Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are increasingly common
among clinicians and researchers. We have compiled information about some
popular applications, listed in alphabetical order below. If your favorite
is not listed, please feel free to submit the information to the NRC.
| Application | Source | Cost | Format | Updates | Notes |
| AIDSinfo's Antiretroviral Toxicity Tool | AIDSinfo, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services | Free | Pocket PC, Palm OS. | n/a | Provides "on-the-go" access to important
antiretroviral therapy-associated adverse events (drug toxicities).
|
| AIDSinfo's
Drug Database | AIDSinfo, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services | Free | Pocket PC, Palm OS. | n/a | Provides easy access to drug information from the
AIDSinfo Drug Database. Users have the option of viewing drug
information in technical or non-technical language and can search
for drugs by name, class, or FDA-approval status. |
| AIDSinfo HIV/AIDS Glossary | AIDSinfo, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services | Free | Palm OS. | n/a | Provides easy access to AIDSinfo's Glossary of
HIV/AIDS-Related Terms. Users have the option of searching for a
term, or listing all the terms in each alphabetical category.
Optimized for PDA. |
| AIDSinfo
Guidelines | AIDSinfo, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services | Free | Pocket PC, Palm OS. | n/a | Designed for quick reference to U.S. DHHS HIV
guidelines. |
| BartlettHIV (The Johns Hopkins Hospital 2002 Guide to Medical
Care of Patients With HIV Infection, 10th Edition) | PDA Cortex | $29.95 | Pocket PC, Palm OS 3.0. | n/a | HIV serology and epidemiology, classification and
natural history, diagnostic evaluation, and prevention of
complications and opportunistic infections. |
| CCS Manual of HIV/AIDS Therapy, 2003 Edition | PDA Cortex | $28.95 | Pocket PC, Palm OS 3.3. | n/a | Management of opportunistic infections. |
| Clinical
Infectious Disease | Tucows | $10.00 | Palm 4.0. Requires iSilo. | n/a | Includes information about HIV. |
| ePocrates | ePocrates | $60/year | Palm-Win OS, Palm-Mac OS, PPC-Win OS. | Can update device by connecting to Internet -
recommended once weekly. | Products include drug and formulary references, and
disease diagnosis and treatment references. |
| HIV-AIDS General Information | PalmaServ | Free | Palm OS. | n/a | General information regarding transmission,
prevention, and different stages of HIV. |
| HIV Drug
& Mutation Reference Guide | HIVresistanceWeb | Free | Palm OS. | n/a | Guide to relationships between key and common
genotypic mutations and resistance to approved ARV drugs. |
| HIV Primary
Care Guidelines | CollectiveMed.com | $25.00 | Pocket PC, Palm OS. | n/a | Recommendations on outpatient management of HIV
disease. |
| Johns
Hopkins' EpiTool | Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection
Control | Free | Palm OS. | n/a | An epidemiological tool for performing basic
statistical analysis of exposure and outcomes for multiple studies.
Advanced version requires registration. |
| Johns Hopkins POC-IT Antibiotic (ABX) Guide | Johns Hopkins Division of
Infectious Diseases | Free | PalmOS, BlackBerry, PocketPC 2002, Windows
CE. | Site information updated monthly. Can update device
by connecting to Internet. | Diagnosis tool for primary care providers and other
non-infectious disease specialists prescribing antibiotics at point
of care. |
| MedCalc | Medical Interactive
Applications | Free | Palm OS 3.1 or later | Updated regularly. | A medical calculator for common equations used in
medicine (including anesthesiology, pediatrics, emergency, intensive
care and internal medicine). |
| The Merck Manual, 17th Edition | Franklin Electronic
Publishers | $79.95 | Palm OS, Windows CE/PocketPC, Symbian/Nokia
eBookman. Requires Mobipocket Reader. | n/a | Contains information on the signs and symptoms of
diseases, the most common diseases and disorders by system, adverse
drug reactions, clinical procedures, and more. |
| Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests | Franklin Electronic
Publishers | $49.95 | Windows CE, Pocket PC. Requires Franklin Reader. | n/a | Resource to facilitate the process of selecting and
interpreting more than 350 commonly used diagnostic tests. |
| The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2004 for the
Palm | Sanford Guide | $25.00 | Pocket PC, Palm OS. | Annually | Information about antiretrovirals. Available as
download or CD. |
| Tarascon Pocket
Pharmacopoeia | Tarascon Publishing | $27.48/year | Pocket PC, Palm OS. | Can connect to Internet for auto-updates. | Extensive drug information, including interactions,
pediatric drug dosing, and medical formula calculators. |
