Free Medical Applications for Doctor’s Handhelds
May 8, 2009 – 19:29 by Dani Iswara. Words count: 368.This post is just a light reading around freeware medical applications for doctor’s handhelds or gadgets, especially personal digital assistants (PDA). Palm OS and Windows Mobile (WM) or PocketPC (PPC) are the big and old players in PDA field. The while, BlackBerry, iPhone, Google’s Android, and openmoko are growing.
Palm OS is very popular in US and Canada. But now, BlackBerry and iPhone became more popular among physicians. Do the last two devices have many medical or health related software applications for free?
Since January until May, 2009, Palm has at least 13 free and new/updated medical applications on freewarepalm.com. WM/PPC has 5 free and new/updated medical applications listed on freewareppc.com.
Swine Flu for Physician’s Handhelds
For Windows Mobile, there is the new H1N1 Pandemy Flu Alert integrated with GPS (Global Positioning System) Receiver. Other users could try Swine Flu References–an adaptation of H1N1 Flu – CDC guidelines. It requires a document reader, iSilo. As long as your devices have iSilo installed, you may read it.
Some of those free softwares and electronic texts/books (e-texts/e-books) are available for both Palm and Windows Mobile smartphones.
Free medical softwares for Palm, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and iPhone
Looking for some free medical calculators for your BlackBerry and iPhone? Find it on QxMD.
These are several best freeware applications in medical and also available for Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and iPhone version:
More resources for PDA users
Did you say many Palm users will migrate to iPhone? Read stories below:
- Docs are seeking to replace their old Palm PDAs, but sticking with the old OS by Bill Koslosky, MD.
- Will doctors stick by Palm? Read it form mobiHealthNews.com.
Are you ready with the handhelds? Browse these links of medical websites in their mobile version.
Needs another medical/health related for the handhelds? You may browse Medical Personal Digital Assistant Resources (Dani Iswara .Net). Yes, it’s quiet old list. I haven’t updated the list, not yet.
If you are an open source enthusiast, mobile lover, you should try openmoko.
No software piracy anymore, please! 
I am a PalmOS user. If you have other sources for the rest, let’s share it here, thank you. Get ready for medical ubiquitous.
Dani Iswara, mail me: [myfirstnamelastname]@gmail.com or use contact form.Last updated: Friday, May 8, 2009 at 20:06
Comment by mina on May 8, 2009 at 20:12:59
using Opera 9.64 on Windows XP
gak punya handheld
pengennya punya ebook reader Jinke Hanlin v.3 :p
kirain Epocrates itu gak gratis?
Comment by Cahya on May 8, 2009 at 23:11:46
using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 on Windows Vista
Hmm…, ga banyak membantu, yang kugunakan cuma archimedes dari Skype, habis yang lain biasanya berbayar…, belum lagi kalau PDA sudah ketinggalan zaman, malas menghapus sms, memory makin menipis, daya hidup baterai meredup.
Terkadang jadi berpikir, kalau investasi sebuah gadget yang bernama PDA ini lebih mahal ketimbang program gratis yang ditawarkannya, maklum fakir teknologi Bli ^_^
Comment by Dani Iswara on May 9, 2009 at 00:30:03
using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 on Gentoo Linux
mina,
kalo itu ebook beneran ya..
yg epocrates rx masi free, dok..ada versi premiumnya jg
Cahya,
makasi tambahannya..
catetan yg di blog di-pdf-in trus dipasang di PDA kan lumayan..
Comment by Cahya on May 9, 2009 at 00:39:30
using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 on Windows Vista
Nah, itu dia Bli…, buka satu berkas “.pdf” ukuran beberapa ratus kilobit sudah terseok-seok, apalagi kalau blog diformatkan ke data portable, he he, celaka namanya
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Comment by Dani Iswara on May 9, 2009 at 01:02:40
using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 on Gentoo Linux
Cahya,
IMO, berkas digital utk mobile lbh enak jika memang dibuat sesuai accessibility dan usability-nya..
khusus utk dilihat di layar kecil dgn mis. tanpa mouse, memori-kemampuan prosesor-daya baterai terbatas, tanpa scroll horisontal, scroll vertikal minimal, dll.
spt jg disarankan agar halaman web utk versi mobile memenuhi rekomendasi W3C mobileOK.
dan yg paling sulit diatasi biasanya ukuran berkas. memangnya jumlah komentar mesti dibatasi biar ukuran halaman web/blog jd ringan.. 
dan aplikasi di palm ukurannya kecil-2 kok, ngga spt di wm
Comment by nomercy on May 9, 2009 at 09:15:43
using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 on Linux Mint 6
beberapa waktu lalu pernah install ke gadget temen software yang fungsinya untuk menghitung lama pemakaian gadget tersebut dan jumlah paparan radiasi yang diterima, tetapi saya lupa nama aplikasinya … setelah seminggu kemudian dia minta buang tuh software, dia malah jadi takut ngelihat hasilnya
Comment by Dani Iswara on May 9, 2009 at 21:48:24
using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 on Gentoo Linux
nomercy,
langsung ada report ttg kemungkinan efek radiasinya ngga pak..?
Comment by nomercy on May 11, 2009 at 16:41:23
using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 on Linux Mint 6
kalau di software itu gak ada, hanya ada link merujuk ke situs pembuatnya (strategi pemasaran juga kali ya
)
kalau efek radiasi sih saya sendiri gak bisa bayangin … soalnya dahulu sewaktu kuliah bahan skripsi saya ialah penelitian paparan medan elektromagnetik arus bolak balik dan teman saya yg arus searah … dan kedua2nya menghasilkan laporan yang sangat mengejutkan … (kami memakai beberapa hewan kecil dan imut sebagai bahan percobaan) … yang sulit waktu itu tidak ada satupun pihak produsen (mulai dari produsen microwave sampai dengan hape) yang mau memberikan berkas produk dan produk mereka sebagai elemen percobaan, hanya elji yang mau
… hasilnya hewan2 mutan … percaya gak? 
jurnal dikirim ke who (kami waktu itu kerjasama dengan unhas dan kyoto university) … ah kok jadi nulis panjang di sini
Comment by Dani Iswara on May 11, 2009 at 16:51:28
using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 on Gentoo Linux
nomercy,
jadi walau sudah ada standardisasi SAR (Specific Absorption Rate), paparan yg kontinyu dan berulang sedikit banyak pasti ada efeknya pak ya..makasi infonya
[siap-2 melihat makhluk mutan ber-handheld di evolusi mendatang]