Archive for May, 2005

Skyscape 320×480 support

The latest Skyscape versions of their popular medical applications for PalmOS now (finally!) support 320×480 resolution which affords a view of more text at a glance. This is a boon for devices like the T3 and the T5

Screenshot of PalmOS version

Screenshot of PPC version
Previously with only 320×320 support, the PalmOS versions displayed less text per [...]

Loading up the LifeDrive

Now that a Palm PDA has oodles of storage space, I wasn’t suprised to read that vendors are now taking advantage and loading clinical apps on it.
From MobileHealthData:

Redmond, Wash.-based PDA Verticals Corp. will embed 1,000 LifeDrive PDAs from Milpitas, Calif.-based palmOne with clinical reference applications tailored to various specialties. The vendor will display and sell [...]

The ultimate PDA for free?

I was intrigued to see a post in The Book of Joe about The ultimate PDA � and it’s essentially free.
Anyway before you get overly excited, it’s really nothing - just index cards and a binder clip, dubbed the “Hipster” PDA!
Here’s something even cheaper and more “handy”:

I really can’t recommend either to doctors
The big [...]

Clinical Orthopedics

Pacific Primary Care has updated Clinical Orthopedics in Palmgear.

Application Description
The topics included: everything orthopedic you can imagine, from head to toe. It includes emergency procedures, diagnostic procedures, detailed therapeutic and rehab info as well as many illustrations. This text is very extensive, it covers a vast amount of information. Great for any primary care physician, [...]

OnTimeRx

OnTimeRx 2.5, is an award-winning Medication Reminder and Healthcare Schedule Manager. Now updated for the PPC platform. It’s of course also available on the Palm and I would recommend it highly for all and encourage doctors to beam the app to their patients if they have PDAs. I have!

Tags: Palm, Pocketgear, PPC

Pepid

Pepid - Portable Healthcare Expertise in the Palm of your hand, has been updated to version 6.1 as of April 2005.
Various “suites” to suit your specialty are available - both on PDA as well as Online.

What’s New in PEPID
Version 6.1
April 2005
Introducing! evidence-based medicine
PEPID’s value as a research tool is enhanced by monographs developed by PEPID [...]

NFP

NFP v2.6 has been released on Freewarepalm

Description:
A freeware program for tracking fertility, known as the Sympto-thermal Method, Fertility Awareness Method, Natural Family Planning, or Ovulation Method.
NFP is a program designed for Palm OS that allows a woman or a couple to track her fertility using a set of simple daily measurements.
NFP can be used either [...]

ProfileMD Classic

“Easy way to keep up with 10 surgeries, 5 doctors & 23 prescriptions a month. I’d be lost without it”
I guess if you are in the same boat as this satisfied user, you would appreciate software like ProfileMD Classic - now updated to version 1.04
Description:
ProfileMD Classic is a FREEWARE personal health record that can give [...]

FitnessPlus

FitnessPlus sounds like a fantastic free program for all you fitness fanatics (not couch potatoes like me!)

Description:
FitnessPlus is a comprehensive and powerful fitness tracking software for Palm OS, Windows, and Windows Mobile devices.
Your can use FitnessPlus for diet and exercise tracking to achieve weight loss or weight gain goals, or simply to track your overall [...]

Lifedrive goes Live!

It’s official. The LifeDrive is real since it now appears in palmOne’s website. It belongs to a new category of devices palmOne terms “Mobile Managers”.
You can view a cool Product Tour
A couple of things missing from the Specs page - does it have 32MB ram or 64MB ram? Does it support USB2.0? The latter I [...]