WILLINGNESS OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS TO ADOPT HANDHELD COMPUTING

这个子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和调查员(PI)可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可能会出现在其他CRISE条目中。列出的机构是针对中心的，而不一定是针对调查员的机构。具体目标是：1)确定初级保健医生参与一项研究的意愿，该研究旨在检验个人数字助理(PDA)对用药差错率的影响；以及2)确定PDA在临床初级保健实践中的当前使用特征。在本预算年度内，设计并提交了调查工具，以获得所有必要的监管批准。三次邮寄和电话跟进(每隔一个月)将在未来几个月内完成。对数据的分析将把瓦胡岛上的初级保健医生描述为使用PDA与不使用PDA。如果看起来可行，后续的研究将检查向以前的PDA-NA医生介绍PDA对用药差错率的影响。这项研究的结果将检查受试者招募的可行性，以研究使用PDA药物数据库对用药差错的影响。这项后续研究将增加支持或反对使用PDA以减少用药错误的证据。

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.