Mainly conceived as tools to support the consumption rather than the production of information, wireless ‘media tablets’ such as Apple’s iPad provide a delivery and visualization medium for stored and online documents, images and video, as well as a portal to a vast array of downloadable ‘Apps’ serving a variety of purposes. They share characteristics with both mobile phones and laptop computers, but typically offer a larger and more intuitive interface than the former whilst being more portable and simpler to operate than the latter. Although e-health applications are not unique to wireless media tablets, there are unique reasons why they may be well placed to facilitate e-health.
Titolo: | How might the iPad change healthcare? | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 | |
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Abstract: | Mainly conceived as tools to support the consumption rather than the production of information, wireless ‘media tablets’ such as Apple’s iPad provide a delivery and visualization medium for stored and online documents, images and video, as well as a portal to a vast array of downloadable ‘Apps’ serving a variety of purposes. They share characteristics with both mobile phones and laptop computers, but typically offer a larger and more intuitive interface than the former whilst being more portable and simpler to operate than the latter. Although e-health applications are not unique to wireless media tablets, there are unique reasons why they may be well placed to facilitate e-health. | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2836429 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jrsm.2012.110296 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in Rivista |