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Palm Pilot Medical Applications Last updated 1/24/02 Personal Digital Assistant for Life Flight This document was created to make the case for purchase and use of a personal digital assistant (PDA) by Life Flight, a helicopter EMS agency in Des Moines, Iowa. We've been asked to share the proposal, so that others can adapt it for their use. If you'd rather have the Word file, please e-mail one of the authors (and the acutecare.com webmaster) at paulh@acutecare.com Written by Leah Berkery, M.D., this project was done as part of a fourth year elective in medical informatics at Cornell University Medical. Comprehensive resource includes Palm vs. Paper, Palm vs. Windows CE, How to choose a Palm model, How to shop, Using your Palm organizer (the basics, the next level, Advanced Uses), Palm-related books, and Links to Palm-related web sites. Riverside Family Practice Residents are each issued a Palm IIIxe.This site was "designed to help the residents locate programs, files and other resources in order to make the most of their Palm devices." Includes What's New, The Basics, Medical Apps, Medical Files, Medical Links, Other Apps and Other Links. Very comprehensive site, well designed and easy to use. HealthyPalmPilot Washington University Medical Palm Initiative "What's
New Check out this page often to see if anything has been added
since your last visit! "The Most
Comprehensive Medical PDA Resource on the Web" An"online journal
dedicated to the use of mobile computing in nursing." "PDA Document Repository"
Dedicated to everyone involved in pediatrics with an interest in Palm based handhelds. Hopefully there will be helpful things for every user (old or new to the PDA world). About.com: Medical PalmPilot page "Find links associated with the medical community that provide PalmOS information, data, and software. This is a must stop for med students, doctors and health care professionals." Clinical Applications of Palmtop Computing 1.General Overview
Emergency
Medicine Written my an emergency department
physician from Canada. Includes: A very nice site maintained by another
Canadian ED physician. "More and more 3rd party software developers (mostly medical professionals) have produced software to help them in their clinical practice, and more importantly, make that white coat a little less heavy. In this section, I will review some of the medical software out there for the Palm line, and also make available a few databases that I have made. Of course, with the expansive amount of products out there I will focus on what I have found useful in my practice. " This link goes directly to the article: "An Overview of Medical Calculator Applications for the Palm OS." A very comprehensive lsiting of a variety of medically oriented calculators with clear and concise reviews. There is a great deal more on this site, but some of the content is designed to promote the software and hardware offerings of the vendor. This particular article is a nice example of helpful, unbiased content. Also from Dr.
Jim Thompson, webmaster of Emergency
Medicine Physician Assistant Palm Website My name is David Carpenter and I am a Physician Assistant student at Saint Francis College. In May of 2000 several members of my class purchased Handspring visors or Palm pilots to use in our clinical rotations. This website is an attempt to disseminate some of the experience in using Palm devices in clinical practice. See Mr. Carpenter's contribution on our "What's on your Palm?" page. While most of the information on this section of the site pertains to the Palm Operating System, we thought a link to this site might be of interest to those using Microsoft's Pocket PC Operating System. PDAs for Health Care Providers Arizona Health
Sciences Library The Family Physician's Guide to Handheld Computers Provides a comprehensive ovaerview on the use of handheld computers. It was developed by K. Meg Morrison, MD, family physician and associate director of Mount Carmel Family Practice Residency, Columbus, Ohio. Handheld computers in family medicine Among other things, Kam Hunter, MD, PhD, a family physician in Phoenix, discusses and reviews the use of handheld computers, software and tips for converting desktop documents into a handheld format. The site of David Blair, MD, an Army family physician at Fort Sill, Okla., is intended for practicing physicians interested in learning about handheld devices, helpful medical software and keeping up with industry news. "A website dedicated to mobile healthcare professionals and scientists, distributing online downloadable PDA medical software and hardware." Return to Palm Pilot Medical Applications |
