Mobile tablet use among academic physicians and trainees

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sclafani, Joseph ^a   Tirrell, Timothy F ^a,b   Franko, Orrin I ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mhealth; Mobile computing; Tablet; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE TABLET COMPUTER; PHYSICIAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; TRAINING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICINE; MICROCOMPUTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84872098607     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-012-9903-6     Document Type: Article

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