The Doctor and the iPad

Tablet computers are sweeping into medicine and bringing data to the patient bedside.

• Category

  Science & Technology

[Altus Afya]

Great! Way to go! And for Africa too! We must plan based on future technology rather than present constraints. But adapt - cheaper tablets, solar powered perhaps?

[gamf12]

i want to see u in Africa without any tec, to see what kind of doctor u could be..

[RoyalLadyCharmaine]

I use an ASUS tablet in my school. It is mine, not school provided. But it's made my grades better and my backpack lighter because I use it as a notebook! and I can take pictures of papers and book pages, and because they are so clear I am able to get my work done w/ out the actual book. Yes I do have games, but if you teach kids to be responcible they don't use them!

[Y.C. Satyanarayana.]

Would b wonderful and fantastic for continuing medical education for patient and their care takers

provided many can reach it in terms of price, particularly in chronic life time conditions like ESRD

etc. For this group a special pricing structure should b considered.

[Y.C. Satyanarayana.]

How useful is it to the patient and the patient's care provider ? How accessible is it in terms

of pricing !!