Jeg er i gang med mastergraden min i Informasjonsvitenskap ved Universitetet i Bergen. Jeg har valgt å skrive om mulig benyttelse av nettbrett i Helsevesenet, og er godt i gang allerede, selv om jeg ikke skal begynne på skrivingen av oppgaven før neste år. Jeg tar nå kursdelen av graden, men i forbindelse med et fag i forskningsdesign og research har jeg utarbeidet en skisse til en prosjektbeskrivelse. Jeg har også begynt å søke etter artikler om emnet.

Dersom du har noen pekere å komme med, noen tanker, etc, kan du kommentere under. Her følger min foreløpige prosjektbeskrivelse:

Potentials of Utilizing   Tablet PCs in Norwegian Health Care

A study from USA shows that 3 out of 4 doctor offices are considering buying tablet computers to use in their daily activities. ComputerworldNorwayrecently wrote an article based on interviews with representatives for the Norwegian Doctors Association (Den Norske Lægeforening) who claimed that many doctors already used tablets in their daily work. The public healthcare system however, has not covered the price of these units, and they do not have a policy or plan how to, or whether, they want to utilize tablet PCs.

The study will aim to research:

• Attitudes of  the staff towards utilizing tablets in their daily work,
• Potential applications and usage of the tablets in their daily work to improve existing work processes.

There are a large number of apps for tablets available on the markets with the two leading operating systems for tablet PCs (iOS and Android) .The study will provide an overview of existing systems and will discuss what hardware, software and systems are in use today and how the tablets could be integrated and work together with the IT system used by health care providers. It will also point out challenges concerning privacy, and the use of wireless networks on hospitals. Example solutions and pilot application(s) might result from the field work with selected health centers inNorway.