Why the study?
Does a wireless PDA-based physiological monitoring system improve user satisfaction, mobility, and usability compared to currently used monitors during intrahospital patient transport?
Population
Users (medical staff) who used the PDA-based system for intrahospital patient transport
Comparison
Wireless PDA-based physiological monitoring system vs Currently used monitors
Design
Other
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for wireless PDA monitoring in transport; does not support practice change without randomized outcome trials.
Does a wireless PDA-based physiological monitoring system improve user satisfaction, mobility, and usability compared to currently used monitors during intrahospital patient transport?
A wireless PDA-based monitoring system provides high user satisfaction and improved mobility for intrahospital patient transport compared to standard monitors.
Lin et al. (2004) studied this question.
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