The substantial growth in mobile handheld technologies has heralded the opportunity to
provide physicians with access to information, resources, and people at the right time and …

Rapid advances in information technology and telecommunications-and, more specifically,
wireless and mobile communications-and their convergence (" telematics") are leading to …

Many parties have already demonstrated telemedicine applications that use cellular phones
and the Internet. A current trend in telecommunication is the convergence of wireless …

Health technology assessment (HTA) refers to the systematic evaluation of the properties,
effects, and/or impacts of health technology. The main purpose of the assessment is to …

Physicians and other health-care professionals are rapidly adopting personal digital
assistants (PDA). Palm pilots and other hand-held computers are also increasingly popular …

Telepsychiatry, in the form of videoconferencing and other modalities, brings enormous
opportunities for clinical care, education, research and administration to the field of …

Tablet computers such as the iPad, which have a large format, improved graphic display
resolution and a touch screen interface, may have an advantage compared to existing …

Rapid advances in wireless communications and networking technologies, linked with
advances in computing and medical technologies, facilitate the development and offering of …

OBJECTIVE. Orthopedic injury and intracranial hemorrhage are commonly encountered in
emergency radiology, and accurate and timely diagnosis is important. The purpose of this …

BACKGROUND: Recent developments in positioning systems and telecommunications
have provided the technology needed for the development of location aware medical …