Abstract: With the rapid development of mobile health in hospitals, doctors have an urgent requirement to access to EMR (Electronic Medical Record) systems with iPad and other mobile tablets in wireless environment to improve efficiency and make medical process accurate and secure. But most existing EMR clients are based on Windows operation system, therefore how to provide mechanisms making EMR mobile becomes an important research issue in mobile health field. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of basic concepts in this field, introduces several key issues, and compares several major solutions. Finally, the trend of research and application is discussed.

Key words: electronic medical records, mobile health, smart tablet device, iPad, wireless network