Title :
Personal digital assistant uses and preferences among clinical oncologists: a needs assessment
Author :
Mozelak, Brian ; Glassman, Bemard ; Johnston, Rob
Abstract :
A needs assessment was performed to determine user information requirements for hand-held and mobile personal digital assistants within the clinical oncology community. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews, a survey instrument and a focus group in order to triangulate the findings. The data were analyzed quantitatively for demographics, current practices and information-gathering preferences, and qualitatively for the development of future decision aids, clinical aids and practice management tools
Keywords :
cancer; demography; information needs; medical administrative data processing; medical computing; microcomputer applications; notebook computers; tumours; PDA uses; clinical aids; clinical oncologists; current practices; decision aids; demographics; focus group; hand-held personal digital assistants; information-gathering preferences; mobile personal digital assistants; needs assessment; practice management tools; qualitative data analysis; quantitative data analysis; semi-structured interviews; survey instrument; user information requirements; user preferences; Cancer; Communications technology; Demography; Information management; Instruments; Oncology; Operating systems; Personal digital assistants; Quality management; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2001. CBMS 2001. Proceedings. 14th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1004-3
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2001.941773
