Hand-held computing in the patient care setting: a pilot project.
Direct patient care has not fully benefited from a number of recent advances in modern technology. Many of the normal data collections tasks carried out by care providers are still done with manual, error-prone procedures. In addition, the ability to consolidate or represent patient data in a meaningful and timely fashion as required by managed care expectations is unavailable. The reported work attempts to address these problems with the application of new hand-held computing technology.
Karshmer
J F
JF
Department of Nursing, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces 88003, USA.
Karshmer
A I
AI
D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems