Getting value from health IT

Writing on a tablet PC forum, Mickey comments on a New York Times article about the digitization of doctors' offices. He draws attention to this photo.

In the photo, the doctor is holding in one hand an open convertible Tablet PC and is writing on the screen with his other hand.  It would have made the case for Tablet PCs better to show the doctor with a slate on his lap, interviewing a patient, or passing the slate to the patient to show something.

The conclusion of the article was that health IT pays off for payers but maybe not for physicians.