Surface app for doctors improves their bedside manner

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Friday, April 3rd, 2009


This isn’t exactly headline news, but along with the 56-inch monitor we saw yesterday, it looks like displays in hospitals are going to be getting pretty fancy over the next couple years. After all, they have the latest technology for just about everything else. Might as well go the whole hog. Wireless ruggedized tablets capable of withstanding an arterial spray, 4K displays for visualizing bullet damage in HD, and a Surface for making it all something the unfortunate patient can relate to.

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