Internet, e-mail, PDA are the three major thrust areas that have helped the clinicians to accept information technology in the field of healthcare. Today, the majority of the healthcare professionals have used e-mail service and have done some research on the World Wide Web. Clinician sees one patient every 7- 9 mins with 2 mins travel between the patients and to them mobile computing makes more sense. The PDA hence has been an instant success among the doctors and nurses. One study has found that almost 40% of clinicians in US are now using PDA in their daily routine. There are other reasons why PDA's make sense in healthcare industry.

PDA's are Lightweight, durable, Safe, Low power equipment that do not interfere with medical equipment.

For every 10 patients seen, 1-5 questions arise requiring information that can be easily accessed on PDA'

There is no monthly usage charges·

Protocols to guide with standard management decisions can be quickly reviewed on the PDA by clinician or a nurse.