Drug and Pharmacy Related Mobile Technology

Follow this link to search PubMed for the latest citations on Computers, Handheld (PDAs) and a variety of drug- and pharmacy-related applications

Articles:

• Nine Smartphone Apps to Improve Your Practice (Medscape, registration required, 2010)
• Fox BI, Felkey BG.  Getting Value From Blogs and Other Web Resources.  Hosp Pharm. 2010 Jul;45(7):572-575,583.
• Felkey BG, Fox BI.  When Core Measures Meet Enterprise Performance Management Systems.  Hosp Pharm. 2010 Jun;45(6):503-504.
• Fox BI, Felkey BG.  Portable Information Appliances: An Update.  Hosp Pharm. 2010 May;45(5):418-419.
• Felkey BG, Fox BI.  Motorola Droid:  Impressions after a month.  Hosp Pharm. 2010 Feb;45(2):165-166.
• Fox BI, Felkey BG.  Clinical surveillance:  Another tool in the pharmacist’s armamentarium.  Hosp Pharm. 2009 Nov;44(11):1024, 1026.
• Felkey BG, Fox BI. Health systems and home-based care:  Closing the loop.  Hosp Pharm. 2009 Oct;44(10):915-916,923.
• Fox BI, Felkey.  Telepharmacy:  Using information technology to address critical needs.  Hosp Pharm. 2009 Sep;44(9):810-812.
• Felkey BG, Fox BI.  Redefining the enterprise.  Hosp Pharm. 2009 Aug;44(8):708-710.
• Fox BI, Felkey BG.  Federal health information technology efforts:  The stimulus is the buzz.  Hosp Pharm. 2009 Jul;44(7):623-624.
• Felkey BG, Fox BI.  How Web 2.0 literate are you?  Hosp Pharm. 2009 Jun;44(6):519-520,525.

• Fox BI, Felkey BG. The Palm Pre: a beginning or an ending? Hosp Pharm 2009 May;44(5):429-430.

• Felkey BG, Fox BI.  Pursuing patient portals.  Hosp Pharm. 2009 Apr;44(4):346-347.
• Fox BI, Felkey BG.  Automated intravenous preparation:  Robots for the pharmacy. Hosp Pharm. 2009 Mar;44(3):255-256, 264.
• Felkey BG, Fox BI.  Are personal health records on your pharmacy department’s radar screen?  Hosp Pharm. 2009 Feb;44(2):191-192.
• Fox BI, Felkey BG, Fortier C.  The environment of e-prescribing and its impact on the pharmacy department.  Hosp Pharm. 2009 Jan;44(1):77-78,80.

• Fox BI, Felkey BG. Wireless-friendly Web sites that support daily activities. Hosp Pharm 2008 Sep;43(9):759-761.

• Felkey BG, Fox B.I. Using your smartphone or PDA as a thin client. Hosp Pharm 2008 Aug;43(8):666-669.

• Fox BI, Felkey BG. Now that you own one: PDA and smartphone accessories.  Hosp Pharm 2008 Jul;43(7):591-92,600.

• Felkey BG, Fox BI. Pharmacist PDA document management considerations.  Hosp Pharm 2008 Jun;43(6):518-19.

• Fox BI, Felkey BG. Considerations when upgrading your PDA/smartphone.  Hosp Pharm 2008 May;43(5):421-22.

• Felkey BG, Fox BI. PDAs and smartphones: Are you practicing safe mobile computing?  Hosp Pharm 2008 Apr;43(4):324-26.

• Fox BI, Felkey BG. Pharmacists, get connected: Cellular broadband for smartphones.  Hosp Pharm 2008 Mar;43(3):227-29.

• Felkey BG, Fox BI. To iPhone or not, that is the question. Hosp Pharm 2008 Feb;43(2):140-42,154.

