Pharmacy information on a Palm Pilot or PDA
General Palm sites | Journals | Palm pharmaceutical databases | Palm health portals
General Palm sites
Palm International
Palm Australia
PalmGear - Palm software, hardware, news etc.
PDA Central - Tucows PDA site
Handango - Specialist company for software for all PDAs
Palm Freeware - The name explains this site
Journals
Journal of Informed Pharmacotherapy Mobile Edition
This is the full-text palm version of the journal. You will need to install the AvantGo client to be able to download the journal during an online hotsync. Follow the steps outlined on the page.
Ovid@Hand
This service by OVID allow you to search Medline, retrieve articles and drug information. Enter the search information on your PDA whilst "on-the-go" and the search is performed when you sync your PDA to your PC. This product is not free and you will need to register for use.
AvantGo Journals
Avantgo has a number of downloadable journals for your handheld. Title includ Bionews, EyeforChem News and Wiley InterScience MobileEdition. The latter includes tables of contents and abstracts from selected titles.
Palm pharmaceutical databases
ePocrates RxTM, Free Clinical Drug Database
Produced by ePocrates this is a free database of over 2,700 branded and generic drugs including adult and pediatric dosing, interactions, adverse reactions, contraindications, formulary information, and autoupdates daily.
Tarascon Pocket PharmacopoeiaTM Deluxe PDA Edition
This includes 47 reference tables from the print edition, 9 medical formula calculators, instant drug look-up by name, class, or indication on a single home screen, adverse effects and mechanism of actio” information for each drug, herbal and alternative therapies section, and a full-featured version for Pocket PC® platforms
Handheld Version of the Johns Hopkins POC-IT Antibiotic (ABX) Guide
Produced by the John Hopkins University, this free decision support tool is intended for use at the point of care. It contains timely information about the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases.
Palm health portals
HealthProLink
This is designed for hospital pharmacists and utilises AvantGo for the channel client. The channel delivers information to your handheld including chemotherapeutic dosing regimens, dosing equivalency tables, drip rate guides for emergency medications, pharmacy news, and clinical journal reviews.
Healthy Palm Pilot
A private company that lists over 800 health resources for use on your PDA. Subjects are divided between diagnosis, interventions, investigations, record tracking, references, and research tools. The site is searchable and contains extensive drug specific tools.