PDA

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PDA
Supervisor Dr. Jose Joseph Dr. Jamal Al-Kaabi
Organizers Dr. Mohammed Al-Houqani Ammar
Al-Banna, Hefsa Al-Shamsi, Budoor Al-Emadi,
Thanaya Al-Mulla .
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What is a PDA?
PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) are handheld
computers that originally were designed as
personal organizers, and they do this really
well.
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The basic features
Date book
Address book
Task list
Memo pad
Synchronization
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Operating Systems (OS)
Pocket PC
Compaq
Hewlett Packard
Toshiba
Acer
Casio
Mitac
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Shopping for a PDA
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How Do I Choose a PDA?
Color
Memory
Operating system
Software
Size
Battery life
Speed
Data input
Functionality
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1- 320 x 320 transflective TFT color display 2-
Web 3- Email 4- 5-Way Navigator 5- Address
Book 6- Date Book 7- Built-in Keyboard 8-
Rechargeable Battery 9- Built-in Wi-Fi 10-
Headphone Jack 11 -Palm Expansion Slot 12
-Palm Universal Connector 13- Infrared Port
14- Embedded Antenna 15- Stylus
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Why Buy a PDA?

• Patient tracking
• Pregnancy tracker
• Procedure/delivery database
• Clinical prediction tools
• Data collection for research

• Medical calculators
• Drug reference
• Infectious disease guide
• Evidence Based Tools
• Medical reference
• Internet access

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Finding the Software
Free PDA Software

• ePocrates Rx
• Johns Hopkins Antibiotics Guide (Palm/CE)
• Patient Keeper http//www.4medstudents.com/files/F
  ullPKp305.zip
• MedCalc (Palm) medical calculator
• Shots (Palm/CE) immunizations schedule

http//www.epocrates.com/
http//hopkins-abxguide.org
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http//www.4medstudents.com/palm.htm

• http//www.freewarepalm.com/medical/medical.shtml