Challenges in the implementation of a mobile application in clinical practice: Case study in the context of an application that manages the daily interventions of nurses

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ehrler, Frederic ^a   Wipfli, Rolf ^a   Teodoro, Douglas ^a,b   Sarrey, Everlyne ^a   Walesa, Magali ^a,b   Lovis, Christian ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computers; Equipment design; Handheld; Hospital information systems; Mobile health; Nurses; Pilot projects; User computer interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056371571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.2344     Document Type: Article

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