Health Sciences Resourcesfor PDAs
Instructors:
Paola Durando, Public Services Librarian
&
Gillian Griffith, Outreach Services Librarian
June 15th, 2005
PDAs in Healthcare
Patients Monitoring Patient Education
Clinicians Appointments Billing Prescriptions Information
Education Used in some medical schools
PDA Usage is Growing
“One third of Canadian physicians now use PDAs in clinical practice.”
Martin, S. 2003. More than half of MDs under age 35 now using PDAs. CMAJ; 169(9); 952.
Agenda
Drug lookup
Quick reference
Diagnostic calculators
Evidence-based resources
Journal citation retrieval
Current awareness
Software Sites
Drug Lookup Tools - CPS
PDA version of e-CPS is in development
Drug Lookup Tools – ePocrates Rx Drug Reference
Free Palm or Pocket PC
compatible 3,000 brand & generic
drugs Drug interaction
checker Regular updates
available
ePocrates Rx, cont’d
Search by Drug Search by Class
ePocrates Rx, cont’d
Drug Interactions Warning
ePocrates Rx, cont’d
Lookup options Insert your own annotations
Quick Reference – 5MCC
Griffith’s 5 Minute Clinical Consult Available as a plug ‘n play book on an
expansion card at Bracken Library No concerns about downloading or memory
space or illegal copying 3 day loan period
Use with the library’s PDA or your own May need to download MobiPocket Reader
(free app) for your own PDA
5MCC (cont’d)
Main Page Images
Quick Reference: PDA Books @ Bracken
Physician’s Desk ReferenceHarrison’s Manual of MedicineWashington Manual of Medical
TherapeuticsStedman’s Medical DictionaryMerck Manual
Quick Reference: Toronto Notes 2005 (abridged)
Need Adobe Acrobat’s Reader to view on PDA $128.50 includes PDA version (available at
Bracken’s Reserve Desk)
Quick Reference: NCBI Bookshelf
Free PDA versions of books for download
Three titles so far: HSTAT: Health Services/Technology
Assessment Text Inflammatory Atherosclerosis Medical Microbiology
Diagnostic Calculators: MedCalc(http://www.med-ia.ch/medcalc/tele.html)
Free; includes many common calculators
MedCalc, cont’d
Evidence-Based Resources: EBM Calculator
calculates statistics for RCTs as well as for diagnostic, prospective & case-control studies
freeware program for Palm & Pocket PC from the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Mount
Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto
Evidence-Based Resources: MedRules Not for clinical use (out of date) Free; Palm OS Evidence-based clinical prediction tools based on
the medical literature
Evidence-Based Resources: InfoRetriever a “point of care” tool to aid in clinical decision-
making “Most comprehensive hand-held tool for
referencing evidence-based medical information.”*
Queen’s faculty and students have access to IR’s web and handheld-based platforms via the library’s paid subscription.
Palm OS or Pocket PC Note: Download to expansion memory card.
*Lewis, M. 2003, Evidence-Based Medicine Tools for your Palm-Top Computer. Family Practice Management, v.10(5);23.
InfoRetriever, cont’d
Searchable by system (e.g. circulatory/digestive), by disease or symptom
Search the following: (by any word) Griffith’s 5MCC Keyword Diagnosis Differential diagnosis Clinical rules & calculators Practice guidelines InfoPOEMS Photo gallery ICD-9 look-up E/M coding wizard
Search results are grouped into categories and assigned a level of evidence. For quick reference, content is tagged with unique icons 5MCC Practice guidelines General treatment Cost effectiveness Drug treatment Surgery, anesthesia, procedures History & physical Diagnostic tests Clinical decision rules Miscellaneous diagnosis Screening for disease Prognosis/natural history Practice admin/health systems
InfoRetriever, cont’d
Journal Citation Retrieval PubMed / Medline
Search PubMed either through your PDA’s web browser or direct using the National Library’s “MD on Tap”
Ovid
Current Awareness
Personalized e-content services or “channels” JournalToGo AvantGo
pdaMD BMC Research Medscape Mobile CollectiveMed.com PsycPORT.com
ePocrates’ DocAlert
JournalToGo (journaltogo.com)
Free and easy, product requires online registration Latest clinical abstracts and news from published and private
infobases Customized by specialty Clinical Rewards Program tests your clinical knowledge while
offering “points” Palm & Pocket PC
AvantGo (www.avantgo.com)
Free Large selection of health
“channels” targeted at consumers and/or healthcare professionals Choose your content Register & download the
software Sync your Palm/Pocket
PC Updated daily e.g. American Medical
News, Urotoday, pdaMD, BMC Research, PsycPORT.com
ePocrates’ DocAlert
Customized medical news service
alerts distributed upon hotsync
To read full text, click “yes” to receive an email after next sync
Register as a specialist and get targeted content in addition to general content
Downloading Software
Things to consider:
For Palm and/or Windows CE operating systems?
Free/shareware or commercial/proprietary?
PDA Software Reviews
Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine Software Recommendations best-known
pdaMD.com a commercial site but it includes
independent software reviews
Software Sites
www.avantgo.com
www.epocrates.com
www.handheldmed.com
www.healthypalmpilot.com
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile/
www.pdamd.com
www.skyscape.com
Announcement: Upcoming CME Course
“Palm Pilot Workshop for Physicians”3.5 hour session to be offered this fall
by FHS Continuing Medical EducationDeveloped by UBC’s Division of
Continuing Medical Education as a national initiative
Approved for 3.5 Mainpro-C credits
For more information…
http://library.queensu.ca/webmed/PDAs.htm Borrowing Bracken’s PDA & PDA books Recommended downloads for PDAs Staying Informed
Please contact us if you have additional questions:
Paola Durando: [email protected]
Gillian Griffith: [email protected]
Thank you!