The iPad continues to make its way into the work force. First we saw students using the tablet instead of textbooks, and then pilots began using a specially designed app to replace paper charts. Now doctors in Montreal are using iPad’s to store patient information.
At the Sacré-Coeur Hospital doctors have developed an iPad app that allows them to store patient’s data in real-time. So now, instead of carrying a clipboard and paper around, they carry iPads. The program has actually been used for the past two years and is garnering the attention of other Quebec hospitals, that may adopt it as well.
“It’s way quicker that way than it was before,” one doctor told the CBC. “Now all the information is in a single system, so it has simplified the way we’re getting the information.”
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