Handheld computers for doctors / Mohammad Al-Ubaydli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al-Ubaydli, Mohammad.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Practice--Data processing.

Medicine.

Medical offices--Management--Data processing.

Medical offices.

Pocket computers.

Computer Systems.

Medicine--Practice.

Medical Subjects:

Computer Systems.

Physical Description:

xvii, 142 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, [2003]

Summary:

Are you spending too much time filling out paperwork and too little time being a doctor?

Over 20% of a doctor's time is spent dealing with paper. This book will show you why and how handheld computers can help you reduce this time, and how to use the technology without waiting for the IT department. If you work in hospital or community medicine, you can take advantage of technology that is affordable, powerful, easy and effective.

Contents:

Why Star Trek is science past

So, you'd like a handheld

Choosing hardware

Choosing software for yourself

Organizing your life

Taking lecture notes

Keeping track of patient details

Medical references

Reading electronic books

Games for ward rounds

Carrying the web with you

Handhelds for patients

Why two handhelds are better than one

Case 1: the haematology department

Case 2: the general practice surgery

Case 3: the acute medicine department

On being a project champion

Making change happen

Talking to the IT department

Choosing software for the team

Training

Electronic documents

Getting the funding.

Notes:

Includes index.

"First published by Mohammad Al-Ubaydli 2002 under the imprint Idiopathic Publishing"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

0470858990

OCLC:

52554262