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Physicians Palm PDA Workshop
Palm Medical Links
This course is for Physicians who own a Palm
OS PDA (Palm, Handspring, Sony Clie, Handera, Kyocera SmartPhone, etc.) By
the end of this course you will know how to use your PDA efficiently and
effectively, both personally and professionally!
Bring your Palm! You will be using
your own PDA in exercises throughout the day designed to increase your mastery
of various skills and applications. You will also need to bring your
HotSync cradle or cable and/or extra batteries.
Introduction to the Palm Basics
At the end of this section, everyone will know how to set up and use his or her Palm for the most basic functions. Topics include:
- Launching Applications
- Entering and Editing Text
- Graffiti and its Alternatives
- Graffiti Made Easy
- Power Graffiti - Creating and Using Shortcuts!
- Software Text Recognition Options
- Soft Keyboards
- External QWERTY Keyboards and Thumbpads
- Tips on Choosing a Keyboard
- Beaming Data: Using the infrared port to “beam”
programs and data to other Palm users
- Finding Text (one of the most powerful functions of the Palm!)
- Customizing Your Palm to Your Preferences
- Using the Calculator
- Performing HotSync Synchronization
- About Palm Desktop Software
More In Depth into the Palm Applications
Here is where a key purpose of the course is met. Students will master time and data management in this section. In addition, there are tons of tips and tricks and shortcuts to make life easier. Topics include:
- Program Launcher
- Categorizing and Running Programs
- DateBook
- Using the Datebook and Alarm Functions to Maximize Your Time
- Using The Phone Lookup Shortcut for Quick & Easy Appointment Entry
- Address Book
- Quick and Easy Data Entry for Addresses
- The Power of Customizable Fields
- Setup and Beam Your Personal Business Card
- To Do List
- Using To Do Categories for Better Daily Task Management
- Setting Preferences for Data Rich vs. Simple Task Display
- Memo Pad
- Capture Information on the Fly
- Tracking Accomplishments and Daily Notes
Palm Software Installation Tutorial
There are 80,000 downloadable applications for the Palm. In this tutorial, we will unleash the power of having access to all of this application software. Topics include:
- How to Find & Download Free Palm Software
- Unzip and Internet File Compression
- Palm File Formats Explained
- How to Install & Uninstall Palm Applications
Security and Troubleshooting
Built in Palm security and aftermarket security programs will
be explored with an eye toward HIPAA compliance. There are 3 basic ways of troubleshooting problems with the Palm. We will cover these and answer questions about other problems that may occur.
- Security
- Password – specific record
- Password – application
- Password Palm
- Encryption – specific record
- Encryption – application
- Aftermarket Security Applications
- Troubleshooting
- Viruses
- Backup
- Basic Troubleshooting
- Installing batteries
- Soft reset
- Warm (Semi-Soft) reset
- Hard reset
How to use Your Palm PDA in Your Medical Practice
- Patient tracking software for keeping track of Inpatients
and Outpatients, Daily notes, Medications, Lab Reports, History, etc.
- Medical calculators allow you to input patient data into
the Palm PDA and quickly receive the results (e.g., A-a gradients,
Creatinine clearance, anion gap, etc.)
- Medical references can be accessed, such as Lexidrugs
Handbook, 5 Minute Clinical Consult, PDR, Harriet Lane, and the Oxford
Guides
Palm Medical Software
- We will download, install and look at the use of two
popular medical application packages:
- ePocrates
a free clinical drug database for Palm Pilots
- PatientKeeper
Personal a Palm application for physicians to capture and organize
critical patient data including general history and physical
information, medication information, lab and diagnostic test results,
notes and task lists, all on a mobile device. Over 45,000 caregivers
have thus far registered to use PatientKeeper Personal software,
making it the world's most widely used mobile patient management tool.
- Handango.com Suites:
- The Physician’s Suite of Palm Software
- The Resident's Suite of Palm Software
- The Medical Student's Suite of Palm Software
- The Handango Security Suite
- More traditional references such as
- Lexidrugs Handbook
- 5 Minute Clinical Consult
- PDR
- Harriet Lane
- Oxford Guides
- Patient Tracking and ePrescribing
Interested in free Palm Medical software?
Try: http://www.freewarepalm.com/medical/medical.shtml
Time allowing, we will also cover:
Software Expansion Topics
A preview of the 80,000 downloadable applications for the Palm that may include:
- The Palm Office
- Documents
- Spreadsheets
- Databases
- Printing from your Palm
- Handheld Communication Capabilities
- E-Mail
- Internet Access
- Faxes
- Time & Money Management
- Organizer Programs
- Scheduling and Task Management
- Clocks and Calculators
- Money Management Applications
- Multimedia Capabilities
- E-Books: Document Readers and eBook Libraries
- Photo Albums
- Movies
- Creativity Software
- Utilities
- Antivirus Software
- Printing Capabilities
Palm Hardware Expansion & Accessories including:
- Data Communications Hardware
- Modems, Pagers, Beepers & Cell Phone Adapters
- "Sled" Expansion
- Digital Cameras, GPS Modules, Wired or Wireless
Communication Access, etc.
- Memory Expansion Types
- SD, CF, Sony Memory stick
- Handspring Springboard Modules
- Miscellaneous expansion and accessory options
- Modems, MP3 players, Chargers, Cases, Styli
Emerging Palm Medical Hardware
- FDA approved LifeShirt from Vivometrics which provides a "movie" of patients' health
- Active Corporation's ActiveECG used for recording, displaying and reviewing ECG signals to analyze cardiac rhythms and perform quick patient assessments
- Therasense makes a Palm Glucose blood tracker and various companies offer handheld ultrasound Visual Stethoscopes.
Palm Medical Training Workshop Seminar Dates:
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1 hour, 2 hour, 4
hour, 8 hour, 1 1/2 day and 2 day Palm training workshops are available, customized
to meet your needs -- call us at (858) 486-9909 to set up Palm training
for your group!
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