Mobile devices and apps for health care professionals: Uses and benefits

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Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 356-364

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG REFERENCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NEWS ACQUISITION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRODUCTIVITY; REFERENCE DATABASE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84901442587     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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