Meistermed has come out with a new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Called Procedures: Hospital Collection it comprises the following: 15 inpatient procedures, 80+ minutes high res video, 150+ photos. X-rays. Step-by-step instructions. Everything you need to know about thoracentesis, paracentesis, bone marrow biopsy, central lines of every flavor, lumbar puncture, intubation, and [...]
Mary Kay Rossi wrote in to inform us about this new app: Making its official launch at HIMSS 2010, VisualDx Mobile for the iPhone and iPod Touch aids physicians in their decision making efforts by increasing diagnostic accuracy, helping to reduce health care costs associated with unnecessary return visits, referrals, and tests– all of which [...]
Everyday I scour news of all sorts including regular feeds from medical information sites and journals. The most efficient way to filter this torrent of information is to use RSS or news feeds and I currently rely on Google’s Reader service (the mobile version runs very well on the Palm Pre). However you might for [...]
Chris Thorman of Medical Software Advice wrote in: You’ve probably heard the news that Apple is set to release a new tablet PC on Wednesday. That got us thinking here at Medical Software Advice about whether or not this new device will be the first tablet PC to break through in the healthcare industry. I’ve [...]
Keeping medical references on your PDA phone is very convenient. We often prefer local storage to online access as it is faster and does not rely on a wireless connection which may be slow at times. The types of documents vary, and commonly these include; 1) PDF files. These are easy enough to copy to [...]
First of all it’s called the iPod Touch, not the iTouch (a common mistake). One of the common misconceptions is the need to get an iPhone if one wanted a PDA as an organiser and to run the medical applications available for the iPhone platform. The answer is no, you do not need to get [...]
MedicMate is a Windows Mobile Touchscreen application for busy hospital doctors which helps you track patients, keep job lists, perform hand overs wirelessly and also maintain e-guides. Tim from MedicMate writes in that for a limited time only, a full license is available for £29.95 The application runs on Windows Mobile operating system 2003, 5 [...]
Pepid has announced a Beta for WebOS In 2009, we released two new platforms—the first was in March, when we released our application for the iPhone. We also announced a beta release this month for the Palm Pre smart phone. PEPID is the first to create a medical software application specifically designed for this device. [...]
I’ve had a Palm Pre for about 2 months now and I can declare that the device has seen tremendous improvement with firmware updates (pushed OTA) and a steadily increasing amount of useful applications in the Palm App Catalog and the unofficial Homebrew scene. How usable is it as an smartphone for doctors? Well I [...]
Palm has just announced goodies at CES 2010 – Flash 10.1 (eat your heart out iPhone) – Video recording, editing and uploading – “Plug-in Development Kit,” or PDK. This allows native apps to hook into webOS and interact with the system; expect a ton of C++ app ports; this also means graphic intensive gaming (already [...]
