Using Wireless Handheld Computers to Seek Information at the Point of Care: An Evaluation by Clinicians

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 807-815

  Hauser, Susan E ^a   Demner Fushman, Dina ^a   Jacobs, Joshua L ^b   Humphrey, Susanne M ^a   Ford, Glenn ^a   Thoma, George R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 35648980479     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2424     Document Type: Article

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