Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Toolkit

Selected medical software and calculators

All of the listed applications are available for download through the Internet, the library's IR port or directly from the vendor. Notice the symbols for availability ( IR port, Internet, NYULMC must be on network to download).

	Blackberry	iPhone	Palm, Palm OS, Palm Pocket	Pocket PC	Windows Mobile
ePocrates	x	x	x	x	x
AccessMedicine	x		x	x
AccessSurgery	x	x	x	x
ACP Ethics Manual			x		x
ATP III			x	x	x
Clinical Xpert			x	x
Decision Support Tool			x	x
RADAR			x	x
EBM Calculator			x
Eponyms			x	x
MEDrules			x
Shots 2008			x		x
Treatment of Tuberculosis Guidelines			x
Unbound Medicine			x	x

 

• Access Medicine NYULMC
  As of July 17, 2007, the process of getting AccessMedicine content to your PDA has been simplified. Now, generic full-text PDA-readable files are available from a link on most content pages. These files are readable on any PDA that can view HTML files. Simply find the content you want, click "PDA Download" and sync the file to your PDA.  Download text from Harrison's, HURST'S the Heart, Williams Obstetrics and other textbooks to their PDA.

• Access Surgery NYULMC
  An integrated online resource, Access Surgery provides medical students, surgical residents, and practicing surgeons with quick answers to surgical inquiries from trusted sources.

• ACP Ethics Manual, 4th edition:
  Includes an overview of ethical issues

• ATP III Cholesterol Management Tool:
  This interactive guideline tool will assist the clinician in implementing the ATP III Cholesterol Guidelines at the point of care. Note the ATP III update information on the website.

• Clinical Xpert: NYULMC
  Formerly Micromedix, Thomson’s Clinical Xpert offers PDA access for 5 drug databases: Drug Info, Alternative Medicine Info, Acute Care Info, Toxicology Info, and a Drug Interaction Tool.

• Clinical Pharmacology On-Hand NYULMC
  CP OnHand provides detailed drug descriptions, indications, interactions, precautions/contraindications, classifications, adverse reactions, pregnancy/lactation, administration and dosage forms/strengths.  Through IV Alerts, easily and accurately check the compatibility of two or more intravenous products and/or solutions when mixed in solution or a syringe, or via a Y-site administration.

• Decision Support Tool: Smallpox, Inhalation Anthrax, Cutaneous Anthrax, and Chemical Terrorism:
  This program is based on protocols and algorithms developed collaboratively between the CDC, AAD, and ACP-AS

• Domestic Violence Intervention Tool (RADAR):
  This program is based on the NY Office for Prevention of Domestic Violence material for screening and assisting potential victims of domestic violence

• EBM Calculator:
  This calculator includes evidence-based calculations for diagnostic tests, prospective studies, case control studies, randomized controlled trials, and converts ORs to NNTs

• EBM Tables:
  Includes NNT tables, LR tables, and SnNouts/SpPins tables

• EndNote: NYULMC
  The EndNote application for Palm OS® handheld devices uses a format that supports all of the reference types and fields used in the desktop EndNote application.  You can enter EndNote references into your desktop version of EndNote and/or into your handheld device. You can then synchronize files between your desktop EndNote library and your handheld EndNote library using standard HotSync® commands.  Consult your EndNote documentation for instructions.

• ePocrates:
  Popular drug database available free for Palm and PocketPC platforms. The free version contains MedMath, Fahreneit/Celsius converter, PHQ-9 Depression Checklist, and INR, Cholesterol and BMI calculators. Also available by subscription with extra features such as an alternative medicine database and tables

• Eponyms:
  Dictionary of over 1,400 eponyms

• Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma:
  “Point-of-care reference to the full NAEPP Expert Panel Report 2: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma ” (Requires the TealInfo Reader [http://www.tealpoint.com/softinfo.htm])

• JournalToGo:
  This program allows you to select “channels” and delivers journal abstracts within those channels, such as Family Practice, Major Medical Journals, and Women's Health

• MedRules:
  An educational tool for common rules such as breast cancer risk (Gail), DVT probability, Ottawa ankle rules, and UTI diagnosis. This resource is not frequently updated—check website for details.

• Palm EKG:
  An ECG/EKG field guide featuring 25 arrhythmias

• Shots 2007:
  “a quick reference guide to the 2007 Childhood Immunization Schedule…and the 2006-2007 Adult Immunization Schedule”

• Treatment of Tuberculosis Guidelines:
  Guidelines from the Centers for Disease control

• Unbound Medicine NYULMC
  Unbound Central, a product of Unbound Medicine, is "an institutional gateway to knowledge resources on PDAs, wireless devices, and the Web."  Includes Unbound Surgery, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests and Current Consult Medicine for the desktop and PDA!

• WISER
  WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice.

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Selected Other Software

• Adobe Reader (Palm)
  Reader for the popular portable document format (PDF)
  (requires minimum 2 MB to install)
• Adobe Reader (Pocket PC)
  Reader for the popular portable document format (PDF) (requires at least 16 MB to install)
• Mobipocket Reader
  Popular ebook reader.  Free standard version.

Infrared (IR) port

The Ehrman Medical Library currently offers infrared ports for Web syncing located near the Information Desk in the Main Reading Room and on the Mezzanine level of the Library. The Bellevue Hospital Library also has a synching station.The IR port allows you to sync your Palm with your networked desktop computer or quickly update your AvantGo and ePocrates channels with a touch of a button.
To set up your Palm and sync to the IR port, please see Instructions for using IR Syncing Port. You may also sync to your NYU networked computer, AvantGo and ePocrates with your PocketPC.
To download software, simply follow the instructions posted near the IR port in the Main Reading Room.

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Wireless Access

Information on connecting your PDA to one of the LMC wireless networks can be found on the MCIT website.



Portals and resource sites for PDA medical information

• American College of Physicians Clinical References
  Links to documents such as Commonly Used ICD-9 Codes: 2003 edition, Gynecology Alerts, and Vaccine Specific Information

• Handheldmed.com
  Lots of PDA software downloads categorized by specialty

• Medical Pocket PC
  Medical resources for Pocket PCs.

• Mobile Compters in Medicine
  Weblog “dedicated to improving patient care through the use of Mobile IT”.

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  A list of guidelines available from several medical organizations, such as the American Heart Association and the CDC.  Note that different organizations use different content readers.

• PalmDocChronicles
  Weblog providing “medical PDA News and Updates”

• pdaMD.com
  Software downloads, news articles, and Learning Center

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Tutorials

• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

• pdaMD.com Learning Center

• University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

• AACN (American Association of Critical Care Nurses)

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