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The personal digital assistant: a new medical instrument for the exchange of clinical information at the point of care
Author(s) -
Wilcox Robert A,
La Telia Ralph R
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143768.x
Subject(s) - point of care , the internet , information exchange , point (geometry) , computer science , health care , wireless , multimedia , world wide web , medicine , telecommunications , nursing , geometry , mathematics , economics , economic growth
Personal digital assistants can provide a portable, integrated platform for point‐of‐care clinical reference, patient management and data communication. Clinical reference programs allow the user to access information from the Internet and guidelines. Patient management programs allow doctors to access and store clinical information. Wireless technologies have potential for rapid exchange of clinical laboratory results and efficient “electronic patient handovers”. Thus, these devices provide the potential for true continuity of care across the healthcare system.