What's New

December 23, 2004

 
New eMedicine Titles from Skyscape

Skyscape has just released two new specialty titles in their eMedicine series. eMedicine Psychiatry and eMedicine Plastic Surgery. These are completely current reference volumes consisting of hundreds of comprehensive but concise, disease-specific review articles. Each article undergoes 4 levels of physician peer-review and follows a consistent format. These titles are designed for use by practicing physicians, academicians and residents to provide rapid answers to clinical questions. These new versions combine eMedicine's patented collaborative authoring technology with Skyscape's intelligent mobile solutions to create the ultimate handheld references in their specialties.
posted by Kent 1:59 PM | |

December 22, 2004

 
Long-Term Care Providers Get PDA App

HealthRamp has signed several contracts for CareGiver, a PDA-based long-term care application. HealthRamp released the CareGiver system in August. The application is designed to enable long-term care nurses to use a PDA to place orders for prescription drugs, treatments, and medical and surgical supplies. It also offers admissions management and the collection of minimum data sets via a PDA running the Palm OS or Windows Mobile operating systems, or a desktop PC's Internet browser.

Source: Mobile Health Data
posted by Kent 3:51 PM | |

December 21, 2004

 
The Medical Imaging Consultant

USBMIS, the developer of the popular Tarascon Pharmacopoeia and Sanford Guide for PDAs, recently released the Medical Imaging Consultant, a reference designed for any physician who may order diagnostic imaging studies. It provides speedy access to extensive information that will help to determine whether imaging examinations are necessary, based on symptoms, and which studies will generate the most information. The content includes current information for more than 350 clinical conditions within all body systems.

The application is a complete quick reference that provides perspective on the risks and benefits of using specific imaging studies for common clinical care situations. It tells up front which modalities work best for each situation, and provides tips on the use of contrast media for all modalities. It even includes CPT codes!
posted by Kent 10:49 PM | |

 
New Titles from Handheldmed

Just in time for Christmas, Handheldmed has released several new and updated titles, including: Griffith's Five-Minute Clinical Consult, Surgical Pearls, Medicine for the Outdoors, Five Minute Emergency Medicine Consult, Pocketful of Prevention, Obstetrical Pearls, Merck Manual of Geriatrics, Gynegolocical Pearls, CVMStat, The Surgical Intern Pocket Survival Guide, The EKG Pocket Survival Guide, The Oncology Intern Pocket Survival Guide, Five Minute Infectious Disease Consult, and more! All are available for the Palm OS.
posted by Kent 9:04 AM | |

 
Duke University Deploys ePocrates to Over 2,000 Students, Residents and Faculty

As part of its mobile computing initiative designed to put patient information and medical reference information in the hands of the caregivers at the point of care, Duke University Health System has reached a five-year agreement with ePocrates, Inc. to provide the ePocrates Rx Pro mobile drug reference guide to over 2,000 medical students, residents and faculty. Duke University Health System includes Duke Hospital, a top three-rated medical school according to U.S. News & World Report, Durham Regional Hospital, Duke Health Raleigh Hospital and a network of clinics.

"As we looked for an application to enhance our medical reference suite of applications, we turned to our residents, faculty, and medical students to determine not only what product they were currently using, but what product they would like to see adopted for use across the Health System," said Asif Ahmad, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of medical information systems at Duke University Health System.

"The mobile computing/PDA initiative has a focus on patient safety, improved patient care, and medical education. ePocrates was the application of choice among faculty, residents (physicians), and medical students, and other health care extenders," added Dr. Michael Russell, Associate CIO for Clinical Affairs, and an ePocrates user.

The ePocrates Rx Pro drug reference includes over 3,000 monographs including adult and pediatric dosing, contraindications and cautions and adverse reactions; an alternative medicine guide covering over 400 herbals; the MultiCheck function capable of checking up to 30 drugs simultaneously for interactions; health plan formulary coverage and retail prices; the ePocrates ID infectious disease treatment guide; and built-in dosing and medical calculators.

"ePocrates is pleased to be an integral part of Duke's mission to re-define health care through mobile technology. Now, students, residents and faculty alike can quickly access consistent, up-to-date information on medications, drug interactions and related topics, whether in the classroom or at the point-of-care," said Kirk Loevner, CEO, ePocrates, Inc.

