Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Resources

This is a starting point for health care professionals for finding PDA resources, hardware, and software applications. It is not a comprehensive guide.

      Visit OSU's Medical Center PDA Central for local resources and support services.

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Medical Resources

Medical - Specialty Resources

General Resources

Medical Resources

• CollectiveMed.com
  Presents a center for reviewing, testing, and buying PDA hardware, software, and accessories. $, Palm, PC
• ePocrates
  Provides access to drug specific clinical information tools. ePocrates Rx, for Palms, is still available for free.  ePocrates Rx Pro (including drug interactions) is available for Palms or the Pocket PC.  $, Palm, PC
• Handheldmed
  Provides patient tracking applications combined with a comprehensive library of electronic medical content, accessible at the point of care.  Palm, PC
• Healthy Palmpilot
  This site offers a comprehensive list of nearly 700 health care resources available for download.  Also links to tutorials and tip sheets at pdaMD.com. Some $, Palm
• Informatics – Review: Handheld Computing Resources on the Internet 
  From the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, this list of sites and articles that address medical handheld computing.
• JournalToGo
  Register to use this system to download and read select medical journal abstracts and healthcare news articles. Palm, PC
• MDtool.com
  Provides links to PDA pages on the Internet, software applications, and buying information.  Palm, PC
• Medical Piloteer
  A Webring created to link together Web sites dedicated to medical resources.  Palm
• MedicalPocketPC
  A comprehensive news, hardware, and software site.  PC
• pdaMD.com
  Perhaps one of the most comprehensive medical PDA resources offering updated news, columns, tutorials, reviews, forums, etc.  Palm, PC
• POCKETConsult (MD Consult and FIRSTConsult)
  Free with OSU institutional subscription to MD Consult, this service provides access to medical news, drug updates, and journal abstracts.   Must first register for personal account (at MD Consult site; no cost to OSU users) in order to use this PDA resource.   Palm, PC
• Skyscape.com
  A popular provider of software.  Offers an extensive collection of medical references for the PDA including the 5 Minute Clinical Consult and Dorland's™ Pocket Medical Dictionary. $, Palm, PC
• Statcoder.com 
  Provides various coding software applications including E&M, ICD-9, CPT 2000, Framingham Heart Study Prediction Scorer.  Palm
• TUCOWS PDA Medical
  A very comprehensive download site.  Many $, Palm, PC
• Washington University Medical Palm Initiative
  Offers links to applications.  Palm, PC

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Medical - Specialty Resources

• Antibiotic Guide from Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases
  A "decision support tool" intended to provide clinicians with concise, digested, timely information about the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Site registration required.  Palm, PC
• Ectopic Brain
  Designed to help residents in clinical practice locate programs, files, and other resources.  Palm, PC
• mobileMicromedex
  The basic mobileMicromedex package is available free to OSU users due to our institutional subscriptions to Micromedex.  For more information, including the account number necessary for registration, access Micromedex via this site and click on the mobileMicromedex link from the Formulary & Handheld tab after opening the Micromedex Healthcare Series search page.  Palm, PC
     
• PDAs in Family Practice
  The Department of Family Medicine at the University of Rochester shares their experiences and recommendations to others looking to use PDAs in family practice.  Palm
• Pediatrics on Hand
  While focused on pediatrics resources, this group offers a comprehensive look at the use of PDAs.  Users of this site are encouraged to complete the comments and suggestions box located on each page.  Palm 
• Pepid: Portable Emergency and Primary Care Information Database
  Medical and drug problems encountered in emergency or urgent care. $, Palm
• PDA Cortex
  Contains software applications, news, applications, online storage space, and services.  Palm, PC

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General Resources

• AvantGo
  Download and browse Web sites on your PDA. 
• EuroCool 
  Lists over 1200 Palm applications and offers different ways to search for them. $
• Handango 
  Includes software, accessories, tips, devices, and wireless information. $, Palm, PC
• PalmGear
  Contains software applications, hardware, accessories, and tips and tricks. Palm
• Palm, Inc
  Contains product information, software applications, and an online personalized system. Palm
• Palmtops/PDAs@about.com
  Provides a list of Websites about PDAs, including the following subject areas: medical, wireless, software archives, newsgroups, and usergroups. Palm, PC

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