On 9/8/05, James Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My mother has asked me about buying a PDA. She is an RN and wants to use it > as a quick reference device for types of prescription medication, dosages, > combinations etc. This is really off topic for this list, but I'm curious if > anyone on this list is in the medical profession and has a PDA used for this > purpose, or if they have seen one used for this purpose and if they know > anything about it. I know next to nothing about PDAs, so any information > would be helpful. I'm assuming that either there would be a PDA specifically > designed for this function, or there would be specific software to load on > the PDA that could be used to store this information. I haven't done a > google search yet because I was hoping that someone here might have personal > experience with it (different software packages, which one is better (read: > easier to use), more inexpensive, etc.), if not, I'm off to search the web. >
In most cases, I believe that the hospital/clinic/$PLACEOFWORK can provide these or something similar with the correct software. I've seen doctors and nurses use anything from a pda to a full-blown tablet pc, but mostly at hospitals. I'd have her check with the IT/Computer department just to see, and get out your google-fu... Josh _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
