The ownership and clinical use of smartphones by doctors and nurses in the UK: A multicentre survey study

BMJ Innovations

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 174-181

  Mobasheri, Mohammad H ^a   King, Dominic ^a   Johnston, Maximilian ^a   Gautama, Sanjay ^b   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84999491378     PISSN: 20558074     EISSN: 2055642X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000062     Document Type: Article

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