WILLINGNESS OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS TO ADOPT HANDHELD COMPUTING

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 具体目标是：1）确定初级保健医生是否愿意参与旨在检查个人数字助理（PDA）对用药错误率的影响的研究; 2）描述PDA在临床初级保健实践中的当前使用。 在本预算年度，设计了调查工具，并提交所有必要的监管批准。3次邮寄和电话随访（每隔一个月）将在未来几个月内完成。对数据的分析将描述Oscar上的初级保健医生作为PDA用户与非用户的特征。如果可行的话，后续研究将检查将PDA引入到以前的PDA新手医生对药物错误率的影响。 本研究的结果将检查受试者招募的可行性，以研究使用PDA药物数据库对用药错误的影响。这项后续研究将增加支持或反对使用PDA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.