Handheld computers acting as personal digital
assistants are growing in popularity in
health care. They are increasingly trusted used,
and considered to be efficient. A mid 2004 survey found 52% of medical students reporting
handheld computer use, with drug reference and
clinical calculators the major clinical applications
of the technology Characterizing the use and
capability of PDAs is an exercise in measuring
the position of a moving target, but the dominant
trend sees students as a key user group and reference
for education as a key application area.
PalmCIS illustrates the less common
use of mobile technology as a terminal for viewing
patient data