Strayer / Reynolds / Ebell Handhelds in Medicine

A Practical Guide for Clinicians
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-387-27046-3
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 468 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Medicine

Handhelds in Medicine is an essential volume for all physicians, who now must be able to implement a variety of electronic information bases effectively, within the time period of a standard office visit. Nothing accomplishes this goal as efficiently as handheld PCs and personal organizers. This burgeoning technology allows the physician to engage the patient, take a case history, perform a physical examination, access patient records, complete the diagnosis, prescribe the necessary therapeutics and process the bill coding, all without leaving the patient's side. Depending on the physician's level of 'tech-savvy', this can be an exhausting and intimidating process. This book is a concise guide that enables physicians and healthcare professionals to implement the use of handheld computers into their practices and raise the level of quality in all aspects of patient care.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Strayer, Scott M.

Reynolds, Peter L.

Ebell, Mark H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Getting to Know Your Handheld Computer.- Choosing a Handheld Computer: PDAs, MDAs, and the Alphabet Soup of Handheld Computers.- Getting to Know Your Handheld: Palm OS and Pocket PC.- Getting Software from Cyberspace to the Palm of Your Hand: Downloading and Installing Software on Your Palm OS or Pocket PC Handheld.- Medical Software.- “Where in the World Wide Web Do I Find All This Stuff?” Finding Medical Software and Information on the Web for Handheld Computers.- What Floor Is Mrs. Jones on, and What Does Her CBC Look Like Today? Patient Records on Handheld Computers.- Calculator Programs for Handheld Computers: Crunching the Numbers Made Easy.- Medical References: Information at Your Fingertips.- Getting Paid for What You Do: Avoid Losing Your Shirt by Using a Handheld Computer for Billing.- Electronic Prescribing: Drug Dealing Twenty-First Century Style.- Medical Documents in Your Pocket.- Capturing Life in the Palm of Your Hand: Getting Rid of the Yellow Stickies by Using a Handheld Database.- Software for Nursing: RNs Are Mobilizing.- Software for Other Healthcare Professionals: Hey, What About Me?.- Advanced Topics.- Evidence-Based Medicine and Handhelds.- Wireless 101.- Programmable Calculators.- How to Make Your Own Database: Programming a Simple Procedure Log.- Creating Your Own Programs.- Beyond the Beam: Server-Based Synchronization.- Teaching People to Use Handheld Computers.

Über Autor(innen)

Scott M. Strayer, MD, MPH , is Assistant Professor of Family Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Peter L. Reynolds, MD, is formerly Assitant Professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri.  Dr. Reynolds is currently serving overseas with the U.S. Air Force in Geilenkirchen, Germany.

Mark H. Ebell, MD, MS , is Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.