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The emerging role of PDAs in information use and clinical decision making
Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing; University of Toronto; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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One of the great challenges facing healthcare professionals today is the effective and efficient management of an ever-increasing amount of clinically related health information. An important dimension of this challenge is the accessibility of information at times of decision making. Mobile information terminals, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), have the potential to address this challenge by bringing the most relevant information directly to the point of care. Providing information through convenient electronic sources may address some of the barriers that inhibit access and clinical use of new and relevant research by nurses.
The purpose of this Notebook is to explore the use of PDAs to increase nurses’ access to and use of evidence-based resources in practice. It will explore how information and communication technologies, such as PDAs, can support evidence-based practice and will examine the role of information and communication technologies within the context of established knowledge-translation approaches. Recognising
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