title: Personal digital assistants, wireless computing, smart cards, and biometrics: a hardware update for clinical practice.
abstract: This paper introduces current and future information technology tools for health care with a focus on perinatal and women's health areas of nursing. The technologies include personal digital assistants, wireless computing, smart cards, biometrics, and storage cards. Strategies to incorporate these applications into practice are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Patient Simulation Center, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 14214, USA. erdley@buffalo.edu
authors.forename: William Scott
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Erdley
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000639:trends*; D034201:Computers, Handheld / Q000639:trends*; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000639:trends*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health