Tablets in Education and Healthcare Doug Feldmann, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Education and Human Services - Northern Kentucky University David Wetherelt, Director of Mobile Strategies - SoftClouds Sol Rosenberg, VP, Business Development & Content Acquisition- Copia Interactive, LLC

1. The Future of Tablets
in Healthcare
David Wetherelt
Director – Business Development, Mobility
SoftClouds

2. The Future of Tablets in Healthcare
• By 2012, 13,000 consumer health iPhone
apps
• By 2016, one billion smart phones
• By 2017, 170 million wearable devices
• By 2020, 50 billion things will be talking to
the Internet

5. The Future of Tablets in Healthcare
• Move over desktops and laptops, Tablets are making big
inroads in the medical profession
• Medical support for doctors, nurses, and physical
therapists is expected to be one of the top 10
commercial business application categories for tablet
devices this year
• Tasks include entering handwritten notes into electronic
health records (EHRs), generating accurate
prescriptions, and sharing information with patients, such
as x-rays

6. The Future of Tablets in Healthcare
•More medical providers are turning to tablets as part of the
next wave of mobile adoption to increase productivity and
improve patient care
•Workstations are a less attractive alternative, doctors,
nurses, and other medical personnel are moving constantly
and interacting with patents
•Tasks that are a natural fit for tablets are patient
diagnostic/exam activities, training, administration, filling
out patient forms, and collaboration between doctors and
across different sites

7. The Future of Tablets in Healthcare
• One-quarter of healthcare providers surveyed report
currently using tablets within their practice. Another 21%
expect to do so within 12 months
• Presently, about 38% of physicians with a mobile device
capable of supporting applications use medical-related
apps on a daily basis
• Over the next 12 months, physicians expect to increase
usage of medical apps to the point where 50% are using
them daily

8. The Future of Tablets in Healthcare

9. The Future of Tablets in Healthcare

10. The Future of Tablets in Healthcare

11. The Future of Tablets in Healthcare
Next Generation Healthcare EcoSystem –
Tablets at the Forefront

12. SoftClouds / mobi2Clouds
• Current Healthcare Projects
– Wireless Rapid Diagnostics
– Chronic Disease Management Applications
– Wireless Biometrics with Major Medical Vendor
• M2 Platform
– Scalable Secure Cloud Framework
– Rapid Application Deployment
– Pre-built Applications