{"id":1922,"date":"2011-02-24T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2011-02-24T07:00:13","modified_gmt":"2011-02-24T15:00:13","slug":"health-care-doctors-begin-embrace-of-technology-from-social-media-to-ipads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/health-care-doctors-begin-embrace-of-technology-from-social-media-to-ipads\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care: Doctors Begin Embrace of Technology from Social Media to iPads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctors have always had a love for expensive high-tech medical equipment. \u00a0Think multimillion-dollar proton-beam therapy centers, robotic surgery, and advanced imaging technologies. \u00a0But when it comes to the mundane tasks of running their office as a business, doctors have been notorious for inefficient paper record keeping and illegible prescriptions and patient communications.<\/p>\n

That seems to be starting to change. \u00a0IDC<\/a>, for example, predicts that new technologies like mobile applications and Social Media are on a convergence path to revolutionize “intelligence industries” like health care. \u00a0Texas Health Resources CMIO Ferdinand Velasco said<\/a> that “physicians have gotten a bad rap for being resistant to change, but they’re embracing iPhones and iPads because of their ease of use and mobility.”<\/p>\n

The number of health-care-oriented mobile applications is growing rapidly. \u00a0While many mobile apps are targeting patients and consumers, there are also a number of applications specifically targeting physicians and health care providers. \u00a0 \u00a0For example<\/a>,<\/p>\n