TIME’s Mobile Tech Issue: Better Care Delivered by iPad, M.D.
In hospitals, tablets save serious time — and let patients see their health in high res
Kate Pickert
Kate Pickert is a staff writer for TIME. She writes about health care and previously worked for New York magazine. She is a graduate of the University at Buffalo and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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