title: What nurses want: diffusion of an innovation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Tammie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coburn
authors.forename: Narissa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dharamshi
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mylopoulos
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kushniruk
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nagle
authors.forename: Souraya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sidani
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tourangeau
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laurie-Shaw
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lefebre
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reid-Haughian
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carryer
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McArthur
mesh_terms: 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