Handhelds Give Quick Access to Clinical Data at Point of Care

The University Hospital Cincinnati, a leading provider of quality healthcare, cutting-edge research and education for more than 182 years, chose Palm(R) TX handhelds as well as Palm LifeDrive(TM) mobile managers and Palm Treo(TM) smartphones to increase efficiency and provide patients the highest quality of care. more

Smart Phones and Wireless Handheld Market Rises 73%

Canalys has just released their Q2 2006 worldwide smart mobile device research report on the smartphone and handheld device shipments. The latest research from Canalys highlights the continuing shift from handhelds to converged devices. Overall year-on-year market growth of all smart mobile devices was largely unchanged from the previous two quarters at 55%, but converged device shipments (smart phones and wireless handhelds) rose 73%, while handhelds continued to slide, down 33% compared to the same period one year ago. More

Would You Buy a $300,000 Windows Mobile Smartphone?

This spring, an industrial designer named Jaren Goh unveiled a concept design for a truly bleeding-edge, luxury smartphone. The Black Diamond, as it is called, will include features found in no off-the-shelf model. More

McGraw-Hill Professional Launches Harrison’s Practice

Harrison's Practice is a completely new resource from the expert editors of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. Practical, concise answers to your clinical questions are presented in an innovative and easy-to-navigate format that helps you quickly find everything you need to establish a diagnosis and select the right treatment option. Details

More Medical Schools Requiring PDAs

Brown University recently joined a growing number of medical and nursing schools — including the University of Michigan, University of Texas and the UCLA School of Medicine — that require students to buy and use PDAs. Faculty and students say the technology saves time and helps them provide better care, in addition to reducing medical errors. More

Three Pocket PC Smartphones Coming to Cingular

According to recent information, Cingular Wireless will begin offering three additional Pocket PC smartphones this fall. A trustworthy source has told Engadget that versions of the iPAQ hw6900, HTC Star Trek, and HTC Hermes will be available from this carrier in the coming months. Full Story

Palm Treo 700p Reviewed

Palm Infocenter has a full review of the Treo 700p. It sounds like a great device. Read full review here.

Palm Announces Treo 700p

Palm has announced the forthcoming release of the Treo 700p. This Palm OS based Treo will be available on both the Sprint and Verizon high speed networks. Read More.

Worldwide Handheld Market Rising or Falling?

According to IDC's Worldwide Handheld QView report, worldwide shipments of handheld devices totaled 1.5 million units, down 22.3% from the same quarter a year ago. Following a holiday quarter in which worldwide shipments of handheld devices topped two million units, the worldwide market for handheld devices began 2006 with its ninth consecutive quarter of year-over-year decline. Full story
However, market-research firm Gartner says in the most recent quarter there were 3.65 million units shipped. These shipments grew 6.6 percent when compared with the same period a year ago. Full Story

Palm Releases Update for Treo 700w

Palm has released today a major update for the Windows Mobile powered Treo 700w smartphone. The free update gives Palm Treo 700w users automatic push email functionality and improved wireless synchronization of email, calendar, contacts and, now, tasks. Update

Blackberry Settles - No Service Outage!!!

It's being reported by CNN.com that Blackberry and NTP have settled their patent suit for $612 million. More

Palm Treo Use in Healthcare

Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) continues its leadership in the healthcare industry by meeting the mobile needs of industry professionals, ranging from physicians to long-term-care providers. Adoption of award-winning Palm(R) Treo(TM) smartphones in healthcare has furthered Palm's goal of assisting in the rapid delivery of quality care by providing critical information to caregivers where they need it, not just within the walls of the healthcare facility. More

Unbound Tip: Using the Alerts Feature

The Alerts feature is a powerful yet simple research tool. It's the best way to keep informed on journal articles that are written about topics of interest. The Alert feature allows you to save a Medline search, and have the latest results of that search sent to your PDA. To create an alert, click on the "Alerts" link in the menu and click the "Create" button, then follow these steps:

Step 1 - Get Started! Read the introduction then click the "Get Started" button

Step 2 - Search Medline! Enter a Medline Search (ex. Avian Bird Flu) and click "Quick Search" or "Assisted Search"

Step 3 - Review the results! If you like the results click on the "Alert" link to create the alert

Step 4 - Name the Alert! This is the name you will see appear on your PDA.

You're done. The next time you sync your PDA, the Alert you set up should appear on your PDA. Every time you sync your PDA, the latest results for the search will be sent to your PDA.

Please Note: it takes about 5 minutes to process the Alert.

For more information on this and other features, be sure to read the Unbound Central User Guide.

Journal Article: Handheld computer software for school nurses.

Nursing schools and nurses seem to be discovering the importance of access to medical information on the PDA. Nursing Central from Unbound Medicine addresses the needs of this group of users. Below is a recent journal article on the subject:

Title: Handheld computer software for school nurses.
Author(s): Murphy EA
Institution: Norfolk Academy, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Source: J Sch Nurs 2005 Dec; 21(6) :356-60.
PubMed ID: 16419342

See Medline Citation

Vendors Named for Certification Test

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology has selected six ambulatory electronic medical records vendors for the first test of its certification process.
The industry-sponsored commission now is working on a federal government contract to develop programs to certify that health I.T. products meet certain functional criteria, starting with ambulatory electronic records. More

Garmin Announces New iQue 3000 GPS Handheld

Garmin today announced the iQue 3000, a newly-styled, entry-level Palm OS Powered handheld PDA that offers fully integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. The iQue 3000 expands Garmin's iQue Palm OS PDA product line, which currently includes the iQue 3200 and iQue 3600. More

Palm Treo 700w Windows Mobile Smartphone - Coming January '06

Available in early January 2006, the Palm Treo 700w (the "w" stands for Windows) will represent the third-generation Treo design and will run the recently-released Windows Mobile 5.0 OS. Though the Treo 700w will be sold exclusively by Verizon Wireless at launch, it will most likely make its way to other carriers over time. More

Palm likely to launch Linux-based smartphones

Palm is likely to launch Linux-based smartphones while continuing to roll out mobile phones supporting the Palm operating system, Paul Blinkhorn, vice president for Asia-Pacific of Palm, was quoted as saying in a recent report on China-based Sina.com. More

What to Look for in Your Next Pocket PC

Ed Hardy, Editor-in-Chief of Brighthand has put together a list of things everyone should be aware of before buying a new handheld. If it has been a while since you bought a new Pocket PC, you might be surprised by how much has changed. More

Unbound Medicine Releases 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2006-integrated with Diagnosaurus

Unbound Medicine has released the latest version of 5-Minute Clinical Consult. This new package includes Diagnosaurus for quick linking from differential diagnosis to disease management information. There is also an option to upgrade to Medicine Central with 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2006 and save! More Info