Archive for October, 2007

An interview with the Meister

This is the second in our series of interviews with prominent personalities in the world of Medical PDA computing. I am sure many of you will be familiar with Meistermed and the iSilo Depot which is a great collection of medical references in iSilo format. If you are wondering who the Meister is, wonder no [...]

Gmail on your Treo

I am a great fan of Gmail. Humongous storage (I’ve now got 4.3 Gb) and a great spam filter. The interesting news is that Gmail now supports IMAP which effectively gives you Push email which will make your Treo function like a Blackberry. Now the catch is for the moment, the default Versamail will not [...]

Obstetrics Gynecology and Infertility

Obstetrics Gynecology and Infertility from USBMIS is now available for pre-order at a 15% discount. The blurb:

Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility is an essential addition to any healthcare provider’s reference library. It provides useful information for immediate patient care, as well as a basis of practical knowledge for a career in obstetrics and gynecology. Based on [...]

PEPID Launches Gerontological Nursing Suite

Evanston, Illinois — October 18, 2007 — PEPID, the innovative medical information software developer, announced today that it is launching a new product, PEPID™ Gerontological Nursing Suite (RN GERO). Released for online, Palm, PocketPC, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone and Smartphone devices, nurses can now carry specialty-focused medical information with them virtually anywhere. Whether “bedside” [...]

USBMIS Free Giveaway

Visit http://www.usbmis.com/giveaway/ before November 2nd to enter for your chance to win a free 1-year subscription to The Medical Letter On Drugs and Therapeutics. Five winners will be randomly selected and given a free, 1-year subscription to one of the top handheld applications available.

Tags: Drugs, USBMIS

Correction on 5MCC 2008

Theresa Dudas from Unbound Medicine writes:

I read your PalmDoc Chronicles blog daily and today I was surprised by your posting regarding 5MCC 2008. You state that Medical Wizards is the first medical software company to release 5MCC 2008. However, Unbound Medicine was actually the first to release 5MCC 08—we released it more than 3 months [...]

5-Minute Clinical Consult 2008

Medical Wizards has also released 5MCC 2008 in Palmgear

Application Description
5-Minute Clinical Consult 2008 is a comprehensive, structured clinical resource that presents essential, evidence based information about the diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and associated conditions of more than 600 medical conditions. This reference is available in an easy to understand and use format, and we hope [...]

The Treo saves the day again!

A colleague of mine, a nephrologist and new Treo user, shared with me today his experience. A patient of his with CRF on haemodialysis had anaemia and was later found to have myelodysplasia as well. He was put on Danazol by a haematologist in another hospital, and he was wondering why his patient complained [...]

Epocrates on BlackBerry coming soon

Good news for Blackberry owners. Erica Morgenstern informs us that Epocrates is working on a Blackberry version of their well known product.

In response to user requests, our engineers have been working hard over the past several months to develop a product that takes full advantage of BlackBerry’s unique format.
Users will enjoy the convenience of over-the-air [...]

My Treo is my secretary

Just a quick moblog in hospital. I really appreciate using my Treo 680 to quickly look up patient information - I was reminded of patient admissions today and I could easily liaise with the ward staff reminding them of what to do. Agendus Premium rocks!

Tags: Agendus, Treo