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Microsoft Pivot is an experimental new platform from Microsoft Labs that allows users to interact and visualize massive amounts of data.

Pivot garnered quite a bit of attention at the 2010 MIX conference, and attendees were apparently wowed by the elegant and engaging interaction model.

I can see numerous applications for this technology in my field of healthcare technology. Pivot could be used to track symptoms across thousands of patients, identifying trends, common side-effects, and adverse events. The application could also have use for processing and analyzing electronic medical records.

Check out the demo video here:

The Microsoft Pivot platform is a free download from Microsoft Labs. Worth a look!

You may also want to check out Mike Demopoulos’ write up on healthcare applications of technologies promoted at the 2010 MIX Conference at Cambridge BioMarketing’s Biorhythms blog. Mike also hosts two great blogs on Silverlight and WPF development.

This amazing demo of a interactive, 3-D magazine spread designed for iPad shows some of the real promise of the platform.

Read about the development approach and how the interactions, photography, and text were all composited.

VIV Mag Interactive Feature Spread – iPad Demo from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.

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Check out this demo of new HCI paradigm that could have legs. Scrub forward to about 4mins to see the demo in practice.

via informationisbeautiful.net

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Nice article from softwareadvice.com. The ”iTablet”maybe be the ultimate device for EMRs.

Apple is apparently rushing to launch its new tablet PC in time for the holiday shopping season. While still unconfirmed, features may include a 10in OLED screen, integrated Wi-Fi, full multi-touch/gestural UI, and a new multimedia platform called “Cocktail“. It’s unclear how these tablets will run applications–could be standard Mac OS, maybe iPhone apps, or possibly a hybrid.

While the actual features and functions are still conjecture, it not hard to imagine the possible uses of this device in healthcare. The concept of the tablets replacing paper is gaining steam, especially with the advent of electronic medical records. Could the MacBook tablet become the core platform for digital healthcare?

Lackluster hardware and poor user experiences have been major factors in the lack of tablet adoption among medical professional. If Apple can reengineer the tablet PC like iPhone reinvented the PDA, it’s not hard to envision medical tablet use gaining traction. And if the hardware takes off, expect to see a rush of new specialized applications and tools…could be interesting!

via medzio.com

Medzio.com’s free iPhone app delivers extensive healthcare information and medical resources. One in a line of emerging new mobile apps for healthcare.

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While the Microsoft Surface Table has been slow to hit major markets since its launch in 2007, the product offers plenty of promise for medical and healthcare applications.

A couple of examples:

VitraView by InterKnowlogy
This application allows doctors and patients to review surgical procedures, document procedures, and personalized medical information pulled from Microsoft Healthvault. Developed by Interknowlogy.

Patient Consultations on MS Surface
Developed by Infusion, this tool provides a platform that facilitates patient and healthcare provider communications during medical consultations. The app was named as one of the 11 Killer Apps for Microsoft Surface by Fast Company.