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iPad, anyone? Hospitals looking at the mobile device

Apple’s new creation, the iPad, may be a novelty to many consumers, but hospitals are already starting to abandon paper-and-pen clipboards for hand-held digital tablets.

In Sacramento, Kaiser Permanente is in the midst of experimenting with one brand of computerized tablets – with the hope of freeing nurses and doctors from old-school tools and allowing them more time at a patient’s bedside.

“We want our nurses to have time to actually nurse and support the patient. We want to remove the barriers … to provide seamless technology integration,” said Ann O’Brien, a registered nurse and Kaiser’s national director of clinical informatics.

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Top Productivity Apps for the iPhone

A Paint Touch for $0.99 is a simple drawing application that is practical. It is a PC application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. If you just need to draw something quickly or play tic-tac-toe with your child when you don’t have access to pencil or paper – this is a great app to have. You can change the background and brush colors, change the size of the brush, erase what you have done, publish your work on Facebook or send them by email.

Doodle Buddy is a free app that allows you to paint with all the colors of the rainbow. You can connect with friends to paint together. There are stamps and sounds that you can use with your pictures. You can invite anyone with an iPhone or iPod touch via email or text messages on a WiFi or 3G connection.

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