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I’ve just been updating Doctors’ Gadgets.com. The site has news and discussion about PDAs, EMR and other gadgets that doctors use.
It’s also the host to the video tutorials that accompany the RSM Press book, “The Doctors’ PDA and Smartphone Handbook“.
Steve Jobs has announced the the Apple iPhone will have a release date of June 2007.
The iPhone is really a PDA-phone like the Palm Treos, Blackberrys and Microsoft Windows Mobile devices (like my i-mate K-JAM).
This has significant implications for the medical world as a large percentage of doctors are currently using PDA phones for medical references, EMR integration, calculators and so on. - Update: TUAW is reporting that the iPhone won’t allow user installable applications. This information seem to be from a “security/information” attendant so I’m not sure how reliable this information is.
I can see many old Palm stalwarts now switching the iPhone. It will be interesting to see how Skyscape, PEPID, etc respond to this new device and when we’ll see a 5 Min CC iPhone version!
Update: Apple iPhone size comparison to Moto Q, Treo and Blackberry at Engadget.
Update 2: More screenshots - this thing looks fantastic!
Update 3: Video demos of all the features are now on the Apple Website.
Update 4: Steve Jobs interviewed about the new iPhone:
Starting this week, applications are open for the Ali
Abdulla Al-Ubaydli™ Scholarships for Mobile Medical Computing™. This is
an international scholarship program sponsored by Epocrates and the five
selected winners will each receive:
* $1,000 Scholarship.
* Mentoring and one-on-one tutorials with Dr Mo Al-Ubaydli.
* Publication of their work in the Mobile Medical Computing Reviews journal
* Press campaigns by Epocrates and Dr Mo Al-Ubaydli.
* One year free subscription to Epocrates Essentials all-in-one mobile
reference to drugs, diseases and diagnostics.
Anyone with a new Palm or Pocket PC (Windows Mobile) PDA always wants to get stuck in and load it up with all the free software they can get their hands on. Of course, most of that software gets deleted but some are gems that will stay the course.
Here’s a list of some free medical PDA software apps that are particularly good:
This is a very popular drug database. It used to be just US drug names but they have recently released several international versions including UK and France.
Differential diagnosis software. Search by disease, symptom or organ system.
3. Johns Hopkins Antibiotics Guide
Palm Only
This is a handheld version of the Johns Hopkins POC-IT Antibiotic (ABX) Guide
Several software applications from the National Library of Medicine.
Includes:
The complete set of Pocket Guideline materials adapted and enhanced for mobile devices from the full text version of ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines.
Palm Only
Medical Calculator for Palm OS PDAs. Designed for rapid calculation of equations used in adult internal medicine.
Free medical calculator from Skyscape. Useful if you use a Windows Mobile device and can’t use MedMath.
EBM tools, databases and guidelines.
I’m helping judge the Smartphone and Pocket PC Mag Awards this year. I’m really looking forward to trying out all the latest programmes.
I’ll update you with the results when they are released…
Windows Mobile Forum.com has changed over to WinMobForum.com. WinMobForum is the place to discuss everything about Windows Mobile Smartphones and Pocket PCs.