Techniques for identifying the applicability of new information management technologies in the clinical setting: an example focusing on handheld computers.

D F Sittig¹, H B Jimison, B L Hazlehurst, B E Churchill, J A Lyman, M F Mailhot, E A Quick, D A Simpson

¹Knowledge Technologies Group, Healtheon/WebMD, Inc. Portland, OR, USA.

Abstract

This article describes techniques and strategies used to judge the potential applicability of new information management technologies in the clinical setting and to develop specific design recommendations for new features and services. We focus on a project carried out to identify the potential uses of handheld computers (i.e., the Palm Pilot or a small WinCE-based device) in the ambulatory practi…

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