Library Grand Rounds

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

Resource Links

PDA Software

Database Software

Medical Resources

General


Please contact Karen Odato, the Libraries' education coordinator, if you have questions, comments or suggestions for future Library Grand Rounds.


The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this educational activity for up to one hour in Category I credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the educational activity.
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.




Last update 18-September-2001 by Biomedical Libraries Web Group
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/new.htmld/lgr_pda.shtml
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