What nurses want: diffusion of an innovation.
We investigated the usability of personal digital assistants (PDAs) to improve research utilization and timely access to electronic practice information to assist in clinical decisions. Nurses used a decision support tool on a PDA to collect point-of-care outcomes data. Follow-up interviews documented usability. Nurses liked the portability and size of the PDA, as well as ease of use of the PDA software. Electronic decision support tools at point of care have the potential to improve nurses' research utilization and quality of care.
Di Pietro
Tammie
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Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Coburn
Geraldine
G
Dharamshi
Narissa
N
Doran
Diane
D
Mylopoulos
John
J
Kushniruk
Andre
A
Nagle
Lynn
L
Sidani
Souraya
S
Tourangeau
Ann
A
Laurie-Shaw
Brenda
B
Lefebre
Nancy
N
Reid-Haughian
Cheryl
C
Carryer
Jennifer
J
McArthur
Greg
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D019985:Benchmarking; D034201:Computers, Handheld / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration; D008297:Male; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D008875:Middle Aged; D015399:Nursing Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D009864:Ontario; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic