Use and Perceived Benefits of Handheld Computer-based Clinical References

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 619-626

  Rothschild, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Fang, Edward ^c   Liu, Vincent ^c   Litvak, Irina ^d   Yoon, Cathy ^a   Bates, David W ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Epocrates Inc   (United States)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROFECOXIB;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG INFORMATION; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; MICROCOMPUTER; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE DATABASE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHARMACOPOEIAS; REFERENCE BOOKS, MEDICAL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33750468362     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2103     Document Type: Article

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