title: Preoperative information management system using wireless PDAs.
abstract: Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and wireless communication are currently available in clinical settings. We developed wireless PDA software that assists anesthesiologists in pre-operative patient assessment. The device communicates with the hospital information system through a wireless LAN and is equipped with pre-programmed data entry templates for pre-operative assessment. As a preliminary test of the device, we randomly assigned residents in preoperative assessment to an intervention and a control arm and compared the results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okahara
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santo
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: Shigeho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Lucila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ohno-Machado
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012984:Software