Researchers gave iPads to 115 University of Chicago internal medicine resident physicians. The were instructed to continue normal tasks they may have previously performed on a computer such as accessing electronic patient records, the hospital’s paging system to order tests and medical publications for reference information.
Results from the study include:
• Four months after receiving the iPads, 90 percent of the physicians reported they were still using the tablets for work. Most reported using the iPad every day.
• More than three quarters of the physicians reported the iPads had helped them save about an hour a day.
• Sixty-eight percent of the physicians reported delays in patient care were prevented because of the tablet.
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