Name  =  2X2

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:ALL:2X2

 Size: 11K         Date: 6/16/96        

 Description:

 2x2 - by Donald W. Miller, Jr., M.D. This is a simple, no frills

application that will calculate predictive values and likelihood ratios

from patient data, sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests. It is

also helpful in demonstrating the interaction between prevalence and

sensitivity, specificity. 2x2 works with Newton OS 1.x and 2.0.



 Name  =  BYDATE.TXT

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:BYDATE.TXT

 Size: 16K         Date:10/03/95        

 Description:

 This is a text file listing of the Healthcare file section of the Newton CD

by date. Use a text reader for full examination of this listing.



 Name  =  BYNAME.TXT

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:BYNAME.TXT

 Size: 16K         Date:10/03/95        

 Description:

 This is a text file listing of the Healthcare file section of the Newton CD

by name. Use a text reader for full examination of this listing.



 Name  =  DIABETIC

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:2:DIABETIC

 Size: 63K         Date: 1/16/98        

 Description:

 Pocket DiabetiCare 2.0b - Pocket DiabetiCare is a application for the

Newton PDA. It was developed as a means to capture blood sugar readings

and analyze this infomation as it occurs. It is only meant as a tool to

aid in analyzing data, not a replacement for the advice of your doctor.



 Name  =  DRIPCALC

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:2:DRIPCALC

 Size: 11K         Date: 2/08/98        

 Description:

 DripCalc - is a small (11k installed) calculator for figuring IV medication

 doses for 16 common ICU drugs. Useful for anyone who spends a lot of time

with ICU patients. For example, if your patient is on dobutamine at 4 cc/hr

mixed as 1gm/250 cc and weighs 80 kg, DripCalc can tell you that represents

3.33 mcg/kg/min. It knows which drugs are measured in 'per kilo', and gives

ranges and loading doses. DripCalc has been tested for accuracy but is

still in beta form -- read the accompanying file for more information.

Comments and bug reports are appreciated. Freeware by Alan Simon

(ads5@columbia.edu).



 Name  =  DRUGFIND

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:1:DRUGFIND

 Size: 56K         Date: 7/20/94        

 Description:

 Drug Finder 1.12 - Upon starting the program you are faced with a list of

drugs (if you properly installed the drugSoup). To display a particular

drug information, just tap on the drug, or navigate up and down the list

by tapping on the appropriate arrow on the lower portion of the Newton.

You can also enter new drug information by tapping on the New button on

the lower left portion of the screen. This will bring you into the Rx

Editor where you can enter drug information which you desire. You also

have the option of tapping on the About box which will display information

about the program, its author, and the current version number. One soup

(database) is provided for evaluation. This is not a complete...



 Name  =  FITNESSL

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:1:FITNESSL

 Size: 85K         Date: 5/09/95        

 Description:

 Fitness Log 1.72 - The FitnessLog program uses your Newton to track all

your races and workouts, for biking, running, swimming, and other

activities. For races, it will monitor and report your personal best times

for each race. The program comes prepared to track races of 1 mile, 5k,

10k, 12k, half and full marathons. If you run races of other distances,

you can enter those either as one-time races or you can define a new

standard race category for that particular distance. You can also define a

series of standard training workouts.



 Name  =  GUTBUSTE

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:1:GUTBUSTE

 Size: 23K         Date:11/03/93        

 Description:

 Gut Buster 1.0 - Gut Buster is a Newton program which was written to assist

 anyone on an exchange based weight loss program. Gut Buster is shareware.

If you find it useful, and it helps you with your weight loss, the author

would appreciate a contribution.



 Name  =  HANDLINK

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:2:HANDLINK

 Size:258K         Date:12/19/97        

 Description:

 HandLink 1.1v5 - includes an updated Drug List database as well as fixes to

the HandLink application itself. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the

new version. HandLink is the ideal solution for point of care patient

management for the Newton OS. HandLink is designed from the ground up to

be quick and efficient and is tailored to the needs of resident

physicians, medical students, and anyone who needs access to patient data

quickly. HandLink gives you access to the data you want and need, when you

need it without the clutter of an exhaustively comprehensive medical

record. ProMedex can manage your patient list and make you more productive

in your residency, clinic, or medical school clinical rotation. You...



