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The Handheld PDA: A Valuable Clinical Information Tool
September 18, 2001

Handheld "Personal Digital Assistants" (PDAs) such as the popular Palm devices are rapidly becoming a tool of choice for the busy clinician, resident, and medical student. With handhelds, medical professionals can access and manage information at the point-of-care where decision support is crucial. Handheld devices can provide patient tracking, clinical diagnosis support, drug reference, medical dictionaries and calculators, calendars, and contact lists - all in a device that you can easily carry in your pocket and access instantly.

This Library Grand Rounds provided an overview of this rapidly changing technology and updates on activities at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth Medical School/Dartmouth College. We illustrated some of the resources available locally and on the Web to help you fit a handheld into your future.

Agenda

  • Introduction
    Bill Garrity, Director of Biomedical Libraries
  • Hardware and Operating System Overview (Powerpoint presentation)
    Dave Izzo, Manager of Computing and Media Services, Biomedical Libraries
  • Current Initiatives
    • Bill Weyrick, Director of User Support, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    • Steve McAllister, Director of Information Technology, Dartmouth Medical School (Powerpoint presentation)
    • Todd Burdett, Dartmouth Medical School Student '04 (Powerpoint presentation)

Resource Links

PDA Database Software

PDA Medical Resources

General PDA Resources

 

Library Grand Rounds are a forum for presenting information resources and tools of interest to Dartmouth clinicians. Please contact us biomedical.libraries.education@dartmouth.edu, if you have questions, comments, or suggestions for future Library Grand Rounds.