Practicing evidence-based medicine through handheld devices at the point of care

Androulidakis, A; Haritou, M; Koutsouris, D

dc.contributor.author	Androulidakis, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Haritou, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsouris, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:56:21Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:56:21Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	1479649X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/28077
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dc.subject.other	access to information	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	data base	en
dc.subject.other	evidence based medicine	en
dc.subject.other	health care delivery	en
dc.subject.other	health care quality	en
dc.subject.other	human computer interaction	en
dc.subject.other	information processing	en
dc.subject.other	information retrieval	en
dc.subject.other	Internet	en
dc.subject.other	medical information system	en
dc.subject.other	medical practice	en
dc.subject.other	medical record	en
dc.subject.other	MEDLINE	en
dc.subject.other	microcomputer	en
dc.subject.other	personal digital assistant	en
dc.subject.other	practice guideline	en
dc.subject.other	technical aid	en
dc.title	Practicing evidence-based medicine through handheld devices at the point of care	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	Objective: To develop a system that can be used with handheld devices (e.g. Personal, Digital Assistants -PDAs) to aid doctors in practicing evidence-based medicine at the point of care. Setting: The system can be used anywhere, e.g. in the community or in a medical facility, that the handheld device can connect to the internet. Methods: Users of the service create a patient record in the handheld device. Data from the, patient record is used to automatically trigger queries to the MEDLINE bibliographic database and retrieve the most relevant articles with respect to the current clinical case. The user is able to review article titles and summaries, access full articles through hyperlinks and easily modify the queries and refine the search. Results: The system was tested and demonstrated its ability to perform an automatic and focused search for relevant evidence based on the patient's current health summary. Conclusion: The developed system can assist doctors in the practice of evidence-based medicine. It has the potential to reduce inappropriate treatment and improve the quality and consistency of treatment provided. © The Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare.	en
heal.journalName	Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare	en
dc.identifier.volume	5	en
dc.identifier.issue	4	en
dc.identifier.spage	208	en
dc.identifier.epage	215	en