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Medical students readily accepted Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) for accessing patient information and recording procedures. This technology shows promise for reducing medical errors and modernizing healthcare record-keeping.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Health Professions Education
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • Medical errors contribute to significant annual hospital deaths.
  • Previous attempts to improve systems and practice patterns have been largely unsuccessful due to complexity and physician resistance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the value of providing patient information via Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to medical students at the bedside.
  • To assess student acceptance of PDAs for medical information access and procedure data capture.

Main Methods:

  • A study involving 19 third-year medical students at West Virginia University School of Medicine.
  • Utilized Palm M500 PDAs preloaded with medical applications, including Patient Keeper 2.3 for procedure logging.
  • Students received 15 minutes of instruction and were required to input procedure data.

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Main Results:

  • Pre- and post-clerkship surveys indicated very wide acceptance of PDAs by medical students.
  • Students found PDAs valuable for both inputting and accessing medical information.

Conclusions:

  • Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are valuable tools for medical students, facilitating information access and data recording.
  • Increasing affordability, power, and medical software availability will likely drive PDA adoption in hospitals.
  • PDAs offer a promising avenue for reducing medical errors and enhancing medical record-keeping modernization.