International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 25-34 , February 2004

Assessing medical residents’ usage and perceived needs for personal digital assistants

  • James R Barrett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800717, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-434-924-8520; fax: +1-434-924-8437.
    • ,
  • Scott M Strayer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800717, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
    • ,
  • Jane R Schubart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800717, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA

Received 21 August 2003 ,Revised 1 December 2003 ,Accepted 2 December 2003.

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PII: S1386-5056(03)00210-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2003.12.005

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 25-34 , February 2004

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