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Medical libraries, medical schools, as well as groups and individuals, are sharing information on how they are using PDAs in health care. Here are some selected sites that can help you learn how your colleagues in other medical schools are using PDAs and other mobile technologies. O

Educational Sites

NIH-HUG: National Institute of Health's Handheld Users Group http://hug.sig.nih.gov/HUG/default.htm Information on handheld resources, services, and technologies & concise. Ectopic Brain PalmOS® in Clinical Practice http://pbrain.hypermart.net/ Site developed by individual. Provides links to hardware, software,basics and news. Handheld Recommendations http://handheld.medicine.dal.ca/ Recommendations for Handheld Hardware and Software Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) http://nursing.ouhsc.edu/npweb/hardware.asp Guide to PDAs from the College of Nursing University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. East Carolina University Handsprings to Learning http://www.ecu.edu/handheld/devicesupport.html Describes university use of handheld devices in course work. Handheld computers in family medicine http://www.fammed.wisc.edu/education/res/pilotweb.htm PDA Resources http://library.uchc.edu/pda/ from the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the University of Connecticut Health Center Palm@ UVA http://www.med.virginia.edu/medicine/student-affairs/palm/ University of Virginia School of Medicine information about use of handheld devices. Palm/Internet and Miscellany for Baylor College of Medicine Residents http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/medpeds/palm.html Short introduction to using a palm device by an individual. Includes links to other sites. PDA Pharmacy Resource Page http://library.osfsaintfrancis.org/pharm1.htm#1 Pharmacy grand rounds presentation. Includes web links to PDA drug databases, prescription writing tools and article citations on PDA drug database reviews/applications. Authors indicate site will be updated periodically PDA Resources for Health Professionals http://www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/pda/home.html Primarily for University of Virginia affiliated health care providers. Provides links to selected software & hardware sites. PDA's in Family Practice http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/FamMed/teaching/residency/pda.cfm From the University of Rochester Department of Family Medicine. Shares experiences with PDA use in their department. Good overview. PDAs for Health Care Providers http! ://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda/index.htm From the Arizona Health Sciences Library. Links to hardware, software, tips and news. Pediatrics on Hand: The Complete Guide to the Pediatric Handheld http://www.pediatricsonhand.com/ Site professes to keep the most up-to-date collection of pediatric specific programs and files for the Palm based handheld. Provides reviews of products and links to sites for purchase. Includes resources for parents. Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) Resources http://www.library.vcu.edu/tml/bibs/pda.html From the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, a selected list of links for handheld devices. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs/Palms): Resources for Health Care Professionals http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/pdas/ A site providing a starting point for finding resources and applications. Washington University Medical Palm Initiative http://medicine.wustl.edu/~wumpi/ Provides links to useful websites relating to handheld devices and resources Palmtop Medicine http://www.cbil.vcu.edu/pda/ Provides links to various useful sites. Palm Pilot http://www.medscout.com/palm_pilot/ A set of links to handheld information

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