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Halamka, of course, recently announced that he would step down from his post as chairman of the US government’s Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP). Perhaps he’ll become a healthcare market advisor to Apple?
“So I think what is so exciting about the iPad, is it will change the way doctors practice medicine,” Halamka concluded. (Interesting footnote: Not too long ago, Halamka was pitching BlackBerry devices, remember.)
Jobs also included a couple of images of medical apps during his opening remarks. After noting that there are now more than 65,000 apps in the AppStore that take “full advantage” of the iPad, meaning they are designed for that platform and its larger screen and faster processor, he showed screenshots of a handful of such apps: “All sorts of… wonderful, wonderful apps… and a lot of apps for business and vertical markets like medical. The things people are doing here are amazing,” Jobs said.
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