Pocket PC PDA Guide
The resources listed here are primarily used by Microsoft's Pocket PC PDAs.
Resources:
| About.com's PDA Guide | A general guide for the new PDA user. Good for selecting a PDA and getting started. It has some general software recommendations. |
| AvantGo | AvantGo is a free service that delivers thousands of mobile websites to consumers on their handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smartphones. |
| Brighthand | This site offers the latest News, Reviews, Information and Prices and Discussion on handhelds and smartphones of all kinds. To find a mobile device you are interested in, use our PDA Search feature in the right column. |
| Clinical Medicine Consult: The Clinical Medicine Series | A complete medical textbook in the palm of your hand that is rapidly accessible and packed with clinically relevant, evidence based information. Fully indexed with over 2,500 clinical topics for rapid reference. Contains detailed drug prescribing pearls and over 12,400 medical terms and conditions. Includes all the current Clinical Medical Series titles! The text has multiple cross references and hyperlinks for fast navigation. |
| Clinical Phamracology On Hand | Clinical Pharmacology is a drug information database to which the Library has a subscription. Clinical Pharmacology On Hand is the version for PDAs. It is free to the WU community. |
| Digital Assist | Charting software for the PDA. |
| Doctor's Gadgets.com | General medical PDA site from a doctor in the UK. |
| Epocrates | Epocrates Student/Resident Discount Program Unique Code - washumed0607. Discount will automatically be applied in the shopping cart if you click on the link on the left. |
| Essential Evidence Plus | Essential Evidence Plus, formerly InfoPOEMs/InfoRetriever, is a powerful electronic resource packed with all of the medical evidence you need to make critical patient care decisions. |
| Evidence Based Medicine To Go | Evidence Based Medicine Books. Trusted Medical texts for your Palm or Pocket PC. |
| Google's Directory Page-Pocket PC | Google's Directory Pocket PC page. |
| Handango | Major software and hardware vendor. |
| Handmark | Software site for all PDA devices, including smart phones. |
| Harrison's Practice for PDA | Harrison's Practice for PDA is a new resource from the expert editors of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. Practical, concise answers to your clinical questions are presented in an easy-to-read format designed especially for your PDA. Topics on Diseases, Patient Approach, Tests, and Treatments are consistently organized to instantly deliver the information you need on diagnosis and management of the most common medical conditions. Navigate the database using comprehensive indexes such as Topic, Specialty and ICD-9 codes. |
| How PDAs Work | An explanation of how PDAs work from How Stuff Works.com. |
| Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins | PDA versions of many standard texts. |
| Medical Imaging Consultant, PDA Edition | The Medical Imaging Consultant, PDA Edition 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. |
| Medical Pocket PC | Medical resources for Windows Mobile platforms. |
| Medical Wizards | Comprehensive medical software vendor site for all medical professions. |
| OmniMD | OmniMD, the leading edge solutions for practicing physicians and clinics powerfully streamlines the complete practice workflow. With its comprehensive product modules, the OmniMD suite effectively automates all the vital processes within a practice. Acting as a single gateway it integrates the complete staff across all processes - the pharmacy, billing systems, transcription services, laboratory and the insurance company. |
| PatientKeeper | Software to manage patient information. |
| PC Magazine's PDA Guide and Reviews | PC Magazine's annual guide with reviews of Palm, Windows Mobile and Blackberry devices. |
| PDA Cortex | Fully functioning store with an extensive and detailed assortment of medical PDA software, mainly for doctors and nurses. |
| PDA Resources | From the University of Connecticut Health Center. General PDA list of resources, with separate lists for medical and drug related resources. |
| PDA Webpages - FSU College of Medicine | PDA web pages guide from Florida State University's College of Medicine. |
| pdaMD.com | Comprehensive site for the medical use of PDAs. It has guides, tutorials, and is a hardware and software vendor. It is a great place to get started. |
| PDAs in Health Care: Educational Sites | Provides links to educational sites on PDA topics. Hosted by the Medical University of South Carolina. |
| PDAs in Medicine | From East Carolina University. |
| PDAStreet | Vendor for all PDAs and other mobile devices. |
| Pediatrics on Hand | One of the best sites for pediatric handheld information for PDAs. |
| Pen Computer Solutions, Inc. | Company offering mobile computing development services for PalmOS and PcketPC devices. They also have developed medical software. |
| PEPID | Portable healthcare decision making software titles for physicians. |
| Pocket PC Thoughts | Guide to the PocketPC. |
| PPC Software - Mobile Tech Reviews | Buyers guide for PDAs, smart phones, tablets, and ultralight notebook computers. |
| PUGSL- PDA Users Group of St. Louis | The PDA Users Group of St. Louis is dedicated to further the use of PDAs, particularly PalmOS and PocketPC products in the St. Louis and surrounding area in primarily the following areas: Medical, Legal, Educational and Business Uses. |
| Red Book, 27th Edition | Red Book contains current recommendations for diagnosing, treating, and preventing infectious diseases in infants, children, and adolescents. Created by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases in conjunction with the CDC, the FDA, and other leading institutions, with contributions by hundreds of physicians nationwide, Red Book is an essential resource for clinicians who care for children. |
| Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy | Medical e-books. |
| Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition | Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th edition for PDA contains more than 107,000 medical terms and definitions for healthcare professionals. This edition adds more than 5,000 new terms while maintaining the accuracy and clarity that have made it popular among medical students, physicians, educators, researchers, and medical language specialists. |
| TurboDoc | Turbo Doc is an electronic medical record system designed to assist physicians and other health care workers in completing medical record tasks. |
| Unbound Medicine | PDA software and medical reference books and text are available through this vendor. Titles include Harrison's, Taber, and 5-Minute Clinical Consult. This link will provide you with a 25% discount once you add a product to the shopping cart. |
| University Palm/PDA links | List of PDA guides from Universities across the country. |
| What to look for in a handheld device | From C|Net.com. |
| Windows Mobile Powered PDAs | Microsoft's page for Windows Mobile powered devices. |
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