21 CFR Handheld for PDA and Wireless devices. The complete and authoritative 2005 edition of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) with proposals and final rules published in the Federal Register. Content is updated regularly as released by the Government Printing Office. Need-to-know regulatory information on human drugs and biologics as well as veterinary drugs, cosmetics and food for human consumption. Contents also include details of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) and information regarding Medical Devices and Radiological Health.
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 | The Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine is an up-to-date, practical and comprehensive guide to the management of the acutely ill patient. The reference relates pathophysiology to clinical features to help the reader make the diagnosis quickly. It identifies priorities for treatment and leads the reader, step-by-step, through the management of the patient while awaiting specialist help. Wherever possible, published guidelines have been incorporated to ensure that the reference reflects current, recommended management of medical emergencies, with evidence-based treatments. Details of specialist treatments are included to inform readers about the patient’s likely ongoing care. |
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Handheld devices are becoming critical tools for some doctors and nurses
Most of the doctors who use handheld devices such as personal
digital assistants and mobile phones rely on them for routine
administrative jobs like managing appointments. But a growing number of
physicians, like Dr. Kray, have discovered that these devices can also
be powerful aids in patient care. Doctors can check a patient's medical
history and insurance coverage, call up the Internet to hunt down
information about a condition, and send prescriptions to a pharmacy --
all from the exam room. Home health-care nurses, meanwhile, can use
cameras built into mobile phones to take pictures of a patient's wounds
and email them to the hospital for analysis.
Although
desktop computers could do many of the same jobs, PDAs are a much
better fit for doctors who must make rounds in hospitals or travel
between multiple exam rooms. Even doctors who treat patients in just
one office often prefer a PDA to a PC, since they can use it while
maintaining eye contact with the patients.
For the full article, see the reprint at PatientKeeper.com
WSJ subscribers can see the original article here.
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 | UCLA Medical Center is piloting a mobile, wireless patient
information retrieval system that gives physicians instant access from
throughout the hospital and around the world to real‑time patient data
via wireless Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and cellular smart phones. The
Global Care Quest system, or GCQ, is intended to improve access to patient
data, save health care workers time, trim the cost of care and tighten patient
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Family Practitioners are
enthusiastically embracing the use of mobile medical reference solutions and
cite the timeliness of information and help in reducing medical errors among the
greatest benefits, according to Skyscape, Inc., the leading provider of
interactive mobile references for over 475,000 medical professionals.
"Already well aware of the personal productivity advantages of PDAs, a rapidly
increasing number of family practitioners are employing their mobile devices as
digital medical reference tools," said Sandeep Shah, president and CEO of
Skyscape.
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"USBMIS announces the release of First Aid Clinical Clerkship Series
PDA Applications, now available at www.usbmis.com/faid. These new PDA applications are designed to find medical
information quickly and efficiently and to ensure trainee success on the wards,
at the bedside, and for in-service exams.
The PDA versions, for both Palm and Pocket PC platforms, contain the complete
contents of the First Aid Clinical Clerkship Series books. The PDA navigation is
highly intuitive and the simple web-like navigation will save you time while
still finding all the answers."
All six applications contain the complete contents of the First Aid Clinical
Clerkship Series books, including high-yield topics from shelf exams and
informative pictures and diagrams.
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Are there cultural hurdles you'll have to overcome with the medical
community. Doctors seem to go into these trials almost jaundiced,
making comments like, "What, you want me to use a Pocket PC to conduct
rounds?"
Cnet.com interviews Louis Burns, director of the Digital Health Group at Intel Corporation
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At St. Clair
Hospital, in Pittsburgh, the medical staff in one of the hospital's
surgical units is using dual bar code and RFID readers to track
medication administered to patients. Plugged into palm-size Pocket PCs
linked to the hospital's computer network via a Wi-Fi connection, the
devices save the staff time and help prevent errors.
The system is available on a Pocket PC using Windows Mobile software,
rather than a larger laptop or desktop computer. Therefore, the process
of using both bar code and RFID scanning is more accessible to nursing
staff. Until St. Clair began using the Series 6 solution, nurses worked
with laptop computers on carts that allowed bar code scanning in
patients' rooms. The carts, however, were so unwieldy that the system
was rarely used, according to Rich Schaeffer, VP of technology at St.
Clair.
"The fact that you can take that device [CF RFID Reader-Scan Card]
and plug it into a Pocket PC is a huge adoption [incentive] for
nurses," Schaeffer says.
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Robert Lowes, a senior editor at Medical Economics magazine is writing a story about the 10
most useful PDA programs for primary-care doctors. He writes:
"I'd like to hear
what members of this forum recommend, and why. I hope to assemble a well-rounded list of top PDA programs that
represent such categories as drug guides, dictionaries, prescribing,
calculators, patient trackers, medical references, charge capture and
coding, even electronic health records.
I'm looking forward to your input, which will help us educate our readers about making the most of a PDA."
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Support for Windows Mobile 5.0 and New Data Input Method Are Top Features
for Award-Winning Handwriting Recognition Software for Windows Mobile-based
Pocket PCs
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CalliGrapher, one of the most popular Pocket PC handwriting recognition
applications on the market, analyzes pen strokes written in any application
window or in the designated Write Pad area, then converts those pen strokes
into text and sends the recognized text to the target application. Employing
advanced fuzzy logic and neural net techniques, CalliGrapher recognizes
arbitrary alphanumeric strings as well as words contained in its integrated
dictionary.
CalliGrapher 8.0 supports the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 software
platform. In addition to the classic CalliGrapher "Write Anywhere" input
method, which allows users to enter handwritten information anywhere on the
screen, CalliGrapher 8.0 introduces a new soft input panel called Write Pad.
Write Pad is a specified area at the bottom of the screen where users can
enter handwritten information that is instantly recognized and converted to
the digital text. The text can be easily sent to the desired application.
In addition to handwriting recognition, CalliGrapher offers PenCommander,
an easy-to-use PC navigation tool, and a "Quick Correct" window for fast
correction as the user writes. CalliGrapher also offers language pack
offerings for 11 foreign languages and Medical Pack, a 130,000-word
professional-strength English language medical dictionary.
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