Eponyms is a project by Andrew Yee, and most medical users should be familiar with this application which gives you access to “common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing’s sign, Virchow’s node) with descriptions” in your handheld. It was first available for PalmOS (we’ve blogged about it quite a number of times here) and then [...]
The Daily Dose of Medical Knowledge which we reviewed here has become a free app. You can get it here I notice that some of the comments on that application by users are rather unkind. A lot of mobile users these days expect practically everything to be free perhaps not realising that it is not [...]
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 [...]
Not a utility for your shopping cart but Checkout 1.2 is a freeware Palm program which could be useful for busy residents trying to keep track of their patients Description Free program for checking out medicine ward patients, includes CC, primary and secondary diagnoses, meds, allergies, code status, and special instructions. Update Description: – Check [...]
Josh Steinberg has released EFM (electronic fetal monitor) Glossary reference v1.0: Hi folks, in Sept ’08, ACOG published their new guideline on electronic fetal monitoring, this is a Palm PDA version for quick easy reference, ideal for students, residents, and attendings who need to review these things occasionally. The 9/08 guideline was not much about [...]
Josh Steinberg has released his ABG evaluation tool in Freewarepalm Description: This Palm PDA application walks a clinician through a stepwise evaluation of ABG’s and Electrolytes in order to assess all the acid-base disorders which may be present and arrive at diagnostic ideas for pt care. Although I have seen at least 2 other such [...]
RxPlan is listed in Skyscape as a $4.95 application but Freewarepalm has an update to this and apparently it is now available with a free product code. Description: RxPlan – prescribe with confidence and ease with the most comprehensive and accurate compendium of U.S. health plan formularies available. Skyscape’s RxPlan is a comprehensive, cost-effective way [...]
Josh Steinberg has recently updated his free PalmOS apps PE & DVT dx and Pneumonia (HAP, HCAP, CAP) ATS. Both are now v 1.1 with slight modifications. Windows mobile users can always run these Palm applications if you use the Styletap emulator. Tags: DVT, Freeware, Pneumonia, Steinberg
It’s been a while since I updated Haemoncrules. The project is not dead yet but I have to make a confession. In my last great notebook crash, I had to reformat my notebook’s hard drive and reinstall Windoze. I did have a backup of the Haemoncrules raw programming files but it was not the most [...]
Like PreOp Cardiac Eval Tool and Reference, this is another freebie medical application by Joshua Steinberg MD. Here’s the Description: This is a Palm PDA application which walks a physician, student, or resident through the management considerations for nearly all patients with pneumonia. This expands upon the Community Acquired Pneumonia program for Palm I wrote [...]
