The Impact of Mobile Handheld Technology on Hospital Physicians' Work Practices and Patient Care: A Systematic Review

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 792-801

  Prgomet, Mirela ^a   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRESCRIPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DOCUMENTATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70350460044     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3215     Document Type: Article

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