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Thursday, June 05, 2003
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CLINICAL HANDHELDS
 Harrison's On Hand (HOH): A Classic Medical Text Reinvented for the Handheld
Even before I installed this software via the web site, I knew in advance what I did and didn't want to see. Of the other medical "books" I tested initially, the common complaint was about the "find" function. The PDA's I had did not have the processing power to make this a convenient option. There had to be a better way. What I wanted to see was the presentation of disease entities in the disease panel format we used for studying in medical school. This ensured that information would be presented in an orderly and complete fashion. Both criteria were satisfied with this package.
What is it exactly is HOH? It's web site describes it: "Harrison’s On Hand, powered by Unbound Medicine, contains authoritative internal medicine and drug information resources that are immediately accessible to help facilitate evaluation and decision-making at the point-of-care." Actually, it's a suite of medical titles, meant to provide a quick reference for common clinical issues, referenced to the more complete online version: Harrison's Online (HOL). HOL is the online version of 15th edition of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. (A separate review should be devoted just to this resource. Suffice it to say, it allows full search capabilities, recent clinical trial data, updated therapy, self-assessment questions and a list or related links.)
The features worthy of mention:
- navigation through topics or chapters by scrolling or by writing the first few characters in the "Jump to" line
- disease panel format
- ability to retrieve in-depth information about particular topics by sync'ing with HOL
- updates: topics such as SARS are presented. Again, this are sub-divided to speed up the process of searching relevant aspects
- integrated drug information via Lexi-Comp listing; a check box will also let you find further info in HOL
- Q--->A function. Here you can input a keyword and select if you want to find further info in HOL (chapters and updates, or tables and figures), or in related web sites.
8:13:05 PM 
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CLINICAL WIRELESS
Medical Applications of Network Technology,...Why Now?
I received that latest news briefing from AMIA today, which included stories beginning to confirm the push toward pervasive acceptance of networking technology in medicine. (more to come...)
Longtime EMR advocate says time is now for IT push (free registration)
Dr. William E. Hammond, "who created an early version of the EMR, says both government and industry must act quickly to create a better integrated health information system."
6:49:05 PM
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GENERAL WIRELESS
Move over 3G: here comes 4G
Story from the Economist about an even greater offering of bandwidth that might jump ahead of the development of 3G. (I know it seems a while since medical applications have been discussed, but just bear with one last "here-comes-the-future" story).
6:39:40 PM
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HANDHELDS
Over 25,000 Views of Discussion Thread at Treo Central
All this buzz was not about the acquisition of Handspring by Palm was revolved around the presentation of the new Treo 600 at the Sprint Business User's Forum in Dallas earlier this week. This helps to confirm what I believe: that the tech sector now has proven and reliable technologies such as PDAs, 2.5G networks, wi-fi hotspots (for which the PC is now becoming a support item, not the primary device), and realizes it's time to accelerate in marketing products as the demand is increasing at a rapid rate.
The public is sold on cell phones. The Internet has become a pervasive medium (I know some will object to this designation, but stay with me). The mass media including TV, newspapers and radio if not already losing interest and credibility, must contend with cable and telco's who will be offering video on demand, fiber optics. Excitement is developing over the prospect having broadband access while traveling, even while flying on an airliner.
The biggest task of companies such as Cometa, Cisco, Palm, etc., is to make these technologies understandable and approachable. Chances are, the public will go to the Internet to do their research. The information rush at Treo Central yesterday shows that.
Scott Raulinaitis, creator of goodthatway.com, did a great job coming up with a graphic of the new Treo 600 from putting together reports from people at the conference (no pictures were allowed).
9:31:23 AM
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