Health Care Resources for Microsoft® Windows® Powered Pocket PC

Please do not consider the inclusion of links to PDA applications below an endorsement of their accuracy or reliability.

Bioterrorism

911™ Free Emergency Responder Resource (www.skyscape.com/EStore/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=714) - incorporates content from Outlines in Clinical Medicine/Medical Emergencies (OCM/911), The Medical Letter, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Books, Medical

Merck Manual, 17th edition (www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/hcp_mobile_merckmanual.jsp)
$ Sanford Guide to HIV/AIDS Therapy 2004 for the Pocket PC (www.sanfordguide.com/)
$ Unbound Medicine (www.unboundmedicine.com) Use this link for a 25% discount for UMKC Students and Faculty
FreewarePPC.com (www.freewareppc.com/medical/medical.shtml)
PocketPCcity (www.pocketpccity.com/software/pocketpc/prod-medical-datesort-1.html)
PDACortex (www.pdacortex.com/pocket_pc_software.htm)
$ Unbound Medicine (www.unboundmedicine.com)
$ PEPID (www.pepid.com)
$ Pediatrics On Hand (pediatricsonhand.com)
$ UpToDate (www.uptodate.com) - Personal subscribers get CD-ROM, online and Pocket PC access with their subscription to UpToDate.
$ HandHeldMed (www.handheldmed.com)
$ PDA MD (www.pdamd.com)
$ Medical Pocket PC (www.medicalpocketpc.com) - includes books such as the 5 Minute Clinical Consult, Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, Harriet Lane Handbook, and more.
$ PDAmd.com (www.pdamd.com/vertical/home.xml)
$ PocketGear.com (www.pocketgear.com/software_browse.asp?cat=69) - a few free applications
$ C Weber MD's Handango.com (www.handango.com/PlatformTopSoftware.jsp?siteId=1&platformId=2&title=C%2BWeber%2BMD&authorId=70507)
Mobipocket (www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/medical.asp?Language=EN)

Books, Non-Medical

MemoWare (www.memoware.com/)
PlanetPDF (www.planetpdf.com/free_pdf_ebooks.asp)
$eReader (www.ereader.com/)
$ Microsoft Reader (www.microsoft.com/reader/)
$ Fictionwise (www.fictionwise.com/)
$ eBookMall (www.ebookmall.com/)

Calculators

Archimedes (www.skyscape.com/EStore/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=227)
EBM Calculator v1.1a (www.cebm.utoronto.ca/pocketpc/ebmcalc) - assists with critical appraisal related to diagnostic tests, prospective studies, case control studies, randomized controlled trials, and odds ratios.
Handymed HandyRef (www.handymed.com/HandyRef/index.htm) -- includes DKA Management, Narcotic Dose Equivalencies, Insulin Sliding Scales, Mini-Mental Status Exam, CIWA-Ar Alcohol Withdrawal, ACE inhibitor dosing conversions, and much more.
Antibiotic Kinetics© (http://www.rxkinetics.com/)
$ APK© (Adult and Pediatric Kinetics) (http://www.rxkinetics.com/)

Diagnosis

Diagnosaurus (books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/diagnosaurus/index.html)
mobileMicromedex Diagnosis Tool (mobilemicromedex.thomsonhc.com) (Contact the Health Sciences Library at (816) 235-1880 or Sue Sykes Berry for username and password)
Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests (www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/hcp_mobile_pocket_guide.jsp)

Document Readers

Adobe Reader for Pocket PC (www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforppc.html) -- view Adobe Acrobat PDF documents on your Pocket PC.

Drug Databases

$Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide (hopkins-abxguide.org)
ePocrates Rx™ (www.epocrates.com) (ePocrates Rx™is currently free; ePocrates Rx Pro™ includes alternative medicines and infectious disease information for a yearly subscription cost)
Micromedex (mobilemicromedex.thomsonhc.com) (Contact the Health Sciences Library at (816) 235-1880 or Health Sciences Library Reference Desk for library's free password)
$ Lexi-Comp (www.lexi.com)
mobilePDR™ (www.pdr.net/home/pdrHome.aspx) - free for qualified physicians, nurse practioners, physician assistants, medical students and residents.
Immunization Schedule from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group on Immunization Education--Shots 2004 (www.immunizationed.org/AnyPage.aspx?PageName=ShotsHome)
Drugs Used in the Treatment of HIV Infection (www.acponline.org/pda/clinical_references.htm)
$ Skyscape Drug Guides (www.skyscape.com/estore/store.aspx)--includes many drug guides including: nursing drug guides, general drug handbooks, natural medicines, anaesthesia medications, cancer and chemotheraphy medications, pregnancy and lactation.
$ Tarascons Pocket Pharmacopoeia™Deluxe PDA Version (www.tarascon.com)
$ Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy (www.sanfordguide.com)
$ Medical Letter® Handheld Edition (www.medicalletter.com/html/software_he.htm)
$ Medical Letter® Adverse Drug Interactions Database (www.medicalletter.com/html/software_desc3.htm)
$ Lexi-Drugs (www.lexi.com)
$ TheraDoc Antibiotic Assistant™ (www.theradoc.com)

