Why are doctors using PDAs?
Personal digital assistants, or PDAs, and other similar electronic devices have been around only since the mid-1990s — though in a short span of time they’ve managed to make a big impact on our society and culture. It’s difficult to walk down the street and not see someone talking on a cell phone or a businessperson organizing a digital calendar. With cell phones, PDAs and smartphones, you can now make and receive calls, send e-mails and text messages and access the Internet. Of course, they’re not used simply for business purposes — you can also take and store digital pictures, lis