In this list of 10 ways that Apple’s iPad is changing healthcare, you can see that the iPad is used globally for learning and for many doctor-patient (and nurse) interactions as well as by individuals who work in health administration.

FierceMobileHealthcare

The newly expanded Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando and St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, Idaho, last week began testing a customized version of an app called Medical Video jLog from Eagle, Idaho-based Unity Medical, Health Data Management reports. Florida Hospital for Children will employ iPads as a way of explaining tests such as CT scans and MRIs to children with videos and interactive question-and-answer features. St. Luke’s has loaded its iPads with with about 20 educational videos on topics such as heart and vascular procedures and physical therapy.