Jonathan Mack, director of clinical research and development at healthcare technology firm West Wireless Health Institute, said in the report that the low percentage of tablet-using hospitals is compacted by several factors. The high cost of electronic health record implementation (ranging from $2 million to $16 million depending on the size of a hospital or health system) and the unavailability of EHR apps for tablets are come causes that may move a physician tablet system to the backburner, according to the report.
For example, the University of California, San Diego Health System has several physicians who have used the iPad since it first came out, but less than 10 percent of all physicians in the health system actually use them.
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