Bedtime Reading
Articles
General Handheld/Mobile Information
The Best Programs for Your Handheld (Medical Economics)- Doctors use handheld technology to save time, improve care (Epocrates)
- Essentials for Mobile Computing in Healthcare (ZDNet)
- Handheld Computer-based Decision Support Reduces Patient Length of Stay and Antibiotic Prescribing in Critical Care (Journal of the American Medical Informatics Assoc.)
- Handheld computing in pediatric practice: Is it for you? (Contemporary Pediatrics — Modern Medicine)
- Handheld Medical Software: Is It Changing Practice? (Clinical Oncology News)
- Mobile Data Could Help Medicine (Research Information)
- Mobile Health Systems — A Brief Overview (ZDNet)
- Three Healthcare Experts Offer Insights on Best Devices and Software (SmartphoneMag.com)
- Use and Perceived Benefits of Handheld Computer-based Clinical References (Jourmal of the American Informatics Association)
- Using Wireless Technology in Healthcare (ZDNet)
- Wireless Healthcare — Bluetooth and Beyond (ZDNet)
Smartphones
- E-Health Provider Epocrates Hails 'Business Friendly' iPhone (Information Week)
- How to Chose a Smartphone (CellAZ.com)
- How to Chose a Smartphone (Smart Device Central)
- How Smartphones Work (How Stuff Works)
- Smartphone Computing Moving Into Docs' Offices (iHealthbeat)
- Smartphone Use Among US Physicians Accelerating (The Diffusion Group)
- Smart Phone Wars: Apple vs. RIM vs. …the Android Operating System?(ChangeWave)
- Top 10 Cell Phone-PDA's (MSN)
PDAs
- The Future's In Your Hands: Preparing tomorrow's clinicians means teaching them how to make the most of PDAs (Healthcare Informatics)
- How PDAs are changing the clinic and classroom (The New Physician — American Medical Student Assoc.)
- PDA Buyer's Guide (Best Buy)
- PDAs Transform Health Care (Pharmacy Times)
- Physicians' use of the personal digital assistant (PDA) in clinical decision making (Journal of the Medical Library Assoc)
- Seven things to know before buying a PDA (Microsoft Small Business Center)
- Survey Reports PDAs Enhance Patient Care (PDA Cortex)
- The Top PDA Resources for Family Physicians (AAFP)
- Utilization of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAS) by Pediatric and Emergency Medicine Residents (Journal of Emergency Medicine)
- Who’s Using PDA’s? Estimates of PDA use by health care providers: a systematic review of surveys (Journal of Medical Internet Research)
Websites & Blogs
medGadget — internet journal of emerging medical technologies
Pediatric PDA Blog — Everything about the use of PDAs in clinical pediatrics
The Palmdoc Chronicles — The latest Medical PDA News and Updates
Multimedia
House Calls for Health Care Professionals: Mobile Devices
Epocrates CTO Bob Quinn and PocketPC magazine editor Dr. Ed Zabrek discuss the new devices and software solutions.
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KUSI News in San Diego: How Epocrates Helps Avoid Medical Errors
Podcast: Mobile Technology and Patient Safety
Harvard researcher Dr. Rothschild and Epocrates’ very own Dr. Fang discuss the results of a breakthrough survey on the perceived use and benefits of mobile clinical references on patient safety.
Books
Evidence-Based Medicine for PDAs (Allan F. Platt, PA)
The Doctor's PDA and Smartphone Handbook (Mohammed Al-Ubaydli, MD)