Almost every medical student -- estimated at more than 60,000 -- is expected to use handheld computers or PDAs this year, according to Gartner Research, and already over half of medical students are using the ePocrates Rx or ePocrates Rx Pro drug reference applications. Additionally, every U.S. medical school, and over 200 residency programs participate in ePocrates' student discount program.
posted by Kent 8:56 AM | |

December 14, 2004

 
New Release: Ferri's Best Test

Skyscape and Mosby - An Elsevier Health Sciences Company are pleased to announce the release of Ferri's Best Test - A Practical Guide to Clinical Laboratory Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging for your PDA.

This unique new resource directs readers to the most efficient and cost-effective imaging and laboratory studies for any diagnostic challenge. Written by best-selling author Fred Ferri, MD, FACP, Ferri's Best Test presents complete guidance on both radiologic and laboratory approaches in a single, user-friendly source.

Key Features:

• Describes the most common imaging studies for each organ system, reviewing their indications, advantages, disadvantages and approximate costs.
• Examines over 200 laboratory tests, describing the normal range of results in adult patients, typical abnormalities (positive tests, increased or decreased values) and the likeliest causes.
• Explores 222 common diseases and disorders, providing algorithms to help readers select the single best test for diagnosing each condition.
• Uses a concise, well-organized format to make reference remarkably easy.

posted by Kent 8:30 AM | |

December 12, 2004

 
Pedi-Table 1.0

Pedi-Table, by StacWorks, is a quick and easy way to look up dosaging information for pediatric medications. Yes, there are other pediatric dosing 'calculators' out there, but who has the time to enter all the weight and concentration info in the middle of a busy practice. If all you want is a QUICK and simple reference table to dosaging info, that is what Pedi-Table does. Simply scroll up and down until you find the med you want, and then tap on it. Tap again to return to the main screen.


posted by Kent 9:05 PM | |

December 9, 2004

 
New Release: Thomson CenterWatch Pipeline Intelligence

Skyscape and Thomson CenterWatch are pleased to announce the release of the Thomson CenterWatch Pipeline Intelligence for your PDA.

Users will be able to keep up with the latest in scientific clinical trial activity and drug development using market intelligence and knowledge resources from CenterWatch, the leading resource for the clinical trials industry. This highly valuable resource has 4 components to help you monitor and stay abreast of medical breakthroughs on the frontiers of medicine:

• Drugs in Clinical Trials - a resource designed to help professionals in the research and healthcare communities quickly identify promising and potentially life-saving treatments now being studied in clinical trials.
• Clinical Trial Results - designed to provide easy access to information about the results of recently completed and ongoing clinical trials.
• Newly Approved Drugs - a comprehensive listing of drugs that have recently been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
• Clinical Trials Listing Service - listings of thousands of industry-sponsored clinical trials that are actively recruiting patients in the U.S. and internationally.

Click here to purchase or learn more about Thomson CenterWatch Pipeline Intelligence.
posted by Kent 8:14 PM | |

 
Orrison’s Pocket Medical Imaging Consultant, PDA Edition, Available Now for Free Beta Testing

USBMIS, well-known developer of PDA software applications, announces the release for free beta testing of an exciting new title, Orrison’s Pocket Medical Imaging Consultant, PDA edition, for Palm and Pocket PC devices.

The program is designed for all physicians, residents, and fellows who may order diagnostic imaging studies. It provides speedy access via your handheld device to extensive information that will help to determine whether imaging examinations are necessary, based on symptoms, and which studies will generate the most information. The content includes current information for more than 350 clinical conditions within all body systems.

The application is a complete quick reference that provides perspective on the risks and benefits of using specific imaging studies for common clinical care situations. It tells up front which modalities work best for each situation, and provides tips on the use of contrast media for all modalities. It also includes CPT codes for all conditions. The PDA edition features interlinked content, a comprehensive index, useful tables, classification systems, and databases.

To join the free beta program for Orrison’s Pocket Medical Imaging Consultant,PDA Edition, please visit the MIC BETA Sign Up page. Beta testing will continue until 12/24/2004.
posted by Kent 8:12 PM | |

December 7, 2004

 
PubMed on Tap

PubMed on Tap is an application for PDAs that retrieves MEDLINE citations directly from the PDA through a wireless connection to the Internet.

PubMed on Tap features include:
- Several PubMed search limits
- A history of previous queries
- The ability to email citations or save them to the Memo Pad
- A clustered results option
- And link-out to full-text Web sites.

