MCG Technology On Hand

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MCG Technology On Hand

• Kathy Davies
• Greenblatt Library
• September 2005

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MCG Subscribed Resources

• OVID_at_Hand
• Micromedex
• InfoPoems
• AvantGo Channel
• Medical Reference Texts

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OVID_at_Hand Products

• OVID Journals
• Table of Contents Abstracts on PDA
• Create MEDLINE search on PDA
• Save articles on web for full-text access
• A-Z Drug Facts
• Over 4,500 new and orphan drugs.
• Patient care, pharmacology, dosages and
  indications

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OVID_at_Hand Journals

• Select from MCG subscribed journals
• 150 clinical and nursing titles
• Select journals to review on PDA
• Receive latest Abstracts Table of Contents
• Save record to Web MyOVIDLibrary for Full-Text
  Access

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A-Z Drug Facts

• Published by Facts Comparisons
• Browse by Therapeutic Class
• Browse/Search Alphabetical List
• Default Information is General
• Pronunciation Drug Class
• Categories Focus on Pharmacology Patient Care
  Information

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OVID_at_HAND Main Screen
MEDLINE Search Screen
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Table of Contents
Personal Journal List
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Default Information
Alpha Drug List
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Dosing Category
Category Listing
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Mobile MICROMEDEX

• Must have customer number from website
• Resources Include
• Drug Interaction Tool
• Toxicology Information
• Alternative Medicine
• Can choose which sections to download to save
  memory on device

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mobileMICROMEDEX

• Brief Point-of-Care Synopses
• Acute care
• Alternative Medicine
• Diagnosis
• Drugs (over 3,200)
• Interactions
• CAM
• For installation instructions, see library
• resources Web page

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mobile MICROMEDEX
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What is InfoPoems?

• Pre-selected evidence based resources
• Focus on patient care of common conditions not
  a comprehensive research source
• InfoRetriever set of EBM databases
• Keyword Multi-database searching
• Includes Cochrane, guidelines, calculators
• Daily Poems
• Reviews 100 journals monthly
• Selects 1-4 for POEM inclusion

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InfoRetriever Database Search

• Cochrane Database (abstracts only)
• EBM Guidelines
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse others
• Clinical Decision Rules
• Estimate clinical probabilities
• select appropriate/effective tests for
• determine risk for specific disease

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InfoRetriever Database Search

• Diagnostic Test Calculators
• Ex likelihood of breast cancer
• History Physical Exam calculators
• Griffiths 5 Minute Clinical Consult
• Overview of topic
• ICD 9 Codes
• Search by number or alphabetical list

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Daily Poems Content

• Daily Poems includes the following
• Clinical Question Setting
• Brief Synopsis of research
• Bottom Line implications for practice
• Link to PubMed article abstract
• Additional MEDLINE references

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System Requirements

• Pocket PC
• Operating System Pocket PC 2002/2003
• Memory 64MB internal or 64MB
• Storage card 64 MB available
• Palm
• Operating System Palm OS 4 and higher
• Memory 16MB internal
• Expansion Card Required for installation
• 64MB memory (minimum of 35 MB free)

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Cochrane Reviews
Clinical Decision Rules
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InfoPoems Example
Clinical Practice Guidelines
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Avant GO MCG Library

• PDA designed web pages/channels
• Health, News, Business Channels
• Library has created channel
• Contact information user tips
• Sync to refresh channels or update with wireless
  access
• Create custom channels

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Health Channels
Greenblatt Library Channel
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Example Library FAQs Channel
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Medical Reference Texts

• 16 medical texts for PDA/Pocket PC
• Subjects include
• Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Surgery
• Critical Care Medicine
• Requires Acrobat Reader on device
• Install on card or main memory

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PDA Library Services

• Clarinet Download Station
• Infrared PDA Printing
• PDA Video Tutorials
• PDA Medical/Utility Applications Page
• PDA Checkout

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Clarinet Download Station

• Beam PDA applications to device
• Three stations in library
• First Second Floor
• PDA Classroom
• PDA 25 Applications
• Pocket PC 6 Applications

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Clarinet Download Station

• Clinical Fields Covered
• Medicine, Nursing
• Dentistry , Respiratory Therapy
• Examples include
• Dental Materials, IV Drip Calculator
• VentMate, EBM Calculator
• Utility Applications
• EX Database Cleaner, Kinoma Video player

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Clarinet Station Download Manager
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• IR Printing in Computer Lab

Palm Print Option

• Printboy (PDA)
• HP Mobile Printing (Pocket PC)
• Attached to Diebold main printer
• Align IR sender with receiver to send file

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PDA Applications

• Directory of medical/utility applications
• Clinical content areas
• Nursing, Dentistry, Medical Calculations
• Respiratory Therapy Physician Assistant
• Video Tutorials for the PDA
• Basic Instructions for Library Resources
• Remote Access, GroupWise, CD Burning

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PDA LInC Checkout

• 3 M500 Palm OS 4.0 located in AB131
• All pieces including box must be checked out
• When PDA returned leave out of cradle so I can
  sync it and reinstall any deleted/changed data
• Memory Card software available to check out
• Some software preloaded AvantGo, DBCleaner,
  MedRules, Clock
• Purchase software cards Harrisons, Washington
  Manual of Therapeutics, Merck Manual, and
  Stedmans Medical Dictionary

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PDA Classroom Features

• Classroom Features
• 10 PDAs with associated peripherals
• 10 64MB memory sticks for PDAs
• wireless mouse for the instructors station
• mounted overhead projector
• Clarinet PDA download station
• Additionally, it will contain an Elmo projector

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PDA Classroom Medical Software

• Patient Keeper a hand held tool which allows
  physicians to manage and track patient
  information
• ABC Lab Data handheld tool which allows
  physicians access to hundreds of common and
  uncommon laboratory tests
• Ovid_at_Hand
• InfoPOEMS over 1000 medical calculators

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PDA Classroom Utility Applications

• Adobe Reader PDF reader for the Palm
• Backup Buddy Allows the PDA to be
  restored/backed up to its original configuration
• WebPro Internet Browser for Palm
• PDA Defense flexible PDA protection system
• DB Cleaner utility to uninstall unused files
  that are left behind when a program is deleted
  from the PDA
• PrintBoy PDA application that uses Infrared to
  print
• Superutility Allows user the ability to manage
  their PDA files, similar to file explorer in
  Pocket PC
• WinMPG converts .avi files to allow viewing of
  MPG tutorials on PDA