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About the Book

Table of Contents:
About the Author. Preface. Section One: 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. Section Two: Why two handhelds are better than one. Case 1 - The haematology department. Case 2 - The General Practice surgery. Case 3 - The acute medicine department. Section Three: On being a project champion. Making change happen. Talking to the IT department. Choosing software for the team. Training. Electronic documents. Getting the funding. Appendix: Accompanying website. Index.

About the Author :
Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, MD is an Honorary Senior Research Associate at University College London in London, UK.

Review :
"…contains information that all hospital and health practitioners may find useful…highly recommended for hospital libraries and libraries affiliated with schools that provide health care education." (E-STREAMS, November 2004) "...The book is sincere and detailed...I recommend this book as a down-to-earth account..." (British Medical Journal, 17 March 2003) "...provides good tips for the medial student with a PDA..." (Biomedical Informatics Today, Spring 2003) "...a handy volume designed to encourage doctors to take up the PDA habit..." (Handheldsfordoctors.com, 8 April 2003) "...I would encourage all health care providers to read this book and make use of this fast-growing technology when manageing patients". (Practical Diabetes International, October 2003) "...written in a very informal style that clinicians can read easily and understand quickly..." (Jnl of the American Medical Informatics Assoc, 2003) "...very useful to all who use handhelds, giving them insight into new and alternative uses..." (European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, Vol 8, 2004)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470859001
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470859008
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jul 2003
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 160


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