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June 15, 2007

ACP-ASIM Clinical References

Free. ACP/ASIM Clinical References provides clinical practice guidelines, Normal Lab Values from MKSAP 12, Normal Lab Values from MKSAP 12, and more.

AIDSinfo - HIV/AIDS Information

The AIDSinfo site of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides free guidelines for Pocket PC and Palm OS devices.

June 12, 2007

Antibiotic Guide

Free. The Antibiotic Guide is produced by Johns Hopkins University and provides concise information on the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Optimized for Palm OS devices.

June 11, 2007

ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov provides information from the National Institutes of Health on current information about clinical research studies. Searches include the ability to query by disease/condition or treatment location.

Current AACP Guidelines

The American College of Chest Physicians provides free evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for download to handheld devices.

Diagnosarus

Diagnosaurus provides 1000+ differential diagnosis guides. Search by disease, symptom, or organ system. Free

EBM Toolkit for the PDA

Created by the Duke University Medical Center Library, the EBM Toolkit includes reference information and guides for evaluating clinical articles. Free files downloadable via personal AvantGo accounts.

Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS)

ePSS is designed to help primary care clinicians identify and offer appropriate screening, counseling, and preventive medication services for their patients. The information is based on the current, evidence-based recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). For Palm OS and Pocket PC compatible devices.

FirstConsult Handheld

FirstConsult Handheld works with POCKETConsult to offer differential diagnosis and medical topics information for handheld devices. Medical calculators and Mosby's Drug Consult are also available. You will need to set up a free personal account. (VCU Libraries license)

MD Consult Mobile edition/Pocket Consult

Available free to VCU faculty, staff, and students. Pocket Consult provides access to daily news updates, weekly drug updates, and journal abstracts.

Mobile MerckMedicus

Mobile MerckMedicus offers downloads of The Merck Manual 17th Ed., the Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Reuters Medical News, MEDLINE Journal Abstracts, and MerckMedicus and MEDLINE Search capabilities. Users must register.

Mosby's Drug Reference

Mosby's Drug Reference is available free to VCU faculty, staff, and students through FIRSTConsult. Login to FIRSTConsult and set up a personal account in order to download the reference.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Applications for Palm OS and PocketPC Devices

This NHLBI site offers free interactive tools and resources. Applications include a BMI calculator, asthma treatment guidelines, cholesterol management tool, and more.

Nurse's Pocket Drug Guide

The Nurse’s Pocket Drug Guide is available for purchase at http://www.usbmis.com. The guide provides nurses with selection and administration information for 1000 medications. Entries include data on drug interactions, laboratory test-findings, nursing implications, and patient education for each entry. The guide also provides data on common uses, mechanisms of action, pediatric and adult dosages, and side effects. Available for the Palm or PocketPC.

Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator

Provided by AHRQ, the Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator is a tool to assist clinicians in determining the appropriate care for newly diagnosed cases of community-acquired pneumonia. It helps to calculate the severity index of a pneumonia patient. For Palm OS and Pocket PC devices.

POCKETConsult

Available free to VCU faculty, staff, and students, MD Consult Mobile Edition/Pocket Consult provides access to daily news updates, weekly drug updates, and journal abstracts. From MD Consult, you may set up a personal account that allows you to set up downloads for you handheld device.

PubMed via Pico

Free. PubMed via Pico was developed by researchers at the National Library of Medicine. PICO (which stands for Patient/Problem, Intervention, Compared to, and Outcome) is a concept used for structuring questions to locate clinical information.

Shots 2006

Shots provides current immunization information for Pocket PC and Palm OS devices. The downloads provide free updates from the The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Skyscape: Medical and Nursing Software

Skyscape provides a variety of information products for health professionals to use on their PDAs and Smartphones. $$