Physicians' use of the personal digital assistant (PDA) in clinical decision making

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 480-486

  Dee, Cheryl R ^a   Teolis, Marilyn ^b   Todd, Andrew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Baptist Hospital Nashville   (United States)

^c BCC UCF Joint Use Library   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 28244434816     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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