While over 500 medical apps have been created for the iPad since its launch in April of this year, few attempt to bring an entire electronic medical record system onto the device. Today, St. Louis-based medical software company ClearPractice is releasing Nimble, which the company says is “the first comprehensive EMR solution developed in iOS to run natively on the iPad”.
With Nimble, ClearPractice aims to use the iPad to address several commonly cited issues about EMRs. They emphasize the iPad’s potential for removing barriers in EMR use and physician workflow by integrating the device and software in the care delivery process. The hope is that the iPad’s portability and accessibility will allow it (and thus Nimble) to be present wherever the doctor is—from the clinic to the hospital to the home—and make having an EMR more appealing, especially to doctors in small practices. Given that the app was built as a native iPad application, it attempts to take full advantage of the iPad’s unique interface and user experience.
