The usefulness of personal digital assistants for health care providers today and in the future.

uring the past few years, personal digital assistants(PDAs)havebecomehotcommodities,similarlytodesk-topandlaptopcomputersandcellulartelephones.Manyhealthcareproviders—physiciansinparticular—regularlyusePDAsin their everyday work. In some countries, their use has ap-proached the saturation level of 90%.

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