A PDA should be enough.
Now I am back to the wards, and I really can use
some reference software such as ePocrates or a quick calculator.
It is enough to use the Internet, Office
applications, keep track of patients, in such a way that it does not get in the way.
It seems that these large storage options are designed for multimedia files: music,
video and such. Are we entering the era in mobile computing where more will always
be necessary ?
We also need smaller and more long-lasting
batteries.
I read a bit about what it should or should not be
able to do, and I think it will be a good addition to current portable hardware
solutions.
A Pentium M at a much lower frequency can be
equivalent in terms of performance. Other institutions have even hired ex-restaurant
employees and chefs to run their kitchens.
CliniComp International's bedside charting system
and the GE Medical Systems PACS picture archiving system help complete the data
package.
One of the reasons I switched to a Windows Mobile
device was for it's supposedly greater compatibility with desktop office
applications, such as Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF.
I have tried it and it is not that bad to get used
to it, and from then on it works well.
On the software front, lots of reference titles
being released, but nothing really disruptive.
in addition to the journal browser feature you
mentioned for the PDA, you can search Medline on the Wireless and Web platform. Of
course the computer showing the presentation has to have Bluetooth. Albin Gritsch,
associate professor of urology and surgical director of the kidney transplant
program at UCLA.
But for a office-based doctor, who has to be in
several meetings, clinics and such, I think it is a great addition. We are really
seeing the desktop environment jump into our pockets, much faster than anticipated.
No more conversions to a "pda-friendly" format.
Maybe it was a problem with manufacturing. You can
store records and searches online in your Archive on the Web. Anyway, having to
carry my PDA again is sort of a burden.
The user inputs signs, symptoms, demographic data,
and the system lists a number of possible differential diagnoses.
Neil Martin, professor and chief of neurosurgery at
the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and co-developer of the GCQ system.