The availability on the market of advanced Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) and the widespread use of reliable Wireless LANs permit the development of new solutions, which allow the improvement of medical procedures and the reduction of emergency response time. In this study, we developed a Windows CE based application, which can display real-time ECG traces, clinical data and alarms of monitored patients on a WiFienabled PDA device. The purpose of our study was to check whether this system

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... ld improve the standard medical procedures and decrease the emergency response time, through a usability test in ICU. The system was judged useful by nursing and medical staff. The clinical test confirmed the feasibility and usability of the system.