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Head-to-head RCT: Blackberry vs iPhone for your cardiology practice

Jan 10, 2011 10:30 EST


Smart phones are now an integral part of cardiology practice and are invaluable on many fronts. But which phone is best suited to our clinical needs? What do you use in your practice?

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Head-to-head RCT: Blackberry vs iPhone for your cardiology practice
# 1 of 2
January 21, 2011 02:21 (EST)
DROB
Have you downloaded any cardiology specific apps for the iPhone? Im wondering if the plethora of Apps on the iPhone that are specific to a cardiologist would change your perception. I think to completely test your hypothesis you would have to "put your blackberry away" for a month and exclusively use the iPhone.
# 2 of 2
January 21, 2011 10:10 (EST)
Amateur Critic

I prefer the Blackberry for its keyboard and its excellent battery life. However, Dr. Bilazarian is right that the iPhone has many more apps and a beautiful screen. But the iPhone has terrible battery life, and it is not user replaceable (so you can't carry a spare). If I see someone sitting on the floor by a wall at a medical conference, undoubtedly, he or she is plugged in, charging an iPhone.

My solution is to carry a BB and an iPod Touch. The still camera on the Touch is not as good as on the iPhone, but the video camera is excellent. The Touch is obviously not cellular, but it can access the Internet wherever Wi-Fi is available, and it can use just about all of the same apps as the iPhone. Additionally, the Touch has excellent battery life, unlike the iPhone. It, too,plays music and movies.

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About Dr Seth Bilazarian
Seth Bilazarian MD has been a Clinical and Interventional Cardiologist at Pentucket Medical Associates in Massachusetts since 1993. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Vascular Ultrasound, Interventional Cardiology, and Vascular and Endovascular Medicine.

Dr Bilazarian performs coronary and peripheral interventions at Lahey Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been an investigator in the interventional laboratory for new devices including drug-eluting stents, distal protection devices, imaging devices (OCT and InfraRed), and anticoagulant pharmacotherapy.

Dr Bilazarian is an active participant in clinical trials in congestive heart failure, hypertension, coronary disease prevention, prediabetes management, anemia, atrial fibrillation, and anticoagulation/antiplatelet therapies in the outpatient setting. He has authored numerous papers and book chapters in clinical cardiology. He was appointed as a physician advisor to the circulatory device panel of the FDA in 2008.
About this blog
My intent is to create a forum for dialogue on issues pertinent to private practice cardiology around topics such as:

  • Integration of new data and guidelines on inpatient and outpatient practice in clinical and interventional cardiology
  • Practice approaches to the extra clinical issues in dealing with managed care insurers
  • Strategies for navigating the restrictions of pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) on pharmacologic therapies for our patients
  • Experiences with restrictions on testing and imaging
The video blog (VLOG) will provide an opportunity to share broadly different approaches to the common conundrums we face in caring for patients. My hope is that this forum will provide useful data points for practice outside of tertiary and academic centers and a look inside community hospitals and physician?s practice patterns in the office, starting with mine.