Class of 2012 Abstract / Specific Aims: To assess the use of PDA/smartphone based electronic drug databases among pharmacists as it has changed over time. The working hypothesis is that the use of PDA/Smartphone based electronic drug databases has increased over time. Methods: A systematic review of the literature regarding the usage of PDA/smartphone based electronic drug databases among pharmacists using data that was obtained through literature searches. Main Results: Since 2006, the percentage of pharmacists that are using PDA/smartphone based electronic drug databases has increased. Conclusions: The usage of smartphones and PDA based electronic drug databases has increased among pharmacists since 2006 (p<0.05). Easier and cheaper access to the technology has likely led to the products being available to more pharmacists.

It is more and more popular to transmit and receive information with Wireless LAN(WLAN) as the time of science and technology has been approaching. Every type of business gradually has priority on WLAN for marketing. Especially business of agents of real estate, they use WLAN as tool for marketing to improve the service with information and human nature and to break through the shape of traditional human operation. They record characters and functions of surrounding environment of the houses which are entrusted by clients in their system to provide immediate and local information with house-buyer. This becomes personalizing and valuable selling information. It takes both quantitative and qualitative methods as research methods in the study, and agents of real estate using and not using WLAN in Kaohsiung City are picked as research objects. The study takes depth interviews to realize conditions for wireless network marketing using, motivation for wireless network marketing, and using mode for wireless network marketing, and it also analyzes the differences among wireless network marketing, traditional marketing, and internet marketing. Meanwhile the study use questionnaires survey to figure out the reason why some agents of real estate do not use WLAN for marketing. There are four findings in the study as follows: (1) Agents of real estate using WLAN for marketing are mainly direct branches and over 15 years old. (2) The traditional way for marketing used by agents of real estate using or not using WLAN for marketing is newspaper. (3) Agents of real estate using WLAN for marketing know the requirements of clients and can improve the quality of service better then agents of real estate not using WLAN for marketing. (4) The rate of agents of real estate not using WLAN for marketing at present would like to use WLAN for marketing in the future become more. The conclusion of the study indicates the marketing mode of using new science technology can inquire new information anytime and anywhere. The mode of marketing with WLAN provides business of agents of real estate with the immediate and local information, and this is the point that mass media can not achieve. There are difficulties for business of agents of real estate in Kaohsiung City to use high science technology as a kind of marketing mode. Kaohsiung City should try to upgrade M capacity step by step and take both traditional marketing and WLAN marketing to enhance the function of WLAN for marketing in business of agents of real estate.

This article provides an evaluation and overview of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) version of the evidence-based medicine database, InfoRetriever. Both the Pocket PC and Palm OS version are evaluated in this article. Topics covered are the access and installation of InfoRetriever for both PDA operating systems, the design and interface of InfoRetriever, the ease of access of the database contents, and its importance as a tool for point-of-care medicine.

Through technological innovation and various stages of standardisation, wireless Internet has developed into a powerful business tool. Nowadays, business becomes not only e-business but also mobile business, or m-business, where business is done via mobile devices. This is especially true in industries where the provision of real-time and location-based information is important. Cultural tourism is one evident example of such industry. And museum might be the best testing ground for the effective use of wireless Internet in cultural tourism. Taking Taiwan¡¦s five national museums as cases, this study explores the current wireless deployment and the applications with it. It specifically examines whether and to what extent museum visitors would appreciate such deployment. After a thorough literature review, the author sorts out seven dimensions (comprising 40 elements) for the first wave of survey. Using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP), the author further finds out the priority setting of those key success factors. The priority settings fall into three groups according to their significance. Connectivity and content design are perceived as the most important. The second group inlcudes, information content, marketing and promotion, and user¡¦s experience. The least urgent dimensions for wireless Internet development are applications and business model. This study should contribute to the understanding of applying new information and communications technologies (ICTs) in museum exhibitions. It suggests that museums should consider enhancing experiential marketing by thoughtful introduction of ICTs, notably wireless Internet application such as WLAN. This study is also characterised by using FAHP for sorting out the priority settings in the minds of museum visitors and related experts.

This study explores the application of wireless local area network (WLAN) in mobile learning. Although still in its infancy, Taiwan¡¦s government has devoted much resource on mobile learning as the extention of e-Taiwan project. National museums are among the key projects where the effectiveness of mobile learning can be soundly demonstrated. Taking national museums as observing objects, this study examines whether museum visitors appreciate WLAN environment within which personal digital assistants (PDA) operate as mobile educational tools. It further explores the key success factors that leads to successful deployment of mobile learning system. The researcher conducted a two-wave survey, firstly on museum visiters then on museum and e-learning experts for data gathering. Using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) as the research method, this study filters out the priority setting of those six categories as follows according to their significance: learning content, network connection, interface design, mareking and promotion, and business model. It also shows that the priority setting might change as a matter of time. As far as implication for education is concerned, the study suggests that, in the learning space of museum, PDA equipped with WLAN proves to be an appropriate mobile learning tool, notably useful in conducting blending learning and self-directed learning. Such finding should contribute to the understanding and further deployment of mobile learning activities in the context of museums. Keywords: wireless local area network (WLAN), mobile learning, blending learning, self-directed learning, personal digital assistant (PDA), fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP), key success factors, museum