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Press Release: Dubai Podiatry Centre Becomes the Gulf Region’s First Clinic to Bring Apple iPads to the Healthcare Field
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Apple has grown a whole new market with the introduction of the iPad - medical. Dubai Podiatry Centre is leading the healthcare field in implementing new technology for patient education. Using the iPad's phenomenal imaging capabilities, the clinic is using the new iPads to show detailed structure of the foot and ankle to patients, zooming in and rotating as required.
The new Apple iPad is such a step forward in medical imaging and patient education - zooming in, rotating round structures - it's such a step forward from pointing at bones on a poster!
With its ten hour battery life, Michelle Champlin, CEO and Chief Podiatrist of Dubai Podiatry Centre, thinks the iPad will replace the laptop for everyday office applications such as email, and also for checking X-ray images. Michelle will be discussing the introduction of new technologies such as the iPads as well as the application of Social Media when she is a guest speaker at the Healthcare Marketing Forum, at the Hospital Build Middle East Exhibition 2010, on 2nd June 2010 in Dubai.
The clinic’s podiatrists already use iPhones and are familiar with the touchscreen technology and various apps on offer from Apple, so making the move to iPads has been straightforward and swift.
Michelle already envisages one significant area which she is keen to use with patients – using the high quality imaging of the iPad to show patients the biomechanical structures of their feet with the ability to zoom in to great detail, rotate 360Úto view the area from different angles. This will offer much greater advantages to patients as opposed to pointing to bones on a poster, which cannot offer different viewing angles or change to show how different structures, such as muscles, bones and tendons interact. Michelle says “We’re so excited about using the iPads with our patients, as it’s crucial that patients understand fully what the problem is and how we can treat it. The iPads literally offer us a new dimension for educating patients about the structure of their feet, in a user friendly way.
Michelle would also like to see some Podiatry specific software and apps being developed – “The range of Apple apps on offer already to the medical field is impressive and growing every week. I may just need to dedicate some time to develop an app particularly for the Podiatry field focusing on foot and ankle health!”
Founded in 2002 by UK trained Podiatrist Michelle Champlin, Dubai Podiatry Centre is the regional leader in foot and ankle health. The clinic offers a wide range of products and services designed to eliminate foot pain and enhance quality of life through improved foot performance. Michelle Champlin is the Inventor of Footerella™, a portable electronic device which tightens and tones women’s feet.
I not aware of anything podiatry specific, but follow this site for some interesting medical apps: http://www.imedicalapps.com/
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What would podiatrist find useful from using an iPad (apart from the 'cool' factor!). ie could you justify the £500 odd outlay for a few nicities?
Some ideas which have been floating around the interweb have included a 3D annotated model of the foot to better explain their problems. Also with more CAD/CAM solutions being adopted having the patients own 3D scan of their foot might be of value when sitting down with them explaining certain features of an orthotic and which parts of their feet it remedies. What I'm basically saying would podiatrist be willing to pay for this luxury and would patients see this as a big selling point for choosing a particular podiatrist?
Ridiculous! The iPad maybe great for home/mobile office use and the gadget enthusiast but quite honestly i cannot see any benefit whatsoever for having this or spending that amount of money when the clinic is obviously not the suited environment for its use.
Should any podiatrist need to use visuals then the traditional poster/anatomical models are perfect. Surely the models that use detachable musculature etc are of greater benefit for the hands on approach.
Dont forget our client/patient base, i mean how many of the ageing population judge a good podiatrist on whether they have an ipad?
Again dont see the justification for such outgoings for patients notes?
Am i missing the point?
There are many apps on it I am running and there will soon be some podatry specific ones.
Stanford Medical School is now giving it to all incoming medical students
The state govt here in Melbourne has purchased 500 for hosiptals for medical staff to use: Victorian hospitals get 500 iPads
There is an explosion of learning tools available for students (mostly medical, but some are applicable to podiatry and there are a lot more on the way)
I just had a play on this one: Haematology MiniAtlas - not totaly relevant to podiatry, but it does give an indication of where this technology can head for podiatry.
