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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
Carrying hundreds of patient files in a suitcase makes medical street outreach to the homeless clumsy and difficult. Healthcare for the Homeless--Houston (HHH) began a case study under the assumption that tracking patient information with a personal digital assistant (PDA) would greatly simplify the process. Equipping clinicians with custom-designed software loaded onto Palm V Handheld Computers (palmOne, Inc, Milpitas, CA), Healthcare for the Homeless--Houston assessed how this type of technology augmented medical care during street outreach to the homeless in a major metropolitan area. Preliminary evidence suggests that personal digital assistants free clinicians to focus on building relationships instead of recreating documentation during patient encounters. However, the limits of the PDA for storing and retrieving data made it impractical long-term. This outcome precipitated a new study to test the feasibility of tablet personal computers loaded with a custom-designed software application specific to the needs of homeless street patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1538-2931
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
250-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Taking it to the streets: recording medical outreach data on personal digital assistants.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77098, USA. dbuck@bcm.tmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't