[Skeletor]

This is the kind of thing that we are trying to fix at drchrono. I think legacy EMR interfaces that are heavily reliant on keyboard/mouse interfaces are too distracting.

Mobility (iPad's for drchrono) are just starting to make a bigger impact on the market and I think over the next 5 years 80% of providers in the US will be using a mobile interface (probably an iPad) and not touching a keyboard/mouse while a patient is in the room.

[walshemj]

how do you get round the sterility cleaning requirements I the UK all the pc's I see the doctors and ward staff using have special wipe clean keyboards etc>

[Skeletor]

http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Your-iPad

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4383886?start=0&tstart=...

I clean my personal iPhone/iPad once every few months. I think it's much easier and more possible to sterilize a glass/metal ipad than a keyboard (especially for onboarding of patients in a waiting room.)