Factors determining the use of personal digital assistants among physicians

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-276

  Vogel, Eric W ^a   Gracely, Edward J ^a   Kwon, Young ^b   Maulitz, Russell C ^a,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHI SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal medicine residents; Patient care; PDAs

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; INFORMATION RESOURCES; INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENTS; INTERNET-BASED; PATIENT CARE; PDAS;

DIGITAL DEVICES; MEDICINE;

PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 65349085015     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0112     Document Type: Article

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