PubMed on Tap

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PubMed on Tap

• Accessing NLM Databases from Handheld Computers

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• Handheld computers and wireless networks are
  becoming an important information adjunct for
  Mobile Health Care Professionals
• Clinicians
• Nurses
• Home care providers

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• Hypothesis

Information systems for small wireless computers
require special consideration of both interface
design and information content.
It is not sufficient to merely scale the desktop
computer interface for a smaller screen.
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PubMed on Tap
is a research project to discover design
principles for point-of-care delivery of clinical
support information.
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What we want to discover

• The most useful features.
• The best interface to implement those features.
• Can mobile access to MEDLINE help health care
  professionals?

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If you and/or your colleagues would like to
participate, please visit
http//archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/pmot/pmot.php
If you have questions today, please stop by the
NLM booth.