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Mobile Applications

Productivity Applications [RSS and Blog readers]


Adobe Reader
Bloglines
Google Reader
Opera Mini [PocketPC only]
RSS Compendium
Download a client: Firefox or Thunderbird or Sharpreader or Attensa

Consumer Health

4T Medical A database application for tracking personal medical information. Entries allow inclusion of name, category (personal or family), and vital information, including date of birth and disease, surgical, and family history, etc.

BloodPressMgr Tracks blood pressure readings graphically, and shows average statistics and weekly distributions.

GlucoControl Aims to make the managing of diabetes easier and more accurate. [Palm only]

Nutricalc A tool for people who want to eat healthily, this provides nutritional values, calculations, and a way for keeping a running total of consumption. [Pocket PC only]

ProfileMD Classic Aids in the construction of a personal health record available on a PDA, providing instant access to one’s medical history and that of one’s family. [Palm only]

Quit Smoking: Consumer Interactive Tool Helps consumers prepare to quit smoking. Included is a 5-day countdown to a quit date that can be inserted into a calendar, as well as other helpful resources.

SI Diary A program for managing and analyzing one’s diabetes data. Track blood glucose levels, carbs, insulin, pills ketones, blood pressure, notes, etc. for the whole day on just a single screen. The tool recommends a bolus dose for one’s individual coefficients and gives graphical feedback and several statistical parameters. [Pocket PC only]

Health News

ARTBeat Breaking medical and drug news and information from the CDC, FDA, NLM, and other sources directly to a PDA. [Pocket PC only]

AvantGo Content service for smartphones and PDAs, this product allows synchronization of mobile versions of favorite web sites to a PDA. It offers thousands of channels from the leading brands in news, weather, sports and more. It can also be used to “sync” any web site (family site, workout schedule, etc.) to a device.

Patient Management

Handy Patients Allows users to record medical information about patients. [Pocket PC only]

My Procedures Helps medical professionals to keep track of procedures which can be emailed or printed. [Pocket PC only]

Pocket Practitioner (demo only) A patient tracking tool for inpatient or outpatient settings. [Palm only]

Stat ICD 9 Coder (demo only) Includes 1500+ ICD diagnosis codes. [Palm only]

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