CalDAV: CalDAV Calendar Sync

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Sync your Google Calendar with your Apple device (including iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) and always have your schedule at your fingertips.
Note: You can also use Google Sync to sync your Calendar and Contacts. It is possible to run CalDAV sync and Google Sync simultaneously.

Requirements

Syncing via CalDAV is only available for Apple devices running software version 3.0 or above. Learn more about checking the software version on your device.

Getting Started

To sync with your device, follow these steps:

1. Open the Settings application on your device's home screen.
2. Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
3. Select Add Account...
4. Select Other.
5. Select Add CalDAV Account.
6. Enter your account information:
   
   • In the Server field, enter [ google.com ]
   • In the Username field, enter your full Google Account or Google Apps email address.
   • In the Password field, enter your Google Account or Google Apps password.
   • In the Description field, enter the name you'd like to appear on the account.
7. Select Next at the top of your screen.

After you've completed setup, open the Calendar app on your device and syncing will automatically begin.
By default only your primary calendar will be synced to your device. You can sync additional calendars by visiting the following page from any web browser:

• https://www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect
  (Google Apps users can go to https://www.google.com/calendar/hosted/your_domain/iphoneselect, replacing 'your_domain' with your actual domain name.)

Select the calendars you'd like to sync, and click Save. The selected calendars will display on your device at the time of the next sync.

WE MADE THE NEWS

Emergency room doctors are using them to order lab tests and medication. Plastic surgeons are using them to show patients what they might look like after surgery. And medical residents are using them as a quick reference to look up drug interactions and medical conditions.

Since Apple's iPad hit the market in April, doctors at Chicago area hospitals are increasingly using the hot-selling tablet as a clinical tool.

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                                        Dr. Richard Watson shows Gustavo Pinor an X-ray

                                        of his sprained ankle on an iPad.
                                       (Jean Lachat/Sun-Times)

Not only does the iPad allow doctors to view electronic medical records, wherever they are, it also gives them a way to show patients their X-rays, EKGs and other lab tests on an easy-to-read screen. Plus, it's lighter and has a longer battery life than many laptops, making it convenient for doctors to take on rounds.

Within the next month, the University of Chicago Medical Center plans to provide iPads to all of its internal medicine residents, expanding on a pilot program launched earlier this year. Similarly, Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood has given iPads to all of its orthopedic residents as part of a pilot program.

Other doctors are buying their own iPads and using them to interact with patients. At U. of C., for instance, plastic surgeon Dr. Julie Parker uses her iPad to show breast-cancer patients what they might look like after reconstructive surgery.

"The touch screen is intuitive and gives a hands-on experience for patients as they navigate through the pictures," Parker said.

Pulmonary specialists at the hospital also use iPads to explain lung disease to their patients.

Another hospital that has embraced the iPad is MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island. Once doctors there learned that they could access the hospital's electronic medical records with the iPad, "it went through here like wildfire," said Dr. Richard Watson, an emergency room physician at MetroSouth. "At least half of our staff here in the emergency room has their own iPad and carries it and uses it."

Last week, Watson used his iPad to show 14-year-old Gustavo Pintor an X-ray of his sprained right ankle. "It was cool to see," said the teen, who'd gotten hurt at soccer practice. "I feel like I understand what happened now."

Though the iPad provides a portal to the hospital's electronic record, patient information isn't actually stored on the device. And both the iPad and the hospital server are password-protected, lowering the chances that sensitive data could be swiped from a lost or stolen iPad.

Dr. Eric Nussbaum, MetroSouth's emergency room chief, said the iPad also solves one of the problems created by switching from a paper-based record system to an electronic one: having to go to a desktop computer to order lab tests or type in notes on a patient.

"With this, I'm back to the convenience of being in the patient's room, talking to them and plugging in my orders right then and there," he said

EPIC

All but 2 now have EPIC installed on your iPads. IT has asked that we let them know your feelings with working with it. They would like to hear the pros and cons of the system. So please keep me posted

EPIC.iPad

I finally got EPIC installed on my iPad.  One little clitch is that it can only use this version on campus.  The IT department is working on getting a stronger server so that it will be available at home.  What's nice now, is that you don't have to log onto firepass.  One click and your right at the EPIC sign on.  A little slow, but it works nice.  I don't do SmartSets, so I'm not sure how well that will work, but it is nice to view patients.