Signs barring cell-phone use are a

Signs barring cell-phone use are a familiar sight to anyone who has ever sat in a hospital waiting room. But the ___27___ popularity of electronic medical records has forced hospital-based doctors to become ___28___ on computers throughout the day, and desktops — which keep doctors from bedsides — are ___29___ giving way to wireless devices.As clerical loads increased, "something had to ___30___, and that was always face time with patients," says Dr. Bhakti Patel, a former chief resident in the University of Chicago's internal-medicine program. In fall 2010, she helped ___31___ a pilot project in Chicago to see if the iPad could improve working conditions and patient care. The experiment was so ___32___ that all internal-medicine program adopted the same ___33___ in 2011. Medical schools at Yale and Stanford now have paperless, iPad-based curriculums. "You'll want an iPad just so you can wear this" is the slogan for one of the new lab coats ___34___ with large pockets to accommodate tablet computers.A study of the University of Chicago iPad project found that patients got tests and ___35___ faster if they were cared for by iPad-equipped residents. Many patients also ___36___ a better understanding of the illnesses that landed them in the hospital in the first place.