"Netbooks won't stand a chance against the tidal wave of touch tablets coming next year. Tablets have many advantages over netbooks, but netbooks have very few advantages over tablets."Look, I know you like the netbook idea -- and you love netbook prices. If you're like most people, you think tablets are expensive, slow, heavy and a pain to use. But if you've bought one, you know that netbooks aren't as great as they sound. And next year's tablets will be way better than you think. "

"So here's my advice. Sell your netbook now while you can still unload it. By this time next year, the space between cell phones and laptops will be taken over by a new generation of touch tablets, and you won't be able to give that netbook away. Computerworld -

Fusion Garage's JooJoo, formerly the CrunchPad (see video.)

Of course, everybody's talking about, hinting at and arguing over all the non-existent tablets of tomorrow. You've heard a lot about Apple's rumored tablet, for example, which could hit the market as early as March.

Source and the rest of the read: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142162/Mike_Elgan_Hello_tablets._Good_bye_netbooks_

With respect to a touch interface and an EMR, touch is viable for any emr. Remember, you finger is the mouse or stylus but even more intuitive. The real benefit of touch is with regard to manipulating X-rays, MRI's, Ultrasounds and any pictorial events. Remember, just because the computer is touch oriented, doesn't necessarily mean you can't use a mouse, stylus or keyboard. Touch does not mean touch only!