Development and Examination of a Rubric for Evaluating Point-of-Care Medical Applications for Mobile Devices

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-87

  Butcher, Robyn ^a   MacKinnon, Martin ^b   Gadd, Kathleen ^c   LeBlanc Duchin, Denise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HORIZON HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical decisions; content quality; diagnosis and treatment; evaluation rubric; medical resources; mobile devices; mobile medical apps; point of care tools; usability

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CELL PHONES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921735145     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2015.986794     Document Type: Article

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