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Background Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is a complex of eye and visual problems that arise while using a computer or other Video Display Terminal (DVT).
Dulnério Barbosa Sengo +6 more
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Handheld computing in pathology
Handheld computing has had many applications in medicine, but relatively few in pathology. Most reported uses of handhelds in pathology have been limited to experimental endeavors in telemedicine or education. With recent advances in handheld hardware and software, along with concurrent advances in whole-slide imaging (WSI), new opportunities and ...
Seung Park +3 more
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Handheld computers for self-administered sensitive data collection: A comparative study in Peru
Background Low-cost handheld computers (PDA) potentially represent an efficient tool for collecting sensitive data in surveys. The goal of this study is to evaluate the quality of sexual behavior data collected with handheld computers in comparison with ...
Hughes James P +9 more
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Background Handheld computers are increasingly favoured over paper and pencil methods to capture data in clinical research. Methods This study systematically identified and reviewed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared the two methods for ...
Heddle Nancy M +3 more
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The Uses of the Smartphone for Doctors: An Empirical Study from Samsung Medical Center [PDF]
ObjectivesIn healthcare, mobile computing made possible by smartphones is becoming an important tool among healthcare professionals. However, currently there is very little research into the effectiveness of such applications of technology.
Jong Soo Choi +6 more
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Handheld Computers for Doctors [PDF]
Handheld Computers for Doctors. By Mohammad Al-Ubaydli . West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2003; $35 Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, MD, a Visiting Research Fellow at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in Washington, DC, recently has published an information guide entitled Handheld Computers for Doctors .
Joel R. Aronoff, Kevin B. Johnson
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Many family physicians will not manually update PDA software: an observational study
Background In a prospective study to explore connections between clinical information delivery and information retrieval, 41 Canadian family physicians searched an electronic knowledge resource (EKR) as needed for practice.
Roland Grad +3 more
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Objectives: The use of mobile technologies and handheld computers by physicians has increased worldwide. However, there are limited studies globally regarding training physicians on the use of such devices in clinical practice.
Amna Al Harrasi +3 more
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Handheld computers in medicine: the way forward [PDF]
Abstract Handheld computers are now a common sight in medicine, but there are scarce data on who actually uses them and what functions are found to be most useful. This is the first study of handheld computer use in a British hospital, and shows that there is already considerable use and acceptance of the technology, with 22 of 55 (40 ...
Horsley, A.; id_orcid 0000-0003-1828-0058 +1 more
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Accentuated Factors of Handheld Computing [PDF]
The recent years of rapid development of mobile technologies create opportunities for new user groups in the mobile workforce to take advantage of information systems (IS). However, to apprehend and harness these opportunities for mobile IS, it is crucial to fully understand the user group and the mobile technology.
Andersson, Bo, Henningsson, Stefan
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