Felasfa Wodajo, MD

Felasfa Wodajo is a physician and writer.

May 9, 2011May 9, 2011

The iPad has received a significant amount of attention in the health care arena since its introduction last year. The attraction is fairly obvious; it is a portable, lightweight, powerful computing device with an intui-tive interface and a large library…

The iPad has received a significant amount of attention in the health care arena since its introduction last year.

The attraction is fairly obvious; it is a portable, lightweight, powerful computing device with an intui-tive interface and a large library of built-in applications. In fact, major medical schools such as Stanford and …

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Apple’s iPad on medical rounds, a hands on physician review

Felasfa Wodajo, MD

August 13, 2010Aug 13, 2010

Recently, we had the chance to check in with Dr. Henry Feldman. He had posted a detailed summary of his experiences using the iPad as his main interface while rotating on service for a week as a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess hospital (BIDMC) in Boston. Dr. Feldman is also Chief Information Architect for the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians.

The summary of the following report includes …

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Is Google Android or the iPhone the future of mobile smartphones?

Felasfa Wodajo, MD

February 23, 2010Feb 23, 2010

Over the last few months, a great deal of time has been expended on the “hot competition” between Apple and Google in relation to smart phones. Much of this interest probably had to do with a partially imagined story of…

Over the last few months, a great deal of time has been expended on the “hot competition” between Apple and Google in relation to smart phones.

Much of this interest probably had to do with a partially imagined story of a once close friendship between Apple and Google, founded on their mutual enmity of Microsoft, now fractured on the rocks of competition and greed. While the truth probably isn’t as dramatic, …

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iPhone medical apps can be improved by Google Android

Felasfa Wodajo, MD

December 3, 2009Dec 3, 2009

In a recent post, entitled, Why doctors should choose Google Android over the iPhone for medical apps, the author seems to have gone out of his way to make a series of increasingly hyperbolic arguments declaring Motorola Droid superior to…

The long trail of negative comments on the site demonstrate that perhaps not all readers were swayed by his arguments. …