The trial of PDAs in Queensland public hospitals and its effect on patient safety

Bruggemann, Glenn and Gurney, Tiana and Hafeez-Baig, Abdul and March, Judy and Weale, Greg (2009) The trial of PDAs in Queensland public hospitals and its effect on patient safety. In: 2nd Passionate about Practice Conference, 29-30 Jul 2009, Brisbane, Australia .

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[Abstract]: This study has examined the usage of wireless handheld devices (PDAs – personal digital assistants) in the improvement of nursing decision making within Queensland Health. The research question that this study sought to answer was: ‘will the decision making algorithms that are built on a handheld device improve the clinical decision making analysis by Queensland nurses?’

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	No evidence of copyright restrictions.
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Information Systems (1 Apr 2007 - 31 Dec 2010)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Information Systems (1 Apr 2007 - 31 Dec 2010)
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2010 04:24
Last Modified:	20 Jul 2014 05:01
Uncontrolled Keywords:	PDA, nursing, decision making, wireless technology
Fields of Research (2008):	08 Information and Computing Sciences > 0806 Information Systems > 080605 Decision Support and Group Support Systems 10 Technology > 1005 Communications Technologies > 100510 Wireless Communications
Fields of Research (2020):	46 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES > 4609 Information systems > 460902 Decision support and group support systems 40 ENGINEERING > 4006 Communications engineering > 400608 Wireless communication systems and technologies (incl. microwave and millimetrewave)
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/6716

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