'Point of Care' refers to the care given while working or at the site of the patient. Many information resources are often used as references in point-of-care health, including reference manuals, online databases, diagnostic tools, and of course, patient education information. Any resource that is used in a clinical setting could qualify. Today, many point-of-care information resources are being delivered via mobile technoligies such as smart phones.
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These resources, made available via the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine, can be used either on a PDA (by linking to the websites, or on a computer.
Free
Government-created
PDA or Computer