MSIV here.<p>Sanj's post is rather insightful, and here's why: If it doesn't fit into my coat pocket, then it will end up being something that probably doesn't become 'mine'. Instead of having one per doc, there will be a few for each floor.<p>Since individual providers don't then have a personal relationship with any particular tablet, they all have less incentive to care for them (charge them, make sure they get put back in the right place, not treat them like coasters). No, the nurses will not do this for us.<p>This brings us to the point where we have a floor with several tablets that, if not stolen or covered in "someone else's" coffee, have no battery. If there is a backup battery system, all of those backup batteries are also drained. So far, so bad. But it gets worse: when the next set of docs rotate onto service, they see a totally dysfunctional heap of tablets and won't go near them. I say this from experience with the current iteration of this idea: 'cows' (desktops mounted on rolling platforms with a battery).<p>In my opinion, the best way to succeed is to make a product that each individual provider will develop a relationship with. You will succeed if you can make me treat my tablet like my iPhone because it (a) is 'mine' - not communal; (b) is portable - fits into my fairly giant white coat pockets, or is otherwise easily transportable; (c) gives me something that I want - not what some non-medical person thinks doctors might want.<p>Regarding point (c), sanj's statement about realtime vitals shows that he has discovered something that AirStrip hasn't: realtime vitals in most cases are for nurses, not doctors. I'm not going to be actively monitoring someone's heart rate unless I'm at the bedside. They are promoting the wrong feature, IMHO.<p>Sanj, it sounds like you have good insight into what doctors actually want. Please keep it up!