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PDA Applications/Software for the Health Sciences |
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Medical Calculators |
Description |
Platform |
Cost |
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More than 70 of the most commonly used formulas in medical
specialties. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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Turn your PDA into a medical calculator for free. Over 50
formulas and clinical scores are available. |
Palm |
Free |
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MedMath is a freeware medical calculator
available for download. |
Palm |
Free |
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Pregnancy calculator for the Palm. |
Palm |
$ |
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Free calculators and other tools, including STATCholesterol,
HTN QuickRef, Insulin Dosing Calculator, and more. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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Current Awareness |
Description |
Platform |
Cost |
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JournalToGo can help you keep
current with the medical literature by providing selected medical journal
abstracts and health care news articles. Abstracts are delivered to your PDA
device and are accessible from your PC. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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Keep current by using My AvantGo to
receive health-related news on your PDA every time you sync. My AvantGo also includes dozens of channels on general news,
weather, and many other topics. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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Use a PDA Web browser to search PubMed,
read journal abstracts, and access ClinicalTrials.gov. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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MEDLINE Database on Tap, or MD on Tap, is an application for PDAs that retrieves MEDLINE® citations directly from the
PDA through a wireless connection to the Internet. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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Free Web Resource that enables students to evaluate PDA Software
Applications |
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Free |
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Drug Reference |
Description |
Platform |
Cost |
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Includes peer reviewed drug content, drug descriptions,
indications, drug interactions report tool, and personal note capabilities. Note: Select Clinical Pharmacology OnHand
Download to download software |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Available free via NSU |
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Contains Natural Product Effectiveness Checker, Natural Product / Drug Interaction Checker, and information on
interactions, uses, and adverse effects of natural medicines. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
$ |
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Thomson Clinical Xpert (formerly mobile Micromedex) |
This tool provides evidence-based drug information, a drug
interaction tool, alternative medicine, toxicology & acute care
information. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
NSU Faculty & Students Only |
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A tool from |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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Drug monographs and formulary information, including dosing,
contraindications, interactions, and adverse reactions. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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Clinical Tools |
Description |
Platform |
Cost |
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Dynamed |
DynaMed is a
clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health
care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'. Contains clinically-organized summaries for
nearly 2,000 topics |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free via NSU |
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Pocket Consult enables you to manage content from MD Consult and
First Consult Additional content includes current
health care news, drug updates, & medical calculators. |
Palm |
Free via NSU |
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Links to helpful tools for the PDA, including CodeMeister (rapidly access the most commonly used
billing codes in primary care), LyteMeister (eletrolyte and acid-base management tool), and more. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
$ |
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Includes the Merck Manual
and Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Requires registration. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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Shots 2006 has been updated with the new January 2006 childhood
schedule and the October 2005 updates to the adult immunization schedule
Compatible with Palm OS 5. |
Palm |
Free |
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Provides authoritative information on infectious disease
etiologies, drug regimens and dosages, and complications. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
$ |
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A dictionary of over 46,000 medical, pharmaceutical,
biotechnology, and agrochemical acronyms and abbreviations. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
$ |
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Medical Abbreviations Lexicon containing over 440 entries. A
free "Light" version of BDicty (reader
program for the dictionary) is included in the downloadable ZIP file. |
Palm |
Free |
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A differential diagnosis tool for the PDA with 1000+
differential diagnoses. Explore by disease, symptom, or organ system. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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All National Guideline Clearinghouse™ Clinical Practice
Guideline Summaries are available in a text format downloadable to Palm OS PDAs. |
Palm |
Free |
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Access and search this nutrient database. |
Palm |
Free |
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Free from the American Cancer Society, this PDA tool provides
cancer information including: a Cancer Screening Tool, Tobacco Cessation
Tool, Pain Medications Database, Skin Cancer Tool, Communicating with
Patients about Bad News, Detecting Childhood Cancers Tool, and Questions
Patients Ask. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free |
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A critically edited database and a point-of-care decison-support system designed to give free information
on antibiotic options and diagnostic criteria. |
Palm |
Free |
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Wide array of clinical software applications. |
Palm + Pocket PC |
Free & $ |
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Electronic Books |
Description |
Platform |
Cost |
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Download specific sections or chapters from |
PalmOS +
Pocket PC |
Free via NSU |
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