Not too long ago, group practice clients of InteGreat--a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based vendor of electronic records systems--were a little leery of using Tablet PCs because of concerns with the then new hardware's size, weight and lack of a track record in health care, according to David Koeller, president of InteGreat. But what a difference a year makes.

"Every client we have is deploying Tablet PCs," Koeller said during an interview at the Medical Group Management Association's 2004 Annual Conference, Oct. 3-6 in San Francisco. "Tablet PCs have moved very quickly from an untested technology to the hardware of choice for physicians."

Some practices initially started out on PDAs, but the hardware's limited screen size became an insurmountable hurdle, Koeller contended. "Doctors overwhelmingly prefer Tablet PCs because they enable the same workflow they're used to--a paper chart on a clipboard is the same dimensions as a Tablet PC." The new generation of Tablet PCs also is lighter and easier to use, and wireless connectivity has become cheaper, faster and more stable in the past few years, he added. "Physicians aren't voicing too many concerns anymore about whether Tablet PCs will work in a health care setting because they very quickly have proven they do."

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