Apps, shmapps: Why one local hospital is sticking with plain old Web browsers for wireless data

Cora Sharma talks to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's chief information architect about why the hospital is sticking with browsers even as doctors and other staffers increasingly call up data on smartphones and tablets. For one thing, browers are browsers - there's no need to constantly reinvent the wheel as new devices and operating systems come on the market - he says.

Ed note: Speaking of apps, the Universal Hub iPhone and BlackBerry apps are, yes, still under development as the vendor tweaks the underlying code to make it work better. Hopefully by month's end, you'll actually be able to download it (or use a mobile-ized Web site if, like me, you have an Android phone, or some other non-iPhonish thing).