Evidence of effectiveness of health care professionals using handheld computers: A scoping review of systematic reviews

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Mickan, Sharon ^a   Tilson, Julie K ^b   Atherton, Helen ^c   Roberts, Nia Wyn ^c   Heneghan, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Delivery of health care; Diffusion of innovation; Documentation; Evidence synthesis; Evidence based practice; Handheld computers; Health technology adoption; Information seeking behavior; Mhealth; Mobile devices; PDA; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS; HANDHELD COMPUTERS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; INFORMATION SEEKING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MHEALTH; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE DEVICES; PDA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HANDHELD COMPUTERS; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MHEALTH; MOBILE DEVICES; PDA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HEALTH PERSONNEL; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84887869214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2530     Document Type: Review

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