Nurses' Perceptions of Using a Pocket PC for Shift Reports and Patient Care

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-63

  Chang, Karen ^a   Lutes, Kyle D ^a   Braswell, Melanie L ^a   Nielsen, Jacqueline K ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; communication; handheld computers; hospital nursing staff; integrated delivery of healthcare; nursing informatics; point of care systems; system evaluation; systems integration; user satisfaction; user computer interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001875346     PISSN: 15553396     EISSN: 1555340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2006010104     Document Type: Article

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