A review on diffusion of personal digital assistants in healthcare

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-342

  Kuziemsky, Craig E ^a   Laul, Francis ^a   Leung, Raymond C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Healthcare; Personal digital assistant; Review

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944517841     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-005-5893-y     Document Type: Review

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