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VideoWhen internist Nitin Patel called up Microsoft in May to rave about its Surface Pro tablet, Dennis Schmuland, the company’s head of health strategy for U.S. Health & Life Sciences, was taken aback. Via Philippe Loizon, Lionel Reichardt / le Pharmageek, eMedToday
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Patel who doubles as a geek-in-chief at Palmetto Health, one of the largest hospital systems in South Carolina, tried the iPad. He disliked the wait to log into a patient’s chart, the small screen, and the lack of keyboard, among other things. On a Friday afternoon, he drove over to a Best Buy BBY -3.53% in Columbia, and bought Surface Pro, keeping the receipt. He didn’t return it. Patel was immediately impressed by its speed to access a patient’s chart, and its compatibility with Cerner CERN -0.31%’s electronic health record which Palmetto uses throughout its hospitals and clinics. Patel says he now sees two more patients per day as a result