Archive for May, 2007
Widely known as the Scut Monkey Pocket Reference, The Clinician’s Pocket Reference, 11/ed is the newest addition to the USBMIS mobile reference library. It presents essential patient care information in a well organized and strategically delivered format for practicing physicians and healthcare providers. Quickly access information on history and physical examination, current treatment protocols, differential [...]
May 31st, 2007 | Posted in Software News | No Comments
Palm revealed it’s “secret third arm” of it’s business, the “Smartphone companion” called the Palm Foleo.
Some links to more information:
The Official Palm website
Palminfocenter
PC Magazine’s first look
Initial feedback from the usual Palm forums suggests that the majority are under-whelmed to put it mildly. I think it might be a little premature to nay-say it right now. [...]
May 31st, 2007 | Posted in General/PDA | 2 Comments
Jeff Hawkins, one of Palm’s founders, is due to announce details of the ’secret’ thrid arm of Palm’s business at at Walt Mossberg’s D Conference. Speculation is rife on what this might be.
I suspect that if it is a mini-tablet device with versatile connectivity, it might be a dream device for doctors. Tablet PCs never [...]
May 23rd, 2007 | Posted in General/PDA | No Comments
Advanced calculator
Originally uploaded by palmdoc.
I had to work out the QTcF for a patient to assess eligibilty for dastinib. Now the QTcF = QT/(cube root R-R) and I’m sure you knew that
The Calc app in Windoze was no help even in ’scientific mode’. My Treo 680 came in handy. I launched the [...]
May 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Moblog | 2 Comments
Anthony Chiodi wrote:
Motivated by a recent comment about ePocrates (which I have found reliable) I have decided to ask for help with Thompson’s Clinical X-pert. At first I had great hopes for this app but it consistently makes my Tungsten T|3 unstable. It would freeze as I would try to exit the program or cause [...]
May 11th, 2007 | Posted in Feedback | 4 Comments
Palmoanest, a fellow Palm blogger and an anesthetist, recently had a problem with Epocrates installed in his Palm T5. Customer suppoort was prompt and although the specific advice did not quite work for him (eventually a complete reinstallation and resyncing did) such prompt response from companies is very welcome and impressive indeed more so since [...]
May 8th, 2007 | Posted in Medical/PDA | 14 Comments
Hello everyone. Last week I reviewed USBMIS´s SkinDx for Palm OS, a high quality product made by this company. Now they have kindly provided us with a full copy of Current Consult Medicine 2007 for Palm OS, so we can again analyze one of their products. As you all know, there is also a print [...]
May 7th, 2007 | Posted in Reviews | 2 Comments
Roy Graham wrote in :
The modeMD application provides rounds management and has been judged the most intuitive and effecient charge capture application on the market. I believe it should be included in your software links.
Regards … Roy
Hi Roy. Thanks for writing in and letting us know about modeMD. I think someone should do [...]
May 4th, 2007 | Posted in Feedback | No Comments
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 10.0
Blackwell’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is a comprehensive reference for the physician and other health care providers devoted to caring for the whole child. It is also aimed at those dedicated to early identification and interventions for mental health problems that arise in the lives of children, adolescents and their families. [...]
May 4th, 2007 | Posted in Software News | No Comments
Thompson’s Rheumatology from USBMIS is now on sale 15% off through May 9. The 2006 PDA edition is available for Palm or Pocket PC devices and has been updated with 5 new chapters including chapters on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Sarcoidosis and Cutaneous Vasculitis
Tags: Palm, USBMIS
May 4th, 2007 | Posted in Software News | No Comments