Managing care with handheld technology
Teall AM - Skilled providers recognize the availability and accessibility of resources that support quality patient management, whether those resources are of the human variety (i.e., collaborators, colleagues, or referrals) or the nonhuman variety (i.e., handbooks, textbooks, or computer software programs). Reference information commonly used by providers in the clinical setting for decades can now be easily accessed using handheld technology—specifically personal digital assistants (PDAs)...Of course, for many providers, technology itself has inherent barriers. On a positive note, handheld applications that can be used as clinical references are not so new anymore. Companies offering clinical decision-making tools also offer technical support and have streamlined the downloading and updating processes. As the availability of software has expanded, the benefit to patient-care management has increased. Handheld applications have become a valuable resource in clinical practice. [more...]
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