eClinician Recommended Resources

Relevant mobile websites

• Cardiology practice guideline summaries for pocket reference and review.
  https://my.avantgo.com/browse/popular/910/1632/

• Avantgo channel with Cancer news
  https://my.avantgo.com/browse/0/2816/

• News and resources to support home healthcare professionals.
  https://my.avantgo.com/browse/0/2000/

Other relevant tools

• ACCF ( American College of Cardiology Foundation)
  - Clinical Practice Support Site
  - Download all pocket guidelines (bundled together)

  Arrhythmias
  - Atrial Fibrillation
  - Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices
  
  General Cardiology
  - Echocardiography with thanks to  
  - Heart Failure in the Adult
  - Stable Angina
  - ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction with thanks to
  - Unstable Angina and Non-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
  - Valvular Heart Disease
  
  Interventional/Surgery
  - Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery

• ePrescribing Pilot Project

Building on the successful eClinician Primary Care Information Project, DOHMH is working with CDN to perform an ePrescribing Pilot Project. The ePrescribing Pilot Project explores the utility of using PDA and desktop computers to safely and securely prescribe pharmaceuticals. More...

• Interactive Preventive Services Selector

This PDA application and online guide identifies clinical preventive services for screening, counseling, and preventive medication based on the patient's age, sex, and pregnancy status. It reflects current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and can be used as a clinical tool for delivering appropriate services.
- http://198.76.191.14/ipss/ipss.htm

• Pneumonia Severity Index Calculator

This program is an interactive tool to assist clinicians in determining the most appropriate care for newly diagnosed cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) at the point of care. It will help calculate the severity index of a pneumonia patient. The output includes mortality rates and pneumonia class types.
- http://pda.ahrq.gov/clinic/psi/psi.htm

• Quit Smoking: Consumer Interactive Tool

  - http://pda.ahrq.gov/consumer/qscit/qscit.htm

• Stats Calculator V1.2

EBM Calculator is designed to calculate relevant statistics for Diagnostic studies, Prospective Studies, Case Control Studies, and Randomized Control Trials (RCT).
Dianostic Test - calculates the Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV, LR+, and LR-
Prospective Study - calculates the Relative Risk (RR), Absolute Relative Risk (ARR), and Number Needed to Treat (NNT)
Case-control Study - calculates the Odds Ratio (OR)
Randomized Control Trial (RCT) - calculates the Relative Risk

- http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/practise/ca/statscal/

• Breast Cancer risk assessment tools

A breast cancer risk prediction tool for the Palm
- http://smi-web.stanford.edu/people/pcheng/breastca/

Web-based breast cancer risk assessment
- http://bcra.nci.nih.gov/brc/

• Kidney Disease
  For web-based and palm
  - http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/healthprofessionals/tools/index.htm

• Medical Calculators

MedMath 2.01
A free, high quality medical calculator for the Palm

Archimedes™
Archimedes is a must have for every medical professional! An innovative specialty calculator, Archimedes is unlike any other program currently available. Forget having to remember complicated formulas, just enter the values and out come the results. An indispensable, at-your-fingertips resource!

• Web-Based Medical Calculators and Algorithms

National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics
- http://www.ncemi.org/
More than 50 clinical decision support tools: calculators, scores, scales, tables and more!

• First aid reference

- http://www.absoluteword.com/aid1st/
First Aid Reference. Contains detailed descriptions of first-aid actions in case of emergency (injuries, burns, cuts, animal bites etc.). 29 entries.

• March of Dimes preconception guideline: 
  - http://www.marchofdimes.com/files/preconception_tool_ed.pdf

• Edinburgh post partum depression scale.  Tool to screen for post partum depression
  - http://www.childbirthsolutions.com/articles/postpartum/epds/index.php

• Danger Signs or Symptoms That Suggest Head and Neck Cancer
  - http://www.acponline.org/pda/head_neck.pdb

PDA User Guides and Tutorials

• About.com "How To" Guide

• NearlyMobile.com

• pdaMD Learning Center

• Top Ten PalmPilot Tips and Tricks