Sara Heydari, Peyman Adibi, Athar Omid, Nikoo Yamani
Diamond goals not graphite! A triangulation approach to clinical teachers' needs assessment
Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
advanced mobile communications portable computation combined handheld devices called smartphones also capable running thirdparty software number smartphone users growing rapidly including among healthcare professionals purpose study classify smartphonebased healthcare technologies discussed academic literature according functionalities summarize articles categoryin april 2011 medline searched identify articles discussed design development evaluation use smartphonebased software healthcare professionals medical nursing students patients total 55 articles discussing 83 applications selected study 2894 articles initially obtained medline searchesa total 83 applications documented 57 applications healthcare professionals focusing disease diagnosis 21 drug reference 6 medical calculators 8 literature search 6 clinical communication 3 hospital information system client applications 4 medical training 2 general healthcare applications 7 11 applications medical nursing students focusing medical education 15 applications patients focusing disease management chronic illness 6 entrelated 4 fallrelated 3 two conditions 2 disease diagnosis drug reference medical calculator applications reported useful healthcare professionals medical nursing studentsmany medical applications smartphones developed widely used health professionals patients use smartphones getting attention healthcare day day medical applications make smartphones useful tools practice evidencebased medicine point care addition use mobile clinical communication also smartphones play important role patient education disease selfmanagement remote monitoring patients