The best new software for your PDA/Smartphone

Here is a short review of software to help make practicing medicine a little easier.

Includes a review of device characteristics:

Android,Apple,BlackBerry,Palm,Symbian,Windows, memory issues, input methods, WiFi, 3G and EHR integration.

Includes products from:

AAP,AAFP,ACP,Epocrates,Johns Hopkins, Merck,Skyscape, UpToDate. SV

Medical Economics Article

Modern Medicine Podcast

Related Article: Consumer Health Applications for the iPhone/iPod Touch

Make your Smartphone Smarter Podcast

Here are some suggestions for getting the most out of your smartphone. SV

Modern Medicine Podcast

iphone video accessory: Owle

Imagine a bracket into which you could snap your iphone.
The bracket would help you hold the camera steady, add accessory lenses, a boom microphone, video light and possibly a camera facing you.

The iphone could then be used to video presentations, procedures and even video conference!

Check out the videos.
How would this help you in your practice and family life? SV

Owle

ePocrates OTC drug module available

This should help address the issue of OTC medications and their potential interactions with prescription medications.

Here's the low down: SV

What is the new OTC drug module
The new Epocrates OTC drug module - available with all our premium subscription products - provides the latest information on hundreds of brand name over-the-counter drugs. Our product-specific monographs answer questions such as:


What are the active ingredients and their uses?
What's the dose for my patient's age?
What flavors are available?
Does the product contain alcohol, sugar, or dyes?
Will it interact with prescription and herbal medications?
Is there another product with the same active ingredients, but in a chewable or liquid form?
My patient needs an analgesic, an antihistamine, and an antitussive; is there one product with all of these?
Is this product covered by my patient's health insurance?

ePocrates

iPhone 3.0 OS upgrade video

Here's the link.

Get copy and paste, stereo bluetooth, landscape keyboard, peer to peer gaming and more. SV




Video presentation

Apple

iPod Touch 3.0 OS upgrade video

Here's the link.

Get copy and paste, stereo bluetooth, landscape keyboard, peer to peer gaming and more. SV

Video presentation

Apple

New iPhone 3 GS: guided tour

The new iPhone is out: runs applications faster (about twice as fast), connects to broadband faster (HSDPA), 3.2 MP camera and does video.
Tell us which applications you use and would like to see. SV

iPhone 3 GS guided tour


Apple WWDC 2009 Keynote address