Table 3.

Clinical tasks conducted by doctors on ward rounds and not on ward rounds by device and location of use (n = 407 tasks)

			Device
Location		Clinical task	Tablet PC	Generic COW	Stationary PC	Total (% of total tasks)
Ward round
	Bedside
		Review chart	2	-	-	2
		Changing/canceling drug	1	-	-	1
		Viewing results	4	-	-	4
		Total	7	-	-	7 (1.7%)
	Patient’s room
		Review chart	10	15	-	25
		Ordering drug/test	9	5	-	14
		Changing/canceling drug	2	4	-	6
		Viewing results	10	13	-	23
		Total	31	37	-	68 (16.7%)
	Doctors’ office
		Review chart	-	-	3	3
		Ordering drug/test	-	-	4	4
		Changing/canceling drug	-	-	2	2
		Generating discharge	-	-	1	1
		Viewing results	-	-	3	3
		Total	-	-	13	13 (3.2%)
	Workstation
		Review chart	4	-	1	5
		Ordering drug/test	1	-	1	2
		Viewing results	6	-	-	6
		Other task	-	-	1	1
		Total	11	-	3	14 (3.4%)
	Corridor
		Review chart	16	38	-	54
		Administer drug	-	1	-	1
		Ordering drug/test	4	12	-	16
		Changing/canceling drug	6	15	-	21
		Drug information	-	1	-	1
		Viewing results	9	30	-	39
		Total	35	97	-	132 (32.4%)
	Total		84	134	16	234 (57.5%)
Not on Ward Round
	Doctors’ office
		Review chart	-	-	51	51
		Administer drug	-	-	2	2
		Ordering drug/test	-	-	22	22
		Changing/canceling drug	-	-	5	5
		Generating discharge	-	-	19	19
		Reorder drug	-	-	1	1
		Viewing results	-	-	61	61
		Other task	-	-	1	1
		Total	-	-	162	162 (39.8%)
	Workstation
		Review chart	-	5	-	5
		Ordering drug/test	-	2	-	2
		Viewing results	-	4	-	4
		Total	-	11	-	11 (2.7%)
	Total		-	11	162	173 (42.5%)