Applications

• Licensed Applications (Yale/YNHH only)
• Selected Free Applications
• Additional Pediatric Applications

 

Other Resources

• Other PDA Pages at Yale
• PDA Buyer's Guides & Reviews
• Major Hardware Manufacturers
• Online Vendors
• Medical PDA Sites
• Further Information on PDAs in Healthcare

PDA Software Workstation

The PDA Software Workstation allows quick and easy installation of selected Palm OS medical software programs. Located behind the Information Desk.

Palm - ~ 1MB of program memory and 37 MB on memory card or T5 expanded internal memory

PPC - 50 MB free to install. After installation, ~ 37 MB of memory on either internal memory or memory card.

Installation Notes:
- Registration Required
- Initial install includes only News and TOCs. Return to site, login and click on PDA link to install any or all other modules.

This is the institutional gateway from Unbound Medicine. Users can install one or more of the availble resources including:

• BMJ Clinical Evidence
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
• Current Consult Medicine
• Unbound Surgery
• Journal Table of Contents

Palm:
1.8 MB program memory
~18 MB memory card or T5 expanded internal memory

PPC: (to be determined)

Current version:
     May 2005

PIER© is a an evidence-based clinical guidance tool from the American College of Physicians. It includes a large collection of disease modules, procedures,and special sections on alternative medicine and ethical/legal issues. Updated monthly.
PIER is also available as a Web-based resource through the Stat!Ref E-books platform.

PPC may be available sometime in 2005

Requires ~500KB program memory & ~17MB on memory card or T5 expanded internal memory

Requires ~335KB free program memory

Note to T5 & Treo 650 users: Program can't use expanded internal memory or memory card on these models. Installation unreliable. Must install entire application to handheld program memory. Space requirement of 16MB.

mobileMICROMEDEX provides contains condensed information derived from online Micromedex Health Series products. In addition to drug information, mobileMICROMEDEX includes a drug interactions module, targeted acute care points on hundreds of conditions, alternative medicine and toxicology information.

Palm - 5-8MB depending on number of modules installed, bulk on memory card.

PPC - 6.5-9MB depending on number of modules installed

Subspecialty sections and individual monographs can be downloaded. Includes a dozen mongraphs and over 200 subspecialty sections.

Follow the "PDA and Wireless" link on the eMedicine homepage to download the reader and to select content. You will receive each file via email. Then use your install tool to transfer the file to your PDA.

Content under "eBooks" section of reader.

Requires the free Mobipocket Reader.
     2.5 MB program memory for the reader.

Memory cards supported. Size needed varies according to # of sections download.

You can download selected sections from any of the several dozen books including:

• Harrisons Online
• Hurst's The Heart
• Lange Clinical MedicineSeries
• Lange Basic Sciences Series

Content under "eNews" section of reader.

Requires the free Mobipocket Reader.
     2.5 MB program memory for the reader.

Memory cards supported. Size needed varies according to # of sections download. supported.

POCKETConsult provides you with medical news and drug updates, and the latest tables of contents (some with abstracts) from hundreds of journals.

You must register for an MDConsult Personal Account if you don't have one already. After logging in, click on the "my PDA" icon.

Content under "eNews" section of reader.

PocketConsult also uses the Mobipocket reader.

Memory cards supported. Size needed varies according to # of sections download. supported.

This popular drug resource is the single most used medical PDA application. Free basic version available for both Palm and PPC and with either a Mac or Windows computer.

Other versions require annual subscription fee.
*** Discount code for all Yale University affiliates. Contact Mark Gentry for details - mark.gentry@yale.edu

Install to program memory only

Up to 8MB depending upon platforn and version installed.

MedCalc is a medical calculator running on Palm Powered™ handheld devices. It is designed for rapid calculation of common equations used in clinical medicine (including anesthesiology, pediatrics, emergency, intensive care and internal medicine).

At least 370 Kb of free memory (including space for MathLib)

Free medical and surgical differential diagnosis tool from McGraw-Hill. Based on content from Lange series.

Palm: 800KB program memory minimum

PPC: 1.1 MB program memory minimum

Memory card supported

Medical Eponyms™ contains a list of over 1,500 common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing's sign, Virchow's node) with descriptions. Andrew Yee, author.

~ 350 KB program memory

Medical Eponyms™ is a Pocket PC program that contains a list of over 1,500 common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing's sign, Virchow's node) with descriptions. It is based on Andrew Yee's medical eponym database..

The Antibiotic Guide is a "decision support tool" intended to provide clinicians with concise, digested, timely information about the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases.

See site for memory requirements.

Limited support for PPCs. Will not run on Windows Mobile 2003

This program is free for healthcare profesionals. This includes the Merck Manual, the Pocket Guide to Diagnositic Tests and Reuters Medical News.

Palm: ~8 MB memory

PPC: ~9 MB memory

Majority of content can be stored on memory card.

One of the best general resources for the PDA. With AvantGo, you can get thousands of specially formatted brand-name web sites ("channels") on your PDA: news, weather, eMagazines, maps, medical resources, and more.

Registration required.

Palm: ~ 1,000 KB program memory PLUS space for data.

PPC: ~ 600-900 KB program memory PLUS space for data.

The PDA version, for both Palm and Pocket PC platforms, contains the complete contents of the 35th edition of The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy. The PDA navigation is highly intuitive and the simple web-like navigation will allow you to save time while still finding all the answers.

Currently in Beta testing. Registration required.

Shots 2005 is a quick reference guide to the 2005 Childhood Immunization Schedule, a collaboration of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the 2004-2005 Adult Immunization Schedule, recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

Cost: FREE

Palm: 400KB program memory

PPC: 360KB memory for the application but 2.8MB required for additional components (see download site for details)

The Riley Kidometer is a quick and intuitive database of age-based normals. It was created by the staff of Riley Hospital for Children and is now available for users everywhere.

Cost: $18 after 30 day trial

Palm:~600KB. Runs from either program memory or memory care

PPC: 1.1 MB program memory minimum

This program calculates growth percentiles based on the June 2000 revision of the CDC Growth Charts for the United States, NHBPEP blood pressure guidelines and BMI calculations.

Cost: Palm version is free. PPC version requires an additional paid 3rd party application.

Palm: 130KB program memory & space for MathLib program

PPC: requires purchase of the StyleTap™ Platform