• Mobility (On-the-go, 24/7 access, small, light)
• Simplicity (Ease of use and understanding)
• Versatility (Able to meet a variety of changing needs)
• Functionality (Extensive applications)
• Easy interconnectivity (beam and sync to other users, desktop, network)
• Organization (coordinates and consolidates schedules, tasks)
• Low Cost (Extremely cost-effective relative to other forms of computer technology)
• Patient Care (cuts down on preventable medical errors)

• Entering Patient information
• Medical calculation
• Medical reference: Drug reference books
• Medical reference: Electronic medical textbooks
• Laboratory result retrieval
• Wireless access to internet resources

• Personal information management
• Electronic patient records
• Laboratory test ordering
• Patient data tracking
• Recording and retrieving data and information at the point of care
• Electronic prescribing or e-prescribing

• Clerical functions
• Scheduling
• Billing
• Data collection
• Printing - bluetooth
• Communications ? email, IM

• Palm
• Blackberry
• Symbian
• Windows Mobile
• Linux, Open Embedded

• Infrared
• Bluetooth
• WiFi

http://www.epocrates.com/index.html Epocrates is a very popular drug reference resource. The product includes information on more than 3,300 brand and generic medications including drug dosing, drug interactions, drug adverse reactions, safety/monitoring, pharmacology, retail pricing and formularies.

Epocrates Rx is free for download for anyone. They also have a pay version that adds other features such as an infectious disease treatment guide and information on alternative medicine.

Their product comparison chart: http://www.epocrates.com/products/comparison_table.html

http://webstore.lexi.com/Store/ON-HAND

Lexi-Comp offers a wide range of drug reference resources for the PDA:

• Lexi-Drugs
• Lexi-Interact
• Pediatric Lexi-Drugs
• Lexi-Pharmacogenomics
• Lexi-Natural Products
• Lexi-I.V. Compatibility

http://www.clinicalpharmacologyonhand.com/

Clinical Pharmacology OnHand offers:

• Extensive, peer-reviewed drug content
• Drug descriptions, indications, interactions, precautions/contraindications, classifications, adverse reactions, pregnancy/lactation, administration and dosage forms/strengths
• Pediatric, adult, geriatric, hepatic and renal dosing, and dosage limits, specific to indication, including off-label uses
• Search capabilities by generic or brand name, indication, classification, precaution or adverse reaction
• Drug interactions report tool for checking combinations of prescription drugs, OTC, herbal and nutritional products for potential interactions ? includes severity rankings and screening for lifestyle factors such as caffeine, food, alcohol, enteral feedings, grapefruit juice and tobacco

http://www.thomsonclinicalxpert.com/

Formerly known as mobileMicromedex, Thomson Clinical Xpert powers your handheld device with a wealth of clinical knowledge from Thomson Micromedex. Thomson Clinical Xpert has more than just drug information, this on-the-go, evidence-based point-of-care application complete with clinical references and tools also gives you access lab test information, a disease database, toxicology information as well as handy medical calculators.

http://www.pepid.com/products/pdc/default.asp?product=PDC

PEPID Portable Drug Companion Suite is developed in partnership with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). All healthcare professionals can benefit from this comprehensive, authoritative drug reference, which is included in all PEPID product suites.

http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/pda/application.shtml

UB?s School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences offers a free PDA resource bundle for their medical students. Included within the bundle is:

• Formchecker ? a drug and formulary resource
• MedCalc- a medical calculator
• Shots2007 ? pediatric/adult immunization chart

Application descriptions at: http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/pda/downloads/1and2yr_readme.pdf

Pharmacy Titles from SkyScape: http://www.skyscape.com/estore/store.aspx?category=55

Free Resources from SkyScape: http://www.skyscape.com/estore/store.aspx?category=35

http://www.collectivemed.com/software.shtml

http://www.unboundmedicine.com/store

http://www.skweezer.net/ Skweezer reformats and compresses web content in order to reduce a web page’s file size and makes the downloaded content easier to view on a small screen.

http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/pubmed/index.html A website for searching MEDLINE? with the web browser of any mobile device.

http://www.google.com/mobile/ Offers several of Google?s services including: Google Maps, Gmail, Google Calendar, Picasa, Blogger, Google Reader and Google Docs.

Dean Hendrix, MLIS, Coordinator of Education Services Health Sciences Library dhendrix@buffalo.edu 829-3900 x112