Using PDAs Helps Pediatricians Practice Safer Medicine

According to a recent survey by ePocrates, a California-based provider of clinical information to physicians and other health care professionals, the use of PDAs has shown significant positive impact on quality of care in pediatric practice.

The report outlines that seventy-five percent of survey respondents use their PDA more than six times per day, most often to access drug information (96%). Most significantly, 80% of respondents said they practice safer medicine using a PDA, while nearly two-thirds said that using their PDA had decreased the number of potential medical errors. These results are comparable to findings in previous studies among other physician PDA users, including a study conducted by Harvard Medical School.