I get the latest medical news via the Medscape and MedPage news
Its uses Safari, so I can browse the web and keep on eye on Podiatry Arena.
It syncs with my Outlook Calendar, emails and contacts - and I get the emails pushed to it. I use FeeddlerRSS to sync with my Google Reader for all my RSS feeds. I have Goodreader to read PDF files; I have iBook to read ebooks and AMazon kindle app to read books; I have keynote for my powerpoints. I have DropBox to transfer file between it and my laptop.
(I have even been known to check my emails when stuck in traffic at red lights).
I have installed Skype and can make unlimited calls to landlines anywhere in the the world for $15 month (and record them!)...so its a really big phone (and calls are really clear!)
For daily news I have the newspapers from USA Today, ABC and The Australian.
For my travel I have iPlane PRo and The Weather Channel; I have 500 photos of the arenaette's
For my personal use, I have Google Earth (to look at the neighbours properties); Google Maps, Runners World Magazine, an app to do my banking, eBay app, a few games.
For my enterntainment I have a lot of music; several old black and white sci-fi movies...
The possibilities and applications for the iPad is exploding.
The only problem I have found with it is that I installed Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Scooby Doo, Toy Story book and games and Talking Tom .... I have to battle to get it off the Arena'ettes
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Nat - I have the 3g version so I can access the web outside wireless networks. I have a wireless network at home, at Uni, at airports, in hotels, at the wife's clinic and at McDonalds - I need the 3g connection elsewhere (I have a lowest plan at Optus for $20/month, as it is mostly used at wireless locations). Others I work with do not have the 3g version and only use it in wireless zones (home and work).
There is no doubt there will be more applications appilicable to podiatry soon. I even raised with the boss about us considering its potential as a teaching tool with the students..
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I just can visualise CP in the playground at McDonalds with the Arena'ette's running wild and he is on his iPad dealing with a riot on Podiatry Arena; responding to student emails; and watching a movie; (probably all at the same time!)
Nah! I am a bloke, only girls are supposed to be able to multitask at the same time.
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Blue123 I guess that question can only be answered by the practitioner using the ipad. I would imagine that if 99% of your business is elderley patients coming in for nail cutting & a bit of HK reduction then an ipad would unlikely be a good investment for your practice. On the other hand if you have a much more diverse business and have a lot of biomechanical / sports injuries / wounds / dermatological pathologies to manage and a younger client demographic then ipad may be a very practical and cost effective addition to the business. It obviously also depends on the practitioner and whether they embrace technology or are a bit technophobic.
i totally agree that a more diverse practice requires greater need for such equipment however i have a practice that is 75 percent biomech/sports injuries working with professional footballers and the club sports scientists and i still do not believe this would benefit myself or my patients. I believe it is a fun/cool/practical item for the home office etc but not for clinical use, my practice embraces technology where it is needed and not just because it is available or to keep up with what the media or 'society' tells us we should have.
hmmm...sounds rather like the Encarta CD rom that I bought to help my children understand human biology many years ago? I remember being able to show them around an eyeball and a knee joint etc...anyone remember this?
How does one clean an iPad to clinical standards? Would it be acceptable to use an alcohol-based solution?
I ask not to be facetious, but because I am genuinely interested in whether such an item of technology could play a role in the healthcare setting.
External case + screen protectors.....
Easy to clean and any cleaning products never touch the iPad. I like Craig have the 3G version but am finding my iPhone 4 to be just as versatile as the iPad for my daily regimes. Reading magazines/Books and email websurfing is amazing on the iPad though. Our staff use them for the PORTAL Education website and are currently making all of our content iPhone and iPad compatible (HTML 5 compatible generally).
Nice piece of equipment.
I have Podiatry Arena saved as shortcut on the iPad desktop - the forums are easy to read through Safari or Atomic Web Browser and the only thing missing is some flash content occasionally which is mostly advertising.
