University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine: Palm Medical Software

Bryant Wu and Dr. Kent Sheets

On this Web page the terms Palm (organizer), Pilot, and PalmPilot are used interchangeably

Here is a list of software that may be useful for your Palm (PalmPilot) Organzier.
This listing does not constitute an endorsement of these products

Useful Utilities

JFILE
JFile is a database program. There are many databases available that have been created by independant users for this program. I created my own database using JFile to track my OB/Gyn surgeries and deliveries using this program. There are many available databases that are either freeware or shareware. Some examples are lists of drugs, immunization schedules, and patient logs. There are really too many to list here. You can import databases from other file formats to this program using the available converters.
TealDoc or AportisDoc
These programs are viewers for Doc files. Doc files are a common file format to view mostly text information that is available for your Pilot. There are literally too many Doc files to list. Utilities are available to create your own Doc files from Word documents, text files, or even HTML or web pages.

The best feature of these basic utilities is that there are many reference files that have been created for these programs and many are available free on the web. Also you can create your own files to meet your own needs. (Which is perhaps why most of the available data files are specialty resources)

Medical Software

I have not personally reviewed these titles but I've heard some things about them through the grapevine, and they look like they are at least worth a look.

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Companion Handbook
The Merck Manual, Centennial Edition
These titles are available from @Hand Medical and they provide these classic reference materials for the Palm Organizer. They do take up quite a bit of memory as you might expect, perhaps requiring the third-party expansion memory boards that are available for the Palm.
Lexidrugs
5 Minute Clinical Consult
These are available from K2 Consultants. The first is a pretty extensive drug reference product and the second is an electronic version of the popular book.
The Guide to Handheld and Palmtop Computing Resources for Health Care Professionals
This is a fairly extensive guide for sale with many medical resources for the Palm and other PDAs. Available at http://themedicalguide.hypermart.net/.
Dr. Kent Sheets also has a list of some useful resources available for Univiersity of Michigan medical students on their Family Medicine rotation.
Medical Student's Guide the Palm III
A PDF copy of the guide written for University of Michigan Medical Students on their Family Medicine rotation. If you need the reader go to www.adobe.com to download the free reader.

Created 10 August 1999
Last Modified 27 September 1999

By Bryant Wu (bryantwu@umich.edu)