Physicians' information-seeking, appraising, and clinical decision-making practices for drug prescriptions: an exploratory study.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to understand the process of physicians' evidence-based clinical decision-making for new drug prescriptions.

Methods: Eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted, and thematic coding was used for data analysis.

Results: Several findings emerged.

Mobile computing and the quality of home care nursing practice.

We investigated the effects of the introduction of mobile computing on the quality of home care nursing practice in Québec. The software, which structured and organized the nursing activities in patients' homes, was installed sequentially in nine community health centres. The completeness of the nursing notes was compared in 77 paper records (pre-implementation) and 73 electronic records (post-implementation).