Three Ways iPad will change industries
June 6, 2010 by jschneier
Health Care: Medical Clipboards Make Way for the iPad
If you think of the iPad as a big clipboard, then iPads for medical staff walking around a hospital and checking in on patients is a no-brainer, says Mort Rosenthal, chairman and CEO of Enterprise Mobile, a systems integration firm.
As hospitals move toward electronic medical records, doctors and nurses will need a way to get at them quickly and easily. With iPhones, though, calling up a patient’s charts or entering data (such as a signature) on a tiny screen isn’t practical. That’s why tablets found a niche market in the medical industry.
Given the iPad’s ease of use, there’s a good chance the iPad will displace clipboards and tablets. One developer in Mobclix’s network who is working on a medical iPad app says he’s excited about the iPad’s ability to record notes, especially voice.
Hospitality: Double Tap for Our Specials Tonight
Two weeks after Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, a few developers at Macworld Expo in San Francisco had already received iPad app contract work or were in negotiations. Two separate developers mentioned to me that they were working on iPad apps for high-end restaurant chains.
In this scenario, the iPad replaces paper menus. The apps would show dishes and information about them, perhaps even video of certain dishes being prepared. There may be drilldowns that, for instance, give information about a type of fish or spice in the dish.
Both developers told me that the app development deals were still in the early stages, as restaurant chains crunched the numbers to see if iPads could be used in such a way. After all, iPads cost a little more than paper menus.
Media: Newspaper Savior?
The drumbeat of the iPad’s potential to save the newspaper industry hit a crescendo when the Wall Street Journal announced plans for an $18 monthly iPad subscription.
The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg reviewed the iPad and app and had this to say: "I was able to try a pre-release version of The Wall Street Journal’s new iPad app (which I had nothing to do with designing), and found it gorgeous and highly functional—by far the best implementation of the newspaper I have ever seen on a screen."
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Health Care: Medical Clipboards Make Way for the iPad
If you think of the iPad as a big clipboard, then iPads for medical staff walking around a hospital and checking in on patients is a no-brainer, says Mort Rosenthal, chairman and CEO of Enterprise Mobile, a systems integration firm.
As hospitals move toward electronic medical records, doctors and nurses will need a way to get at them quickly and easily. With iPhones, though, calling up a patient's charts or entering data (such as a signature) on a tiny screen isn't practical. That's why tablets found a niche market in the medical industry.
Given the iPad's ease of use, there's a good chance the iPad will displace clipboards and tablets. One developer in Mobclix's network who is working on a medical iPad app says he's excited about the iPad's ability to record notes, especially voice.
Hospitality: Double Tap for Our Specials Tonight
Two weeks after Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, a few developers at Macworld Expo in San Francisco had already received iPad app contract work or were in negotiations. Two separate developers mentioned to me that they were working on iPad apps for high-end restaurant chains.
In this scenario, the iPad replaces paper menus. The apps would show dishes and information about them, perhaps even video of certain dishes being prepared. There may be drilldowns that, for instance, give information about a type of fish or spice in the dish.
Both developers told me that the app development deals were still in the early stages, as restaurant chains crunched the numbers to see if iPads could be used in such a way. After all, iPads cost a little more than paper menus.
Media: Newspaper Savior?
The drumbeat of the iPad's potential to save the newspaper industry hit a crescendo when the Wall Street Journal announced plans for an $18 monthly iPad subscription.
The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg reviewed the iPad and app and had this to say: "I was able to try a pre-release version of The Wall Street Journal's new iPad app (which I had nothing to do with designing), and found it gorgeous and highly functional—by far the best implementation of the newspaper I have ever seen on a screen."
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