I'm hazy on what, specifically, these medical practices will be running on the iPads. Is this for web surfing? For checking e-mail? Or are there actual, real applications (e.g., electronic patient record systems) that run on them?
It seems like a slate with Win7 would be more practical. Virtually every doctor's office and hospital I've ever been to was a PC shop. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: paul d [mailto:pdw1...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: need suggestions...iPad in a Windows enterprise, anyone? I was read the thread this morning and then found this article on Network World: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/042010-ipad-healthcare.html BTW, my environment is pretty much like your's except we're only single site. I also thought about the iPad in our environment. > From: jra...@eaglemds.com > To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:44:49 -0400 > Subject: need suggestions...iPad in a Windows enterprise, anyone? > > Ok, I need some insight/thoughts/suggestions...especially if any of you have > come up against this. > > I have a pure Windows & Cisco environment, W2k3 AD, 802.11n with 802.1x > authentication (we don't support 802.11b, and 802.11g is on the way out the > door). All desktops are XP, with a small handful of 2000 Pro boxes left out > in the field. We've never supported Vista or Apple-anything on our network, > and pulled the last 9x box off of our network years ago. We're close to > getting rid of all of the 2000 clients off, and we're starting to look at > Windows 7. We're multi-specialty, multi-location, physician-owned healthcare > provider, which means HIPAA is of significant concern. Not much else applies, > since we're not publicly traded (aside from common sense and the law in > general). We have about 425 employees and around 65 physicians (most of the > physicians are shareholders). > > I've done a good job of keeping the iPod touch and iPhone users off of the > network thus far, because we simply don't have the people in house to be able > to support any more devices. > > Enter the iPad, Apple's answer to the Tablet PC. > > We now have physicians who are starting to ask for iPad access on the > network. I'm not sure why, but I suppose because they think it will be so > much better than the Lenovo X200 Tablet PCs that we JUST bought them for use > with our EMR system. We do not yet have a functional wireless guest network. > > I've tried connecting a 64 Gig iPod touch to our wireless network to no > avail, and then discovered that apparently the iPod touch doesn't like hidden > networks. I'm not about to start broadcasting my SSID... this gives me pause > about even considering an iPad, not to mention that I wouldn't be able to > control the machine or authenticate the machine against the network. > > Anyway, do any of you have any arguments for or against allowing the > iPad/iPod/iPhone, both from a support standpoint and a security standpoint? > > Thanks in advance, > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > jra...@eaglemds.com > www.eaglemds.com > > > > Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL > and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, > disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message > may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is > intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as > recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this > message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from > your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not > disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that > it contains. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get started.<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3> NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
