I agree. The initial problem so many of us had was trying to decide what to do, while still thinking in a "paper chart" frame of mind.
Like you Dean, when we started in 2007 we looked at all sorts of options, (and we wasted a LOT of money on tablet computers) because it emulated our interaction with the paper chart. The reality is that you are now interacting with a database and the tool to connect your brain to the database is a keyboard and a mouse. The first three tablets we bought? My partner broke his the first month, I moved on to computers in the room briefly and then on to a laptop. My associate got a fancy case for the tablet that would accomodate her blue tooth keyboard and mouse. Eventually we got her a real laptop to replace the one she was creating with accessories for the tablet.
We all have iPADs as well. Great for a phone call at home, using Remote Deck Top to our server. Great for signing off labs or imported items while watching television at home, ( but you need the little magic pen to improve the accuracy of your finger). Vastly inferior to the laptop for seeing patients.
Currently we are revisiting using a wired console in the room, and eliminating many of the bugs the wireless network causes. (In other words Bert is right, but I didn't want to just say so right up front).
