What's my intel? My Dad plays golf with Cedas-Sanai hospital execs, who say they have been getting frequent visits from Apple about a new device in the last 6 weeks
So? How on earth do you conclude it's being "developed for healthcare the industry" from this? It may be developed with the industry in mind, as surely any tablet/PDA/smartphone in the past decade has, but that doesn't even remotely imply priority.
Yeah, I'm going to call BS on this. I work in the Mental Health Industry and I've gone through the hurdles that exist to using iPhones in the health industry and they're significant. From documentation to security of data it would take a lot of effort on Apple's part and that effort would be contrary to their established culture (Government likes open solutions from companies that bend over backwards to accommodate)
I have no doubt it's something Apple's considered. The one place Microsoft's TabletPC has gotten any kind of traction has been in hospitals. But Apple's culture isn't conducive to meeting Federal guidelines and that's not something that can be changed on a dime.
(Also, the sheer fact that he mentions the Obama administration shows this guy doesn't know much. Government sadly doesn't move that quickly so rushing to market with a tablet would put it out there years before any action the Obama administration takes would go into effect)
The Obama administration has already passed legislation for incentive payments to hospitals and doctors that adopt electronic medical records starting 2011, so they are not as slow as you think.
Indeed. My dad just started a new practice and he was inundated with companies wanting to offer their "electronic" solutions that will make him eligible for gov money.
So? How on earth do you conclude it's being "developed for healthcare the industry" from this? It may be developed with the industry in mind, as surely any tablet/PDA/smartphone in the past decade has, but that doesn't even remotely imply priority.