Personal Digital Assistants, Wireless Computing, Smart Cards, and Biometrics: A Hardware Update for Clinical Practice

This paper introduces current and future information technology tools for health care with a focus on perinatal and women's health areas of nursing. The technologies include personal digital assistants, wireless computing, smart cards, biometrics, and storage cards. Strategies to incorporate these applications into practice are discussed. JOGNN, 35, 157‐163;2006. DOI: 10.1111/J.1552‐6909.2006.00006.x