Using portable digital technology for clinical care and critical incidents: a new model.

Stephen Bolsin; Tom Faunce; Mark Colson

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Using portable digital technology for clinical care and critical incidents: a new model.

August 17, 2005

Bolsin S, Faunce T, Colson M. Aust Health Rev. 2005;29(3):297-305.

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The authors outline a model for using personal digital assistants (PDAs) to increase rates of incident reporting and facilitate data analysis. The model has been successfully introduced in several Australian hospitals.

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