Even the first laptop computers could become a little weighty when strapped across your shoulder. Today, the hand-held PC has changed all that. The idea behind electronic prescribing has been around for a number of years. The problem was that physicians didn't use the available equipment as much as they could have. It didn't follow their practice methodology.
Technology has to adapt to the physician's practice methodology.
Six years ago there wasn't anything the physician could easily carry around from exam room to exam room. There are the technology that you use, the software that you write, and the people who need to use it. If you forget any one of those three points along the way you'll have a system that people won't use. Ill.-based AllScripts, echoes those sentiments. If your software doesn't provide useful information packaged conveniently, it doesn't matter that it's a hand-held device.