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June 29, 2006

 
Basic Concepts In Pharmacology

USBMIS and McGraw-Hill are proud to provide a portable survival guide for the most difficult-to-learn concepts in pharmacology. Now available for both the Palm and Pocket PC platforms, Basic Concepts in Pharmacology contains an organized approach to the hundreds of drugs covered in pharmacology classes today. The unique design and ease of organization in this application yields greater retention and reduces stress for the pharmacology student preparing for a course review or for the board exams.

Basic Concepts in Pharmacology, PDA edition provides all of the same valuable information as the print edition, as well as many additional features that can only be found within the PDA edition, in addition to the overall convenience of portable, mobile technology.

Features Include:

• Automatic updates to all chapters reflecting the latest advances in practice
• Bookmarks personalize your application for the information you access most frequently
• Interlinked content and a comprehensive index for easy searching
• Key concepts and definitions highlight essential information
• Charts, Tables and Illustrations allow easy comprehension of complex material.

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MedAlert

Skyscape's MedAlert helps you greatly improve your ability to stay updated about your specialty while enhancing productivity and quality of patient care.

With MedAlert, you receive trusted, up-to-the-minute Journal summaries and breaking news about your specialty, delivered directly to your cell phone.

Here's how MedAlert works:

• You customize which Journal summaries and news sources about your specialty you wish to receive on your cell phone.
• Once you receive a text message, you choose to delete it or review the complete summary via email.

Because you customize your alerts, you're saved from excess emails.
posted by Kent 6:58 PM | |

 
PEPID Emergency Physicians Suite

PEPID has released a new reference suite specifically designed for emergency physicians. Click here for more info.
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Medical Imaging Consultant

USBMIS has teamed up with Dr. William Orrison to create the most accurate and convenient way to reduce errors in diagnostic imaging.

Medical Imaging Consultant PDA Edition is the ordering physician’s quick reference for diagnostic imaging exams. It provides portable, fast access to extensive information that will help determine whether image testing is necessary, and if so, assist in choosing the most appropriate exam.

With interlinked content and a custom designed user interface, the Medical Imaging Consultant PDA Edition provides the most convenient and accurate way to select the single, best exam.

Features include:

• Current information for over 350 clinical conditions
• Data on diagnostic procedure
• Clinical benefit
• CPT Code
• Medicare reimbursement
• Radiation in chest X-ray equivalents
• Overall risk factors
• Clearly divided pediatric and adult sections
• Easy-search index

The Medical Imaging Consultant PDA Edition is supported by over 160 references as the best way to weigh the risk versus rewards of using and misusing diagnostic imaging in the most common clinical care situations.
posted by Kent 6:53 PM | |

June 20, 2006

 
Raja's Palm Library

If big sites with hundreds of links leave you wondering where to go first, check out Raja's Palm Library, designed to give physicians rapid access to the most popular Palm OS sites. Created by Dr. Raja Abusharr of Houston, TX, the site contains links to most of the major Palm-related resources on a single page.
posted by Kent 8:14 AM | |

June 17, 2006

 
RxPlan

Skyscape's RxPlan is a comprehensive prescribing resource that's a cost-effective, more productive way to prescribe with confidence and ease. As an accurate, up-to-date compendium of health plan formularies, RxPlan seamlessly integrates with close to 50 Skyscape drug information resources and overall 300 other Skyscape mobile information resources by specialty. This attractive feature can help dedicated prescribers vastly improve efficiency-with decreased pharmacy call-backs, insurers questions, and co-pays-while greatly enhancing patient satisfaction.

RxPlan + RxDrugs benefits include:

• Easier access to clinical, formulary information to effectively communicate drug and health plan knowledge at point of care
• Accurate, up-to-the-minute info on health plan-approved and affordable drugs
• Reduces or eliminates prescriber administrative problems (ie: pharmacy call-backs)
• Shows formulary drug coverage for 4,700 health plans including all Medicare Part D plans and state Medicaid plans
• Includes RxDrugs drug dosing tool with integrated dosing calculators

posted by Kent 7:42 AM | |

June 15, 2006

 
Thompson PDR ICD-9 Coding Resource

Novartis would like to invite you to use their new ICD-9 CM coding tool for your handheld. With this tool you can look-up ICD-9 codes right on your Palm or Pocket PC device. The tool includes 2006 data, and is freeware.
posted by Kent 7:05 PM | |

 
Sanford Guide, 2006

The extensive content and custom designed interface of The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2006, PDA Edition provides healthcare professionals with the quick answers they need to help make appropriate treatment decisions. Interlinked content, a notes feature, custom bookmarks, and interactive tools make this more than just a reference application.

As always, The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2006, PDA Edition contains all of the content found in the print edition. This year's updates include:

• Up-to-date comprehensive treatment guidelines for bacterial, fungal, mycobacterial, parasitic and viral infections, including prophylaxis, occupational exposure and immunization
• As a reflection of the worldwide MRSA "epidemic", especially community-acquired MRSA, a new Table 6 is added to specifically address this growing problem
• Information on drug dosage, resistance, pharmacology, adverse reactions, drug-drug interactions and resource links is updated
• New and updated source references to the medical literature are included throughout

The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2006, PDA Edition is available 24 hours a day from the Sanford Guide Web Store and is available for both Macintosh and Windows users.
posted by Kent 7:02 PM | |

June 9, 2006

 
USBMIS Free Product Testing: OutbreakID

USBMIS has announced the release of its newest PDA application for Palm and Pocket PC devices. OutbreakID, now in Beta Testing Stage, is a groundbreaking PDA application for physicians and public health professionals who stand on the frontlines as the key agents for the early detection of disease outbreaks. OutbreakID includes chemical and biological weapons, emerging infectious diseases, foodborne illnesses, occupational diseases, zoonoses, and arthropod-borne infections. It covers 199 infectious diseases, including nearly every disease listed in the Control of Communicable Diseases Manual.
posted by Kent 11:32 PM | |

June 5, 2006

 
Mosby's Diagnostic and Lab Test Reference

Skyscape and Mosby - An Elsevier Health Sciences Company are pleased to announce the new and exciting release of Mosby's Diagnostic and Lab Test Reference, 7th Ed. for your mobile device.

Adaptable, convenient, and easy-to-use, this reference delivers information health care providers need for efficient, safe, and accurate testing. This reference contains a wealth of added functionality that makes pinpointing information easier and faster than ever.
posted by Kent 8:36 AM | |

 
The Doctor's PDA & Smartphone Handbook

The Doctor's PDA & Smartphone Handbook aims to introduce readers to the basics of PDAs and the first few chapters demonstrate how the devices are used and how effective they can be in day-to-day clinical care and in training activities. Communication and sharing data and clinical information is enhanced if the full team is equipped with PDAs, and later chapters discuss more advanced uses and issues that should be considered if planning to equip the whole team. The text is accompanied by teaching videos and vignettes illustrating how teaching points covered in each chapter can be applied to realistic scenarios.

The book is written by one of the world's leading experts on the clinical uses of mobile computing, Dr. Mohammad Al-Ubaydli. He wrote the world's first textbook on the topic, Handheld Computers for Doctors, and is now a researcher in the USA. The online videos are by Dr. Chris Paton, Director of New Media New Medicine and creator of some of the world's leading websites for clinical education. Both of them run the annual handheld computer workshop at the Royal Society of Medicine.
posted by Kent 8:29 AM | |

June 4, 2006

 
Sunday Comics


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