Implementing Personal Digital Assistant Documentation of Pharmacist Interventions in a Military Treatment Facility

Documenting clinical pharmacist intervention before and after the introduction of a web-based tool

“…Previous studies have outlined the usefulness of PDAs for data collection and documentation of clinical activity by health care providers [24][25][26]. Our future plans will focus on utilizing an online documentation form hosted on our intranet, which will be accessible via PDAs/ smart phones equipped with wireless fidelity (WIFI).…”

How mobile devices are changing pharmacy practice

“…44,45 Previously, documentation of direct patient care and clinical services was captured using PDAs. [15][16][17][18][19][20] These activities can now be documented through EHRs or other surveillance software that integrates with EHRs. Since pharmacists can document the amount of time spent on various functions at the point of care using a mobile device, a pharmacist need not rely on recall when recording these activities.…”

“…Such documentation has proven valuable in justifying pharmacist full-time equivalents, helping with time management, and documenting outcomes of cost-saving initiatives. [15][16][17][18][19][20] Education. Mobile devices may increase healthcare professionals' access to a variety of unique continuing-education (CE) platforms such as podcasts, visual interactive anatomy guides, and medical simulations.…”