Our staff use them for the PORTAL Education website and are currently making all of our content iPhone and iPad compatible (HTML 5 compatible generally).
Nice piece of equipment.
Is this becoming a wikipedia style knowledge base? Is most of the content for staff training or have you found alot of the content useful for advising patients on self care? Its great how you've taken the initiative with devising your own apps and resources.
I just pulled these stats for Podiatry Arena over the last 4 weeks. This is the operating system used by visitors:
1. Windows 84.06%
2. Macintosh 10.93%
3. iPhone 2.16%
4. Linux 0.94%
5. iPad 0.70%
6. Android 0.39%
7. iPod 0.25%
8. BlackBerry 0.25%
That 0.70% for the iPad represents 688 visitors. That a doubling in the numbers since June that I reported here: Some Podiatry Arena Stats
Seeing Blackberry at the bottom of this list does not surprise me. I have recently switched to one after having had an iPhone since November 2007. On the 2 days a week I commute to London I often spend the entire trip on Pod Arena on my phone. This experience on the Blackberry is seriously painful compared to the iPhone.
Like Craig, I find the iPad wonderful for both personal & business use (& yes, kids love it!). If I am travelling for just a few days I can just take the iPad & dispense with the heavier laptop - full (& quick) internet access for emails, calendar, internet banking etc.
It is particularly useful for anatomical demonstrations for patients - like a chart on the wall but interactive and has the benefit of mobility. Check out iMed Sliders Foot - iFans can download it from iTunes, iVirgins can check it out on http://appshopper.com/medical/imed-sliders-foot is minimal cost (few dollars I think) and has a dorsal or plantar view of the foot which you can dissect by removing layers - skin, lat & med pl fascia & fat pad, plantar aponeurosis, sheaths of flex tendons etc etc, you can slide in layers of nerves, cutaneous innervation, blood vessels etc
There are obvious benefits for assisting with patient education in a clinical setting
How is this for being geeky? I am on an American Airlines flight from Toronto to LAX. For the 5 hr flight it's $9 for wi-fi access!!!! ..... I on the iPad, finally getting to markings all the students assignments!!!!!
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Have been thinking about employing an IPad for my home visits to make appointments, write letters etc. on the run.
What is the appointment/calendar app like? Is it able to rebook appointments? Is it easy to use? Would it be suitable for patient bookings?
Thanks
I too would love some info on some ipad apps for a similar purpose. Is there such an app for 'mail merging'. How great would it be to write up a letter and send to the GP all before turning on your ignition!
Have been thinking about employing an IPad for my home visits to make appointments, write letters etc. on the run.
What is the appointment/calendar app like? Is it able to rebook appointments? Is it easy to use? Would it be suitable for patient bookings?
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I too would love some info on some ipad apps for a similar purpose. Is there such an app for 'mail merging'. How great would it be to write up a letter and send to the GP all before turning on your ignition!
There are some apps that come close to doing that, but it is somewhat "clumsy" using iPad for correspondance.
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the Nimble EMR app looks very comprehensive & user friendly but at $399 or $499 per practitioner, per month, it is a bit pricey!. Not sure many practices would adopt tablet apps as their only EMR system just yet but I do believe the time is coming.
Anyone else found any good medical iPad apps? esp anatomical patient education ones?
Hi,
Would like to get some feedback from anyone who has used an IPad for appointment bookings? I know this question was asked before but noy sure if e got an answer.
Hi,
Would like to get some feedback from anyone who has used an IPad for appointment bookings? I know this question was asked before but noy sure if e got an answer.
No, no one got around to answering my question, so I got off my butt and went down to JB HiFi and had a play. I personally do not think the calendar that comes standard with the iPad is appropriate. Sure you can put in one off appointments but you can not rebook / reschedule an appointment from an existing appointment, a must in my opinion. I still plan on getting an iPad for Christmas (I have been good Santa I promise) but I will be investing in an EMR app.
iPad's in the Podiatry Clinic
but I will be investing in an EMR app. 
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