We've got a new gadget to use in the surgery (I have to confess to being a gadget-lover).The Apple iPad.
Its very lovely and is drawing lots of admiring glances from patients (as well as from my friends and colleagues)
You might wonder how we use it. I am putting my demo photographs and treated cases on it so I can show new patients a wider variety of pictures than the ones I currently have in my photo folder. The photos look fab on the big screen and using an app called 'Photo-Sort' I can organise them into folders and sub-folders with custom labels and in the order I want them (the Apple photo app won't do this). Of course we always ask our patients permission to use their photos inside or outside the surgery.
I also like 'Pocket Pond' and 'Colorful Aquarium' to put on the screen to display the iPad when I'm not using it. Plus I'm using 'Numbers' to easily calculate payment plans.
I can think of several improvements Apple need to make, but generally a lot of them can be achieved using the appropriate app, I'm sure we will find more in-surgery uses for the iPad as time goes on. If you'd like to see it when you visit please ask!
