WILLINGNESS OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS TO ADOPT HANDHELD COMPUTING

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The specific aims are: 1) Determine the willingness of primary care physicians to participate in a research study aimed at examining the effects of personal digital assistants (PDAs) on medication error rates; and 2) Characterize current use of PDAs in clinical primary care practice. During the current budget year, the survey instrument was designed and submitted for all necessary regulatory approvals. The 3 mailings and the telephone follow-up (each one month apart) will be completed in the next few months. Analysis of the data will characterize the primary care physicians on Oahu as PDA users vs. non-users. If it appears feasible, the follow-on study would examine the effects of introducing PDAs to previously PDA-na¿ve physicians on medication error rates. The findings from this study will examine the feasibility of subject recruitment to study the impact of using a PDA drug database on medication errors. This follow-on study will add to the evidence for or against using PDAs to reduce medication errors.