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HeSCA 2002, Winnipeg Handheld Computers in Medicine Christopher A. Sarley Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, Pa.

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Handheld Computers in Medicine. Christopher A. Sarley Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, Pa. Handheld Computers. 20% - 40% Physicians using handheld computers Estimated that 85% will be using handhelds by 2003 Potential time saver Potential money saver Potential for reduced errors. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Handheld Computers in Medicine

HeSCA 2002, Winnipeg

Handheld Computers in Medicine

Christopher A. SarleyLehigh Valley Hospital

Allentown, Pa.

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Handheld Computers

20% - 40% Physicians using handheld computers

Estimated that 85% will be using handhelds by 2003

Potential time saver Potential money saver Potential for reduced errors

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Clinical Applications

Clinical drug references Electronic prescription tools Clinical textbooks Patient tracking Evidence based reference

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ePocrates Available for Palm OS 2600+ medications Adult & Peds dosing Packaging & Pricing info Rx – Automatically updated DocAlerts – product updates MultiCheck drug interactions Formulary available for AK, CA, DE,

GA, MA, MN, OR, TX, WA, AZ, CT, FL, KN, MI, MO, OH, PA, VA

Alternative medication application in development

ePocrates, Inc.www.epocrates.com

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Mobile Micromedex

Free to Micromedex Healthcare series subscribers

Available for Palm and Win CE Consists of:

Acute Care Info Alt Med Info (> 265 herbal

supplements) Drug Info (> 1400

monographs) Toxicology Info Drug interaction tool

available at additional cost Updated Quarterly Must download and reinstall

to update

Micromedexwww.micromedex.com

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Other Medication References

Tarascon’s ePharmacopoeia Franklin Pocket PDR Lexidrugs (www.lexi.com) Physicians Drug Handbook (www.handheldmed.com) The Medical Letter Adverse Drug Interactions

database

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Electronic Prescription Tools

iScribe Available for Palm OS Prints prescription via Infrared Integrates with practice management

system Point of care charge capturing

ePhysician Sends prescription directly to pharmacy

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Clinical Texts

Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine

5 Minute Clinical Consult 5 Minute Pediatric Consult Merck Manual Washington Manual of Medical

Therapeutics Physicians Drug Handbook

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Reference Tools

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Ovid @hand

Available for Palm OS Windows CE version

in development

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Ovid @hand

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Ovid @hand

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AvantGo

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HandHeld Med Channels

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Up-To-Date

Point of care information

Available for Handheld by end of 2002

Windows CE Estimated 1GB

memory

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Patient Tracking

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Patient Tracker

Available for Palm and Windows CE

Integrates with desktop application

Beam data to other Patient Tracker users

Beam info to Ir equipped printer

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Patient Keeper

Available for Palm OS devices Integrates with a variety of

health management systems

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Security / HIPAA

Protect data in multiple ways Require hardware password Require application password Validate user and device separately

when synching institutional data Encrypt Pt. Data stored Follow established internal HIPAA /

security guidelines

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EBM Tools

InfoRetriever Includes 5 minute clinical

consult w/ images 1200 abstracts from

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Clinical prediction rules Evidence based treatment

guideleines Windows CE & Palm

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Calculators

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MedMath

More than 30 Common clinical formulas

Selectable units of measure Sorted by category

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Other calculators

Med Calc PregPro Pregnancy Wheel TPN Reference

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Education

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AvantGo

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Eye Module Digital Camera

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Additional Uses

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Active ECG

FDA Approved cardiac monitor

Available for Palm based devices

Emergency settings Clinical Office setting Home Health Care

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Prehospital

www.med-media.com

R-EMStat

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Prehospital

Emergency Medical System Patient information Emergency Field Guide

Fire Emergencies Incident Tracking Emergency Field Guide

Integrates with base station computer

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Which Device is better?

Determine which applications you will need

Use different devices if possible before purchasing

Prominence of a particular device in your environment

Memory Running programs from

expansion cards Windows CE

HHPC v PPC Device specific

applications

Both Palm and Windows CE platforms offer a variety of excellent choices

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Resources

educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda/art.htm

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Resources

Web Sites www.pdamd.com www.handhledmed.com

Listserv Palm-Med (Univ. Michigan) Med-Ed (AAMC)