Handheld computer use in US family practice residency programs
Handheld computer use in US family practice residency programs
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DOI：
10.1136/jamia.2002.0090080
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发表时间：
2002-01-01
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
Parchman, ML
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作者：
Criswell, DF;Parchman, ML
目的：这项研究的目的是评估手提电脑的使用情况研究设计：2000年11月，作者向美国家庭医生学会（AAFP）和美国骨科家庭实践学会（ACOFP）的所有项目负责人邮寄了一份调查问卷。测量：数据和模式的使用和不使用的掌上电脑identified.Results：约50%（306 610）的方案回答了调查。三分之二的项目报告说，掌上电脑在他们的驻地使用，另有14%的计划在24个月内实施。Palm和Windows CE操作系统都被使用，其中Palm操作系统最常见。军事项目的使用率最高（10个项目中有8个，80%），骨科项目的使用率最低（55个项目中有23个，42%）。在报告使用手持计算机的程序中，45%要求所有用户统一使用手持计算机应用程序。在76%使用手持计算机的方案中，手持计算机和相关应用程序的资金没有编入预算。在为手持计算机提供预算的方案中，每个用户的平均年预算为461.58美元。感兴趣的教师或居民，而不是计算机信息服务人员，在72%的使用计算机的程序中对手持计算机进行维护和保养。除了安装的日历，记事本，和地址簿，最常见的临床用途的手持电脑在节目中的药物参考工具，电子教科书，和临床计算或计算器型programmes.Conclusions：手持电脑被广泛用于家庭医生实习计划在美国。虽然掌上电脑被设计为电子组织者，但在家庭实践中，它们被用作药物参考工具，电子教科书和临床计算程序，并跟踪以前与桌面数据库应用程序相关的活动。
Objective: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the uses of handheld computers (also called personal digital assistants, or PDAs) in family practice residency programs in the United States.Study Design: In November 2000, the authors mailed a questionnaire to the program directors of all American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and American College of Osteopathic Family Practice (ACOFP) residency programs in the United States.Measurements: Data and patterns of the use and non-use of handheld computers were identified.Results: Approximately 50 percent (306 of 610) of the programs responded to the survey. Two thirds of the programs reported that handheld computers were used in their residencies, and an additional 14 percent had plans for implementation within 24 months. Both the Palm and the Windows CE operating systems were used, with the Palm operating system the most common. Military programs had the highest rate of use (8 of 10 programs, 80 percent), and osteopathic programs had the lowest (23 of 55 programs, 42 percent). Of programs that reported handheld computer use, 45 percent had required handheld computer applications that are used uniformly by all users. Funding for handheld computers and related applications was non-budgeted in 76 percent of the programs in which handheld computers were used. In programs providing a budget for handheld computers, the average annual budget per user was $461.58. Interested faculty or residents, rather than computer information services personnel, performed upkeep and maintenance of handheld computers in 72 percent of the programs in which the computers are used. In addition to the installed calendar, memo pad, and address book, the most common clinical uses of handheld computers in the programs were as medication reference tools, electronic textbooks, and clinical computational or calculator-type programs.Conclusions: Handheld computers are widely used in family practice residency programs in the United States. Although handheld computers were designed as electronic organizers, in family practice residencies they are used as medication reference tools, electronic textbooks, and clinical computational programs and to track activities that were previously associated with desktop database applications.