Doctors' concerns of PDAs in the ward round situation: Lessons from a formative simulation study

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-200

  Alsos, Ole Andreas ^a   Dabelow, B ^b   Faxvaag, A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bedside computing; Distractions; Handheld; Mobile computing; PDA; Physician patient communication; Point of care; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 80051756066     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME09-01-0017     Document Type: Article

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