Personal digital assistants change management more often than paper texts and foster patient confidence.

Introduction: Rapid retrieval of information, including drug treatment options, is critical to emergency department practice.

Objectives: To assess feasibility and patient acceptance of personal digital assistants and to determine the scope of management changes.

Methods: Emergency medicine residents (EMRs, n = 18) and emergency medicine attending (EMAs, n = 12) used personal digital assistants with drug database and clinical references.