I don't hate wireless. I can move around in the exam room at will, sit next to the patient, sit across from the patient. Cross my legs, stand up -- I hate being tied to a desktop on a string.
I'm sure it is less secure, and probably a little slower -- but that is a tradeoff I have to make to allow patient interaction not to be focused on a machine. Just style, I suppose, but patients tell me how much they hate going to offices where the doctor is sitting across the room at a desk typing into his/her computer, and doesn't seem to pay them any attention.
Tom, those are EXACTLY my thoughts. Sitting and facing the patient, with the laptop on my lap (or on the exam table if the patient is sitting in a chair) seems like I am paying much more attention to the patient (even if they are going on and on and on, and I am actually browsing this board.)
Overall no real speed issues with laptops.
Gene
Gene Nallin MD solo family practice with one PA Cumberland, Md
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