Newswire:
WASHINGTON, April 29 /U.S. Newswire/ — The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality today announced a second clinical decision-support tool for personal digital assistants (PDAs) that is designed to help clinicians deliver evidence-based medicine when they are with a patient.
AHRQ’s new Interactive Tool, the Preventive Services Selector, an application for Palm Pilots and other [...]
David Kirpatrick has an interesting story in Fortune
Many IT-related projects in Africa are failing. That’s because, Peters says, too many ignore the basic criteria for success: “Small, cheap, local, and relevant are the key things for IT here, with a suite of applications around the device.” Often, for instance, what’s appropriate is not a PC [...]
Own a spanking new Treo600? Well, MobileHealthData has this bit of news which may interest you:
Sprint and MercuryMD have formed an agreement that would enable caregivers to access clinical data on smart phones. As a result, Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based MercuryMD will offer its MData mobile software via smart phones from Overland Park, Kan.-based Sprint.
The [...]
Ok not really medical but I guess you heard the news. The Zire31 and Zire 72 have landed!
The Zire72 looks impressive. Check out the reviews in BrightHand and PalmAddicts.
As for me I am sticking with my T3. For medical use, yuo really need the Ram. So many nice apps and some of them (yeah, ePocrates, [...]
A couple of FREE apps from Medsync have been updated:
Pneumonia Severity Index 1.1 is listed as $5.99 at their website but the company is now giving it away - grab it while it’s free!
Description: This is a simple predictive program that can be used to detect those patients that are very critical that [...]
Medical Wizards have released a new PDA application:
Midnight Medicine: a quick-reference to assist Emergency, Primary Care Physicians, Mid Level Providers and House Staff in managing common medical emergencine
The third edition of Midnight Medicine has been completely revised and updated with new entries for atrial fibrillation, unstable angina, headache, toxicology, and endotracheal intubation. All information has [...]
The Medical Letter is now available in Palm PDA format. They have also released Treatment Guidelines in Palm PDA format. The Press Release:
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., April 26 /PRNewswire/ — According to a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, only about half of patients receive standard of care treatment. To provide health [...]
For over 155 years, the AMA Code of Medical Ethics has been considered the most comprehensive ethics guide for physicians, covering a wide range of issues related to the patient-physician relationship, such as confidentiality and end-of-life care. It also addresses social policy issues that affect medical practice matters such as medical records, fees and charges, [...]
Earlier this week I gave a talk to colleagues in the hospital where I work on the use of a PDA to access drug formularies. The talk was well attended and there were plenty of questions. I naturally had talked about ePocrates since this is probably the most widely used formulary. Someone asked me [...]
Mathias Tschopp has updated his great freebie, MedCalc to version 5.0
If you haven;t installed it yet, you must! MedCalc is the most full-featured medical calculator for Palm OS, ever!
Update Description:
v5.0 (04/22/04):
- Adds 3 formulas (target height, pressure gradient, two-way table)
- Adds new onscreen numeric keypad on most formulas to ease data input
- Detailed information [...]
i think the future is the bluetooth installations...