iPads in Healthcare

When the idea of new patient paperwork for a visit to your healthcare provider's office comes up, patients typically get their knickers in a twist. Being told that you "have to" fill out the paperwork for your new patient doctor's visit does not exactly sound appealing. With all of the advances in technology in classrooms, you would think that facilities such as healthcare centers would be advancing as well. Yet, the technological side of things seems to be suppressed by mounds of hard copy paperwork that both faculty and staff are unable to avoid. As more modern facilities are being built, the patient side of things is slowly progressing along with it. Thankfully, this means that "paperwork" is becoming a modernized form of check-in and check-out. iPads are starting to show up with certain provider's, allowing patients to complete their informational questionnaire with ease and in a faster amount of time doing so. According to Eastwood (2012), iPads are replacing several aspects of healthcare, including most paperwork and even clipboards iPads in Healthcare. One of the most intriguing aspects of using technology in place of test results is that patients can actually engage in the process of review, seeing their MRI or Xray results in an interactive fashion. This might be a tremendous step for healthcare, even the environment. Saving trees, one iPad at a time.