The U.S. military is testing commercial mobile devices for usability with its electronic health record applications, Government Health IT reports.

Lt. Col. William Geesey — product manager at the Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care organization — said officials are testing tactical EHR applications on the:

• iPad;
• iPod Touch;
• iPhone;
• Sprint HTC EVO; and
• Samsung Epic.

According to Geesey, early results indicate that versions of the Army’s EHR technology work on the Apple and Droid operating systems.

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