background and objectives: clinicians in many countries increasingly use personal digital assistant (pda) as an assisting tool in clinical practice. the pattern of pda usage by clinicians in iran has not been characterized. this study explored the attitudes of iranian residents and interns toward medical uses of pda.   methods: an interview-based qualitative study was carried out in 2011. a p...

Bisher wurden für die Unterstützung der stereotaktischen Behandlung zentralmotorischer Störungen wie Tremor oder Dystonie Prozessrechner oder Personalcomputer eingesetzt. Diese Arbeit beschreibt den Einsatz von Personal Digital Assistants bei stereotaktischen Eingriffen, welche ausreichend Leistungsfähigkeit bieten um Biosignale zu visualisieren und zu analysieren sowie unter Zuhilfenahme von A...

In the 1980s, no one left home without his or her FiloFax. Today, no one leaves home without his or her Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). However, while FiloFaxes contained important names and numbers, PDAs are more than just an address book. Combined with Internet access, the functionality of the PDA is moving towards a desktop computer combined with a cellular phone, small enough to put in on...

With the rapid turnover of health care information and the ongoing need for content revision, traditional textbooks may no longer serve as reliable, current resources for nursing students. Nurse educators, challenged to select relevant resources, are looking to handheld technology, or personal digital assistants (PDAs), for teaching and learning. The National League for Nursing Task Group on In...

Their small size and ease of use makes Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) very attractive for inclusion as clients in mobile multimedia applications. Alas, the cost for integration of PDA in distributed multimedia systems is high, as the resource limitations on PDA require client adaptation, and as software development on PDA is comparatively expensive. We present PocketWeb, a tool facilitating...