Archive for February, 2006

A couple more new Skyscape releases

Handbook on Injectable Drugs, 13th Ed
Written by Lawrence A. Trissel, ASHP’s Handbook on Injectable Drugs is a dynamic new mobile tool that makes it quick and easy to check on the compatibility of drugs. Once you enter the selected drugs, clear compatibility and stability results are displayed so you can quickly take clinical action based [...]

Cornwall NHS staff get VoIP phone badges

Cornwall NHS staff get VoIP phone badges
Health-Insider � Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has issued its staff with voice-activated handsfree ‘badges’, worn around the neck on a lanyard, which can put any user in touch with another member of staff just by saying their name or department into a microphone.
Just thought I’d post this:-) novel [...]

Emergency Medicine Manual

Skyscape has released Emergency Medicine Manual 6th Ed. 8.0.8 in Palmgear.

The best-selling pocket reference in emergency medicine! Condenses the essential clinical content from the premier text Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. Charts, tables, and outlines summarize key information for diagnosis and treatment of all conditions encountered in the Emergency Department. Ideal for students or [...]

PDA software - patients’ perspective

Whilst we PDA toting doctors are always on the lookout for software for doctors, we should also think of our patients. I do sometimes encounter patients who are PDA users or even PDA enthusiasts and it may help (and indeed sometimes provide interesting clinic conversation) if we point them towards software which might be useful [...]

Medical Student’s PDA Reference

Good news for medical students. USBMIS is having a sale on their Medical Student’s PDA Reference and for a limited time, you can get 25% off.
Medical Student’s PDA Reference is designed for all medical students, interns, and other trainees and physicians working on clinical services. The content includes:
* High-yield format for [...]

PalmPDF v1.1

PalmPDF has been updated again.
Version 1.1 has bugfixes and some new features.
No need to convert native PDFs (like Journal articles) - just place the PDF in your SD card and use this great freebie to read it!

Tags: Freeware, Palm

Normal Values in Radiology v1.0

Normal Values in Radiology v1.0 has been released in Freeware.palm
Description:
Normal Values in Radiology is a free reference using iSilo that lists commonly (and not so commonly) encountered values in radiology which can be used as a guideline when interpreting radiographic studies.
Also included are commments about certain values and diseases associated with them.

Tags: Freeware, iSilo, Palm

Some new Skyscape titles

Little Black Book of Primary Care, 5th Ed.
“The Little Black Book, now updated for 2006, is intended as a very portable manual with heavily referenced, concise, practical, clinically relevant information. It contains usual clinical approaches, personal “pearls”, as well as and most importantly, literature-debated issues. Over 6000 very specific references for virtually every aspect of [...]

Smart Phones Finding Voice in Health Care

Smart Phones Finding Voice in Health Care is a good read from HealthDataManagement.
quote:
“It’s awesome to carry only one device,” says Diamond, also a clinical assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle. “When I was using a cell phone and PDA, I sometimes wouldn’t have both devices with me, so I either [...]

Avantgo and Sunrise updates

For those of you who depend on your PDA to catch up on your favorite news and websites (medical and non-medical), here are some updates:
First up is that Avantgo 6 is coming. It is now in beta and Palm Insider has the news
If you are a Sunrise/Plucker user, you’ll be pleased to note that SunriseXP [...]