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Thanks for the info. I think that some people are real fans of tablets and would use them in just about any setting. My personal opinion is that they are probably better suited to some settings than others. One factor might be that I prefer typing to handwriting recognition - I'm a big fan of thumboards on PDAs for example. If there is a keyboard I can sit down and type at I would certainly prefer to use it than enter the information via a stylus.

I'm looking forward to biometric logins being used more widely. I'd love to see a way of using them for logging into websites for example - I use quite a few sites that require login and I'm forever typing in usernames and passwords everywhere. I don't think it's that secure and it's getting pretty inconvenient - almost every new website that's created now requires a login.

As you say in your article, I think having patients use them instead of signing would probably be a lot more convenient for EMRs - have you ever heard of patients using a PIN for confirming consents and things?