Selection Criteria

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Developing a product evaluation workflow using a
point-of-care PDA databases comparison Sarah
Safranek, Leilani St. Anna, Nanette Welton,
Joanne Rich, University of Washington

• Study Development
• Tools
• Modify OHSU clinical questions
• Pre-test clinical questions
• Create demographic and usability survey
• Load software on library PDA
• Timeline and Finances
• Staff time commitment
• Human Subjects Approval (IRB)
• Participant incentives
• Trial costs if applicable
• Contact Vendors
• Arrange trials
• 4 products 4 vendors

IRB Application Participant consent form Respond
to reviewer

• Participant Recruitment
• Determine participant populations
• Professions
• Professional status
• Practice settings
• Geographic locales
• Identify methods of recruitment
• Budget for incentives

• Selection Criteria
• Platform
• PocketPC or Palm
• Web
• Content
• Diagnosis, Therapy
• Drugs
• Calculators
• Product Flexibility
• Companion products
• EMR integration

Conduct Study Multiple individual communications
Study tools and activation codes Vendor
support Library PDA scheduling Data and consent
form collection

• Evaluation
• Analysis
• Clinical questions
• PDA survey results
• Participant comments
• Decision
• User preferences
• Librarian evaluation
• Pricing negotiation

• Lessons Learned
• PDA software more complicated to compare than web
  products
• Memory needs
• Technical support
• Multiple PDA models
• Individual downloads
• Time required for process greater than
  anticipated
• Multiple vendor negotiations
• IRB if publishing
• Numerous participant communications
• Factors affecting recruitment
• User proficiency levels
• Library-owned PDA option
• Time required student gt faculty response
• Analysis of results

Product Information as determined April 2006