Personal digital assistants change management more often than paper texts and foster patient confidence

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-96

  Rudkin, Scott E ^a,b   Langdorf, Mark I ^a   Macias, Demian ^a   Oman, Jennifer A ^a   Kazzi, Amin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Handheld; Personal digital assistant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EFFICIENCY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACOPOEIAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 33746583191     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mej.0000192049.04729.0c     Document Type: Article

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