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Healthcare Applications
LSUHSC Libraries Resource Guide to
Mobile Devices
$ Product must be purchased |
Available for Palm |
Available for Windows Mobile |
Available for Blackberry |
LSU Free to LSUHSC |
Books & Software
- AccessMedicine -- save book chapters to your PDA
 LSU
- AHRQ's PDA Tools -- from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
 
- AIDSInfo PDA Tools -- glossary, guidelines, antiretroviral toxicity

- Blood Pressure Manager -- track readings & generate statistics

- ebm2go -- evidence-based forumlary, guidelines & database
 
- Geriatrics at your Fingertips -- From the American Geriatrics Society. Registration required
 
- Handheldmed -- book vendor
  $
- MD on Tap (MEDLINE on Tap)
 
- Medical Eponyms for the Palm OS

- Medical Mnemonics for the Palm OS

- MeisterMed -- topics include: influenza, breast feeding, dermatology atlases, splinting
 
- Memoware -- free book vendor
 
- Mobile MerckMedicus -- Includes the Merck Manual & Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests. Registration required
 
NOTE: You will need your Medical Education Number to register. To obtain this number, call the AMA at (800) AMA-3211 between 8:30 and 4:30, weekdays. Enter 2 for Students, 2 for Medical Education Number, and give your name and birthdate. It is also printed on your AMA journal mailing label.
- MobiPocket Medical Textbooks
  $
- NCBI Bookshelf - handheld computer resources -- (MobiPocket Reader required)
  
- NHLBI PDA Tools -- High blood pressure, BMI, ATP Cholesterol guidelines from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
 
- PEPID Medical Information Services
  $
- SkyScape -- medical and nursing books and software
 
- Unbound Medicine -- also supports iPhone
 
- .911 -- infectious disease/emergency management resource
 
Coding/Billing & Patient Tracking
- HandEchart
 $
- MD Coder
 $
- Patient Keeper
 $
- Patient Tracker
 $
- PocketBilling
 $
- StatCoder -- includes free downloads for mental health, cardiology, growth charts
 $
- WardWatch
$
- ZapMed
$
Diagnosis & Treatment
- American College of Physicians' PIER
 LSU
- Diagnosaurus
 
- Dynamed
 LSU
- Essential Evidence Plus
 LSU
- POCKETConsult -- mobile component of MD Consult
 LSU
Drug Guides
- Antibiotic (ABX) Guide -- from Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases. Registration required.
$
- Epocrates
  
- Epocrates for iPhone -- Epocrates customized to view on iPhone/iPod Touch
- Lexi-Drug from LexiComp
  $
- Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia
  $
- Thomson Clinical Xpert -- Registration required
 LSU
- WISER -- Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
 
Medical Calculators
- Archimedes -- medical calculator
 
- EBM Calculator -- calculate relevant statistics for Diagnostic studies, Prospective Studies, Case Control Studies, and RCTs

- HandyRef -- quick reference for medical students & residents

- MedCalc -- common formulas in anesthesiology, pediatrics, emergency, intensive care and internal medicine
 
- OB Wheel -- Common obstetrical calculations

- Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator

- PregCalcPro -- pregnancy calculator
$
Treatment Guidelines
- ACC Pocket Guidelines -- From the American College of Cardiology
 
- AIDSInfo Guidelines
 
- Asthma Treatment Guidelines
- ATP III Cholesterol Management Implementation Tool

- HandyHeart -- cardiology guidelines

- Mobile Medica -- Variety of clinical guidelines. Requires APPRISOR™, a free document viewer
 
- National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) Clinical Practice Guidelines
 
- Obesity Guidelines -- includes BMI calculator
 
- USPTF Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) -- from the US Preventative Services Task Force

Resource Guides
FSU College of Medicine - PDA Software
PDA Resources: University of Connecticut Health Center
VCU Libraries PDA Resource Guide
Dentistry
DentalMedSoft
Medicine
ACP: PDA and Mobile Computing Resources -- from the American College of Physicians 
Apple's new iPhone: Applications in Medicine
ASCO PDA Services -- From the American Society of Clinical Oncology 
The Palmdoc Chronicles -- News and software for doctors with Palm PDAs
PDAs in Family Practice
Pediatrics on Hand
Nursing
CollectiveMed.com -- PDAs in Nursing
Lippincott Nursing PDA products --  $
PEPID Nursing Software for Mobile Devices --   $
PDA Cortex

What Nurses Need to Know about Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
Created December 2004 by MMK
Revised January 2008 by MMK
Checked March 2008 by DSA |
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