These features are new in Version 1.6:

• At startup, the Search and Profile settings are set from your last search.
• You have the option to cluster results by clinical relevance recommended in Evidence Based Medicine.
• The Search defaults to return 50 results. 20 and 40 results are other options.
• If there is a linkout to free-full-text, the linkout icon is green.
• Error messages are more meaningful.

posted by Kent 6:34 PM | |

 
AHRQ Evidence Report Summaries

From Dr. Mohammad Al-Ubaydli:

"At the National Center for Biotechnology Information we have been thinking about how best to create PDA resources. The URL shows the first result of these efforts, as the entire text is freely available in MobiPocket format.

"Visitors to the page will need to click on the MobiPocket icon, to the left of 'AHRQ Evidence Report Summaries'. From there they can download the book and the MobiPocket reader.

Click here.

"I am keen to hear comments and suggestions - the more downloads and feedback that we get for this resource, the more PDA resources I will be able to create. Readers can contact me directly at alubaydl@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov."
posted by Kent 5:52 PM | |

December 3, 2004

 
Blues Plan Gives Docs Caremark Rx App

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is giving its contracted physicians hand-held electronic prescription software from Caremark Rx. The Blues plan is providing physicians free access to the vendor's PDA-based iScribe software, which offers electronic prescribing and refill functionality along with drug interaction information. It also enables physicians to send prescriptions to pharmacies via a secure Internet connection.

The software can be used on PDAs running the Palm OS. Blues plan physicians must supply their own PDAs, according to the agreement.

The offer is available to all BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee physicians. One hundred eighteen doctors have begun using the software and already have written 66,000 prescriptions, Blues plan executives say.

Source: Mobile Health Data
posted by Kent 6:59 PM | |

December 2, 2004

 
New Skyscape Releases

Skyscape and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists are pleased to announce the release of the latest drug references - AHFS DI Essentials and AHFS Drug Information (American Hospital Formulary Service) for your PDA.

AHFS DI Essentials is designed to offer health professionals easy access to knowledge that is critical at point of care. The monographs draw on the meticulously evidence-based guidelines, distilling for the health professional the essential information on prescription and key over-the-counter drugs in an easy-to-use, highly structured outline format. AHFS DI Essentials is designed to be the first resource practitioners consult for fast answers at the point of care.

AHFS Drug Information, first published in 1959 (the "Big Red Book," as it's come to be known), has gone the extra mile for pharmacists and healthcare professionals seeking answers to the most detailed questions. It provides more extensive evidence-based data than any other drug reference and is now available for the PDA. AHFS DI is also free from the influence of manufacturers, insurers, regulators, and other special interests, giving you an unbiased source of drug information.
posted by Kent 6:35 PM | |

 
PDA Buyer's Guide

About.com recently updated their PDA Buyer's Guide. If you're in the market for a new PDA, be sure to check it out.
posted by Kent 10:17 AM | |

 
Old PDAs Help Fight AIDS

More than seven million Americans buy or upgrade to new PDAs every year. They tend to just throw the old ones out. Skyscape has created a program with Satellife to help put those old PDAs to good use by putting them in the hands of doctors in Africa. Skyscape will equip these handheld devices with mobile medical references enabling health practitioners in the developing world to access the latest medical information while working in rural areas. This program begins December 1, 2004 (World AIDS Day).

Anyone wishing to donate their used PDA should visit, www.skyscape.com/AIDSDAY for more information.
posted by Kent 8:26 AM | |

 
MeisterMed Updates

CPTMeister 2005 has been fully updated with all the new 2005 CPT codes, deleted codes, and code description changes.  Navigational features like the Most Common Procedures lists, Fast Links, and the Primary Care Quick List make finding your code fast and easy.

ICDMeister 2005 contains all the great features of ICDMeister 2004 and more, updated with all the 2005 ICD-9 codes.

More than 20 new additions and updates, most of them FREE, have been added to the Medical iSilo Depot. Check out some of the 18 new medical references available now in the Medical iSilo Depot. There's "The Foot Book" (a thorough reference to foot disorders), the "Ultimate Anesthesia Quick Reference Guide", and a very detailed and comprehensive reference called "Medical Approaches." All of the new listings are FREE! Of the 11 updated files, check out the Seventh ACCP Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy which tells you everything you need to know about when and how to use heparin, warfarin, and newer antithrombotic agents. Visit the Medical iSilo Depot at MeisterMed.com and check it out.
posted by Kent 8:21 AM | |

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