Commercial Websites: Drug- and Pharmacy-Related Applications: 

Drug Information

• Clinical Pharmacology Mobile - $
• Drugs.com - $
• ePocrates
  Drug monographs, drug interaction checker, calculators, pill identification tool and nonprescription products (infectious diseases and alternative medicines available by subscription to Epocrates Rx Pro)
• Johns Hopkins POC-IT (Point of Care Information Technology) Antibiotic (ABX) Guide (Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) - $
• Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database - $
• PDRDrugs (Physicians' Desk Reference) - $
• Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy - $
• Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia - $

Medical Information

• Harrisons Manual of Medicine 17th ed. - $

• Merck Manual for Mobile and Web - $

Comprehensive Packages

• Apotex iPharmacist - $
  Lexi-Drugs, Lexi-Pediatrics, Lexi-Naturals, Lexi-Lab & Diagnostic Procedures, Lexi-Infectious Diseases, Lexi-Pharmacogenomics, Lexi-Tox, Lexi-Pregnancy & Lactation, Nursing Lexi-Drugs, IV compatibility, Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, Merck Manual, Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult, Lexi-Natural Products, Lexi-Drug Allergies, Patient Education, Dental Drugs, Lexi-Interact, Calc+, iNews & Lexi-Drug ID all preloaded into a palm PDA
• ePocrates - $
  Epocrates Essentials Deluxe &  Epocrates Essentials include drug monographs, drug interaction checker, calculators, Pill identification tool, nonprescription products,, infectious diseases, alternative medicines, disease monographs and diagnostic & lab tests
• Lexi-Comp - $
  Drugs Platinum, Drugs for Pediatrics, Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult, Natural Products, Poisoning & Toxicology, Infectious Diseases, Diagnostic Medicine, Interact, Drugs for Dentistry, Drugs of Nursing, Medical Abbreviations
• PEPID Hardware - $
• Thomson Clinical Xpert (Micromedex) - $

Calculators

• Evidence Based Medicine Calculator
  Calculate odds ratios, confidence intervals and much more

• MedCalc (iPhone and PalmOS versions available)
  

Miscellaneous

• Essential Evidence Plus - $
  

• Medline OnTap
  Retrieve medline citations directly to your PDA (needs WiFi)

• Mobile MerckMedicus

• PIER PDA - $
  ACP (American College of Physicians) guidelines and evidence based medicine modules for your PDA

• PubMed for Handhelds
  

• SHOTS 2010
  A quick reference guide on immunization schedules and some information on disease states

• A comparison table of some of the most popular titles for drug information applications on PDAs (RxFiles, March 2006)

Mega Websites: Commercial and Educational:

• Arizona Medical Education Consortium (AzMEC) PDA Tools
  Contains over a dozen links to professional organizations or other universities about PDA information and resources
• CollectiveMed.com - $
  A source of medical PDA software for hundreds of titles for all devices
  
• Dalhousie University Handheld Recommendations
  Recommendations for both hardware and software for PDAs put together by Dalhousie Medicine
• Health Sciences Resources for Mobile Devices (University of Alberta Libraries)
  This site provides access to resources and library services, as well as quick links to other useful websites
• Lyman Maynard Stowe Library (University of Connecticut Health Center)
  This site contains general PDA resources, medical link resources, drug guides, and other useful links
• Meds PDA - $
  Published in the United Kingdom, the Meds PDA website, is a commercial source of PDA hardware, software in a number of health-related categories and accessories. Other sections of the website include tutorials, features, news and links
• PDA/Palm Web Site Links (RxFiles)
  This site contains general PDA resources, commercial/medical software links, free shareware resources, and links to company specific sites
• pdaMD.com
  Several sections include many links to articles, basic learning resources, products, discussion boards and chat events and news. Readers may sign up to receive an e-mail newsletter.
• PocketGear.com - $
  Pocket Gear is a source of mobile apps; can be searched by most popular, highest ratings, or other listings through this site
• Technology Application Unit Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
  The site contains medical palm links, university palm links, and general PDA software links
• TealLock / CIC - $
  Security applications for PDAs
• Tucows.com / Cnet.com / Download.com
  All these sites are great resources for any additional software for PDAs