Signs barring cell-phone use are a familiar sight to anyone who has ever sat in a hospital waiting room. But the【C1】___popularity of electronic medical records has forced hospital-based doctors to become【C2】on computers throughout the day, and desktops—which keep doctors from bedsides— are【C3】___giving way to wireless devices.

As clerical loads increased, “something had to【C4】___, 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【C5】a pilot project in Chicago to see if the iPad could improve working conditions and patient care. The experiment was so【C6】that all internal-medicine residents at the university now get iPads when they begin the program. Johns Hopkins’ internal-medicine program adopted the same【C7】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【C8】___with large pockets to accommodate tablet computers.

A study of the University of Chicago iPad project found that patients got tests and【C9】___faster if they were cared for by iPad-equipped residents. Many patients also【C10】___a better understanding of the illnesses that landed them in the hospital in the first place.

A)dependent I)policy

B)designed J)prospect

C)fast K)rather

D)flying L)reliable

E)gained M)signal

F)give N)successful

G)growing O)treatments

H)launch

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