EBM Calculators and Applications

EBM Calculator v1.1a (www.cebm.utoronto.ca/palm/ebmcalc) -- assists with critical appraisal related to diagnostic tests, prospective studies, case control studies, randomized controlled trials, and odds ratios.
Students' Guide to the Medical Literature (denison.uchsc.edu/SG/PDA.html) -- how to develop answerable questions, formulate a literature search, critically appraise articles, and incorporate findings into practice.
$ InfoPoems InfoRetriever (www.infopoems.com/) -- includes access to abstracts from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, POEMs, evidence-based practice guideline summaries, calculators, and the 5 Minute Clinical Consult.

ECG

ActiveECG (www.activecenter.com)

Medline

PubMed on Tap (archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/pmot/pmot.php) -- for devices that can connect to the Internet wirelessly--application that you download and install to your handheld that searches PubMed and can save and sort results
Medline for Handhelds (pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/) -- use this website to wirelessly connect to a text-based web version of PubMed
MerckMedicus Medline Journal Abstracts (www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/hcp_mobile_medline_journals.jsp)
MerckMedicus Medline Search (www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/hcp_mobile_search.jsp)

Patient Databases

$ Patient Keeper (www.patientkeeper.com)

Pediatrics

Immunization Schedule from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group on Immunization Education--Shots 2005 (www.immunizationed.org/AnyPage.aspx?PageName=ShotsHome)
$ Pediatrics On Hand (pediatricsonhand.com)--includes variety of pediatrics-related applications
$ Tarascon Pediatric Emergency Pocketbook (www.medicalwizards.com/client/productdesc.aspx?productid=61)

Practice Guidelines

Guideline.gov (www.guideline.gov/resources/pda.aspx) - list of guidelines for PDAs from the National Guideline Clearinghouse

American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (www.acponline.org/pda/clinical_references.htm)

CDC Vaccine Information Statements related to care of adults

JNC VI Hypertension Management

US Preventive Services Task Force Guidelines

2001 ADA Guidelines

American College of Cardiology(www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/palm_downloadpc.htm)

Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery

Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)

Management of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina

Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices

Management of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease

Management of Patients with Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

American Heart Association (http://www.apprisor.com/whatsnew.cfm?CFID=1501208&CFTOKEN=19310655)

Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

AHA Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: 2002 Update

American College of Chest Physicians (accp.apprisor.com/dlselect.cfms)

Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy: Evidence-Based Guidelines; Quick Reference Guide

Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer: ACCP Evidence-Based Guidelines, Quick Reference Guide

Evidence-Based Guidelines for Weaning and Discontinuing Ventilatory Support, Quick Reference Guide

ACP/ACCP Management of Acute Exacerbations of COPD Algorithm

Evidence-Based Assessment of Diagnostic Tests for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Quick Reference Guide

Managing Cough as a Defense Mechanism and as a Symptom, Quick Reference Guide

Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Quick Reference Guide

US Dept of Health and Human Services AIDSInfo Guidelines
(http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/PDATools/Default.aspx?MenuItem=AIDSinfoTools)

Adult & Adolescent

Considerations for Antiretroviral Therapy in Women

Hydroxyurea

Safety and Toxicity of Individual Antiretroviral Agents in Pregnancy

Pediatric

Pediatric Antiretroviral Drug Information

Perinatal

Safety and Toxicity of Individual Antiretroviral Agents in Pregnancy

Health-Care Worker Exposure

Nonoccupational Exposure Considerations Tuberculosis

Opportunistic Infection

$ Mobile EBM Guidelines (www.ebm-guidelines.com/mobile.html)

Toxicology

National Library of Medicine's Review of PDA Applications in Toxicology and Environmental Health (sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/PDAReview/PDAHomePage.htm) -- links to free and for-fee applications and reviews

USMLE Review

$CollectiveMed.com (CollectiveMed.com)

Wireless Software

PubMed on Tap (archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/pmot/pmot.php)--for devices that can connect to the Internet wirelessly--application that you download and install to your handheld that searches PubMed and can save and sort results

Wireless Websites

Pocket PC Magazine's list of websites optimized for the wireless Pocket PC (www.pocketpcmag.com/mobile.htm)
Google for Mobile Devices (www.google.com/wml) - note: this website will only connect if you are using a wireless device. For more information on Google Mobile, visit www.google.com/mobile/formats.html.
Medline for Handhelds (pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/) -- for devices that connect to the Internet wirelessly--use this website to wirelessly connect to a text-based web version of PubMed

For more information about medical applications for PDAs including classes or demonstrations, contact Sue Sykes Berry, Instruction Librarian at 235-1874