A mixed methods pilot study to investigate the impact of a hospital-specific iPhone application (iTreat) within a British junior doctor cohort

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-73

  Payne, Karl F B ^a   Weeks, Lucy ^a   Dunning, Paul ^a  

^a LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Application; hospital app; medical app; phone; smartphone

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

APPLICATION; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL APP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL APP; MEDICAL STAFF; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PHONE; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMARTPHONE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

APPLICATION; HOSPITAL APP; MEDICAL APP; PHONE; SMARTPHONE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CELLULAR PHONE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894484850     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458213478812     Document Type: Article

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