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David B. Hill |
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UCDMC Family Practice |
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Epidemiology |
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Signs & Symptoms |
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Natural Course |
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Treatment |
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Vague -> Certain feeling that you’re being
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Craving for hardware in hand |
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Difficulty making decision regarding selection. |
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Sudden loss of $ from bank account |
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Sudden loss of sleep from enthusiasm |
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Original Palm Pilot™ (mfr: US Robotics) |
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Descendent of Apple’s Newton |
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3Com acquisition |
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Palm™ brand devices |
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Palm III, V, VII, m100 |
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Breakaway: Handspring Visor™ |
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TRG Pro |
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Sony, others in market development |
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Current version 3.5 |
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Supports wireless interaction (Palm VII) |
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Extraordinarily efficient design / footprint |
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“Look & Feel” hybrid between MacOS and
Newton |
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Functionally identical along current hardware
platforms. (No guarantees) |
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Derived from Claris (Apple) Organizer |
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Calendar |
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Address (Contacts) |
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To Do |
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Memo |
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Matching functionality in Desktop PC’s. |
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Windows (Version 4, 1-29-01) |
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Macintosh (Version 2.5, 2000) |
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Hot Sync |
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Record-by-record comparison of matching items
between Palm and PC, keeps latest version on both platforms |
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Outstanding Ergonomics! |
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Teeny tiny screen |
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Lack of keyboard |
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Undeserved bad
reputation
about Graffiti |
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Not so speedy |
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Only 8 MB!
(advanced tricks to work
around in some models.) |
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More titles out there than you can possibly use |
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Your questions always welcome. |
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Examples to follow meet only one criterion for
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More titles out there than you can possibly use |
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Your questions always welcome. |
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Examples to follow meet only one criterion for
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I’m using them. |
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Replaces native application |
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Tab metaphor for organization |
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Control panel at bottom for status/control |
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Great example of quick and effective programs. |
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Shareware ($10) |
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ePocrates’ qRx |
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ePocrates’ qID |
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AvantGo |
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Patient Keeper |
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Formulas |
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Inhaler Colors |
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Therapeutic Levels |
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Narcotic Equivalents |
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Thrombolytic Criteria |
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Vaccination Schedule |
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Login at www.epocrates.com/profile |
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Create account (first time only) |
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Method 1 |
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Hit “Configure” & follow instructions |
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Method 2 |
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Manually fill in data in Autoupdate |
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Server: ePocrates Server |
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Hostname: sync4.epocrates.com |
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Port: 80 |
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Username & password, from above |
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Currently Free |
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1.1 MB |
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Large data base |
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Lots of data |
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Infect. Dz product in the works |
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Enforces timely
updates |
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Adult Dosing |
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Peds Dosing |
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Contraindications |
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Interactions |
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Adverse Rxns |
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Cost |
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Misc |
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Your Notes |
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Demo-ware |
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1 month free |
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$35 to purchase |
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500 KB |
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Excellent Inpatient tool. |
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Written by MS-4 |
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PATIENT CONFIDENTALITY! |
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Must use SignOn |
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Uses your signature or your password |
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Can (Must) be set to auto-off & lock Palm |
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15 minutes recommended |
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Can be disabled when not carrying pt information |
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$70 from Skyscape |
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2.5 MB |
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Unabridged from textbook of same name |
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Great memory jogger for quick reference. |
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“Doc” refers to a compressed text file. |
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TealDoc is one of many programs for reading
these Docs. |
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Good feature list |
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Shareware, $20 |
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“Folio” is a half-program / half-Doc |
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Basic drop down functionality |
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Good for multi axial tabular data |
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Difficult to write programs for |
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Hardware version of “Killer App” of 2000 |
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Excellent ‘peripheral brain’ |
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Small, but real, security risk |
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Can be expensive, but seems to be worth it! |
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Notes