Why The Apple iPad Will Not Revolutionize, Change the Game, Transform or Create New Paradigms in Medicine Anytime Soon

<div style="text-align: justify;">The announcement of the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/28/MN521BP9AH.DTL">Apple iPad</a> has been accompanied by the usual irrationally exuberant, buzzword-laden statements and bellicose grandiosity from the IT punditry about how it will <a href="http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=3257">"revolutionize</a><a href="http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=3257">" or "transform"</a> medicine.<br /><br />However, this will not occur anytime soon, for in medicine, the device may help solve a portability and visibility problem (compared to PDA's), but it will not solve this problem: the <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/hostileuserexper">mission hostile user experience</a>.<br /><br />The solution to that problem will require significant human magic.<br /><br />-- SS</div>

Why The Apple iPad Will Not Revolutionize, Change the Game, Transform or Create New Paradigms in Medicine Anytime Soon

The announcement of the Apple iPad has been accompanied by the usual irrationally exuberant, buzzword-laden statements and bellicose grandi...

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