Use of smart phones and mobile devices is transforming the today’s healthcare industry. Many of the hospitals across the US are using these devices to improve their productivity, workflows and quality of care they deliver. Many EHR vendors are investing on this part of the market and introducing their products in order to utilize their full potential.
Mobile computing is the future of healthcare industry. In a survey it was estimated that around 80% of US hospitals allow their physicians, nurses and supporting staff to bring mobile devices to work, to assist them in their workflows.

Many EHR vendors are introducing iPad version of their products to help the practice with their workflows through built in browsers in these devices. So why should a doctor switch to using EHR software.
  1. Patient Demographics: using the iPad based EHR solution doctors can access their patient’s demographics on the go. Doctors can add, view or update the patient information regarding allergies, histories and medications.
  2. Appointment: Doctors can access the EHR system through their mobile devices and review all of their appointments, cancel or request a new appointment. Check which appointment has been, delayed, rescheduled or canceled. They can also check in the patients.
  3. E- prescribe: mobile based version of the EHR application allows doctors to e-prescribe the medicines quickly to the pharmacies.
  4. Document Manager: iPad based EHR allow the doctors to manage their documents, pictures and insurance cards Thus it gets very convenient for the doctor.
  5. Clinical dashboard: Doctors can quickly clinical dashboard using the iPad based EHR and view in detail the information regarding their practice.
These are some of the features of iPad based EHR that physicians and doctors can use to increase the efficiency and productivity of their product.


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