Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Duke University Medical Center Library
This site provides a good starting point for finding resources and information about, and hardware and software applications for, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) via the Internet. Links are provided for general PDA resources (such as AvantGo) as well as for specific medical resources (such as ePocrates) and medical specialties resources (such as The Pediatric Pilot Page). There is also a Tutorial available through this site.

UNC-CH School of Medicine PDA Initiative
One page, Hardware, on this site gives a comparison chart of several PDA models. A software chart gives cost, size, and description of a number of different applications (plus links for further information). A basic training module offers assistance on identifying the parts of a Palm, installing the Palm desktop and identifying the buttons. Another page offers a look at what other residency programs are doing with PDAs.

Personal Digitial Assistants - Going Mobile
This site, from the Health Sciences Library of the University of Maryland, offers links to sites of hardware manufacturers, as well as to evaluative reviews and information. Links to resources are arranged by topic, including general use, dentistry, medicine, nurisng, pharmacy, physical therapy, social work and evidence based health care.

Handango's Glossary of Handheld Terms
This glossary is a collection of terms frequently used in discussions and descriptions of handheld devices.

pdaMD.com
This is a news/magazine type of site, offering articles of interest to the clinical PDA user. It also offers product reviews, and a collection of tutorial articles and a discussion forum.

Handheldmed.com
Handheldmed.com's mission "is to deliver applications and content for the medical practitioner" using handheld computing technology. This is a place to purchase medical content and patient information software and resources.

Palm@UVA
This site gives information and advice on buying a Palm, on PDA software, and on PDA portals.

eMedicine.com
From the home page of eMedicine, click on the link to PDA, found in the upper yellow band. eMedicine, Inc. has developed an online publishing software that allows peer-reviewed articles to be written and published online quickly and efficiently. There are several textbooks (including updates for one year) available, through purchase, for PDA download. These ebooks include dermatology, ophthalmology, pediatrics, neurology, emergency medicine, otolaryngology/facial plastic, physical medicine and rehabilitation, plastic surgery, and sports medicine. Also available is a complete reference download of 65 volumes.