Mobile and fixed computer use by doctors and nurses on hospital wards: multi-method study on the relationships between clinician role, clinical task, and device choice

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Andersen, Pia ^a   Lindgaard, Anne Mette ^a   Prgomet, Mirela ^b   Creswick, Nerida ^b   Westbrook, Johanna I ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer hardware; Computerized physician order entry system; Computerized provider order entry (CPOE); Computers; Medical order entry systems; Mobile computers; Mobility; Multi method study; Observational study; Study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; NURSING STAFF; ROLE PLAYING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTERS; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG THERAPY; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MICROCOMPUTERS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS' ROOMS; ROLE; SOFTWARE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 70350445097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1221     Document Type: Article

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