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PDAs changing healthcare "Palm pilots and other hand-held computers were originally designed as personal organizers but they are becoming increasingly popular with doctors, medical students and even patients to improve the quality of care and safety.
"The most commonly used clinical application is drug reference, so far. But it has gone beyond just looking up drugs and dosages and running interaction checks," Dr Daniel Baumgart, of the Charite Medical School of the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, said in an interview."
This seems to be a "Back to the Future" type of prediction. After all, with applications such as ePocrates, Up To Date, and the various medical calculators, etc. haven't PDAs already changed healthcare?