At five inches, the Streak is a lot more portable than the iPad – but still not quite as pocket-friendly (lab coat-friendly?) as the iPhone. Nonetheless, that’s where Dell wants to place its tablets, ramming it with a healthcare software app.
I wasn’t aware of this, but it seems Dell has quite the reputation in the medical world, with its software aiding doctors, nurses and other medical practitioners stay up to date with patients’ medical records. They purchased Perot Systems for $US3.9 billion last year, gaining the company’s technology and reputation in this area.
We’ve all heard the stories of doctors using iPhones, but the Streak Dell aims to fight back, giving the tablet to doctors to test later this year. The dual cameras will supposedly be useful for recording the patient’s progress, and via the app they can update their electronic medical records. [Reuters]
Glen
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 8:56 PMI dont get it why are the dell products better for the medical profession ? Cant see them taking over the iphone or the ipad …not sure I see the bennefits here
olearymo
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 8:40 AMramming? why this choice of words?
theVman
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 11:30 AMGoing on Dell’s past reputation with the Pocket PC, this appears to be another expensive paper weight. Doctors have their own clinical software systems with their own file formats.
How will this be compatible when there is no Electronic Health Record file format standard? This is what NETHA has spent years and millions of tax paying dollars, to still NOT deliver.