Silicon Valley Makes A House Call

摘要

Patients at Dr. Surinder Saini's Newport Beach (Calif.) office are no longer given a clipboard upon arrival. Instead, they're handed an iPad, where they tick off symptoms and allergies with the touch of a finger. A nurse uses her own iPad to plug in vital signs. In the exam room, Saini summons the data by tapping on his tablet and is aided by a list of likely diagnoses for, say, abdominal pain. "Most patients are amazed," says the gastroen-terologist. After the visit, Saini dictates his notes about the patient straight into the iPad, where they're instantly transcribed and stored with other records.