The Palmdoc Chronicles

Wayne has posted his experience with the Palm TX as a medical student in PalmAddicts (a great daily resource for Palm and PDA users)
Wayne says not all reference texts convert to electronic versions nicely - that’s probably true to an extent. It’s also that sometimes one is used to one format and it takes some [...]

One of the applications for the iPhone which I think is crucial for medical users is iSilo since there are plenty of medical references in iSilo format which makes iSilo the de facto leader in the medical ebook arena .
Will there be an iSilo for the iPhone? I got this information from the iSilo Forums:
1) [...]

iPhone users might want to check out the freeware Mobile MIM for the iPhone

The Mobile MIM iPhone Application is a new multi-modality imaging application for the Apple® iPhoneTM and iPod® touch. This innovative software allows a referring physician or patient to view medical images remotely, without being tied to an imaging workstation.
The Mobile MIM iPhone [...]

A PDA phone with a camera can be a handy thing to have when you need to take pictures quickly and sometimes they can be of use in the clinic or the ward when you want for instance to keep a visual record of your patient’s progress.
Have you tried taking X-Ray pictures with your camera [...]

For a limited time only USBMIS’ OutbreakID is now on offer at 30% less.
OutbreakID was developed for physicians and public health professionals who stand on the frontlines as the key agents for the early detection of outbreaks. OutbreakID covers potential outbreaks caused by exposures to toxins, chemicals, and infectious agents. It covers 156 infectious diseases, [...]

It’s been a while since I mentioned Skyscape, one of the larger medical software publishing houses. They cater for multiple platforms, including Palm, Windows mobile, iPhone/Ipod Touch, Symbian and the Blackberry.
Here are some new releases from Skyscape:
The Pocket Doctor
Billed as the “smallest ward resource available”, it “Provides the very basics of what students need [...]

I don’t use a Blackberry though I wonder how many BB owners use their device for more than just push email? I was surprised to see so many Medical titles for the Blackberry on Pocketgear. Many of the titles are from Skyscape which seems to be pushing support for multiple platforms as are many PDA [...]

Those of you in California would have had to get one as of this year. Where I live, using a hands-free kit has been compulsory for years - though I really think it doesn’t impact that much on road safety as using a mobile phone in any way when driving is just as bad!
What I [...]

One of the things about medical software databases is that they can be quite large. A full installation UpToDate will occupy something like 1.3 GB of SD card space.
If you are an owner of an older Palm device like the Tungsten TX and the Lifedrive, then you are stuck with SD cards up to 2 [...]

The other day I strolled into ICU to see a referral and I saw a magazine left on the nurses’ table. I thought the Centro would make a nice addition to the cover!
I think any nurse looking to get an affordable PDA phone which can run a myriad of medical applications and yet looks good [...]