The Palmdoc Chronicles

Nothing to do with General Practice and not really medically related (golf aside!) but I did get myself a new toy recently - an Ambicom Bluetooth GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver

My Tungsten T3 connects with it flawlessly.
I use Mapopolis quite a fair bit to guide me when I travel around the city and find it [...]

Jim Thompson, he of Peripheral Brain fame and a long time Palm user, has got himself a T5 and you can read his T5 review which I found interesting.

Tags: Palm

McGraw-Hill and Unbound Medicine have announce five new titles:
CURRENT CONSULT Medicine 2005, CURRENT CONSULT Surgery, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, and Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment in Cardiology.
In addition, a new component to the popular Diagnosaurus program — Diagnosaurus Surgery — was made available free of charge at Diagnosaurus.com. All products deliver current, need-to-know content [...]

Finally I got the C-tools beta test notice in my email.

We are pleased to release the C-Tools 2.0 Beta for the Palm! Please note this version works only on Palm-based systems, and not on PocketPC systems. The PocketPC version is being finalized now, and we hope to release it in the near future.. [...]

Are you a Care Giver? If you don’t want to use a generic database applet, then you might be interested in Care Giver 1.0

Keep track of essential data for individuals whose long term care you are responsible for. Including basic health, prescription information and more

Tags: Palm, Palmgear

emOPH has been released which is the Skyscape version of eMedicine Ophthalmology.
Description:

This is a completely current reference volume consisting of 357 comprehensive, but concise, disease-specific review articles. Each article undergoes 4 levels of physician peer-review and follows a consistent format.
This volume, authored and edited by 360 contributing physicians, is designed for use by practicing physicians, [...]

Skyscape has released emNeuro™ (eMedicine Neurology) 7.0.1

This is a completely current reference volume consisting of 390 comprehensive, but concise, disease-specific review articles. Each article undergoes 4 levels of physician peer-review and follows a consistent format.
This volume, authored and edited by 364 contributing physicians, is designed for use by practicing physicians, academicians and residents to provide [...]

palmOne has announced the Treo650 and it looks like a fine smartphone. The interesting feature to me is the inclusion of Edge which gives one near broadband Internet access in a mobile device. This might tempt some especially there are providers with an “all you can eat” plan with GPRS/Edge access.
However, the main problems for [...]

Leo of medPDA.net reports that C-Tools beta is out. Thanks for the heads-up Leo but I can’t find the link Perhaps it is a closed beta?
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Did you attend the last palmOne Webinar (WebSeminar) on the T5? I confess I could not wake up in time but then again it was 1am my time!
Now palmOne and MercuryMD invites you to participate in Webinars featuring The Nebraska Medical Center of Omaha, Nebraska and Riverside Health System of Newport News, Virginia.
On November 2nd [...]