 Name  =  INFORETR

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:2:INFORETR

 Size:1304K         Date: 1/08/98        

 Description:

 Info-Retriever - helps bridge the gap between the questions you have at the

 bedside and the answers you need! InfoRetriever brings to the palm of your

 hand: over 270 abstracts of systematic reviews from the Cochrane Database

(with approximately 100 more added annually) over 240 critical appraisals

of key primary care articles from the JFP POEMs feature (with another 96

added annually) detailed data on hundreds of diagnostic tests and

maneuvers from the H & P key clinical practice guidelines useful clinical

prediction rules. All of the information in InfoRetriever is fully indexed

for fast retrieval. Best of all, InfoRetriever only costs $99, and is

regularly updated, with free updates for at least the first year!...



 Name  =  JFPN0496

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:ALL:JFPN0496

 Size: 55K         Date: 4/23/96        

 Description:

 JFPn0496.pkg - The JFP Joournal club is designed to assist primary care

physicians in deciding whether the results of research should change the

way they practice. This is the April 1996 journal.



 Name  =  MEDICALC

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:1:MEDICALC

 Size: 41K         Date:11/15/93        

 Description:

 Medicalc 1.0 - Medicalc is a Newton program for Doctors. Medicalc

calculates values pertinent to patient care using recognized algorithms.

It can save you time in the hospital and help you to rationalize the

purchase of the your Newton MessagePad. Features - Chem-7 analysis which

calculates osmolality, anion gap, estimated creatinine clearance and, in

hypernatremic patients, free water deficit. BSA - Calculates body surface

area. ANC - Calculates Absolute Neutrophil Count. PedsRx and STAT Rx -

Accesses two user configurable drug references. IV Calc and more. All

calculations that it performs should be double checked using a recognized

medical reference. Wouldn't it be cool if all the doctors used...



 Name  =  MEDICATI

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:2:MEDICATI

 Size: 23K         Date: 8/02/97        

 Description:

 Medications plug-in - a new plug-in for version 2.0 of Palmedic.

Medications plug-in has been programmed to replace the standard

Medications plug-in that ships with Palmedic. This release is to allow for

seamless integration with K2 consultant's new reference release LexiDrugs

97. The plug-in allows the user to tap on a medication within Palmedic and

have the Lexi-Comp Drug reference open to that drug in its database. Thus,

one can reference a medication's action, contraindications, and side

effects directly from a patient's medical record within Palmedic. This

plug-in release again demonstrates how quickly and easily Palmedic's

functionality can be altered or added to with the use of plug-ins....



 Name  =  MEDNOTE1

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:2:MEDNOTE1

 Size:284K         Date: 4/08/96        

 Description:

 MedNotesLink 1.8 DEMO - Version 1.8 corrects a bug in 1.7 that prevented

use of the WordList import/export. The progam was looking in the wrong

folder. 1.8 fixes the behavior to match the instructions. This version of

MedNotesLink requires a modification to the folders if you already have an

older version. This version is the single user version but can be

delivered in either 1,3, 5, 8, or 10 user versions. The folder change puts

your patient data and wordlists in a folder that belongs to you and is

separate from the data of other users.



 Name  =  MEDNOTES

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:2:MEDNOTES

 Size:436K         Date: 4/15/96        

 Description:

 Med-Notes 999z5d DEMO - is an advanced patient data collection system for

the Newton from ProAccess Systems Inc. and Education Research

Laboratories, Inc. (ERLI). This outstanding data management tool includes

an enhanced patient encounter format which includes SOAP, lab and Rx

fields, extensive quick pick word lists associated with up to 16 chief

complaints, and excellent data entry performance with scrolling data

windows. Med-Notes is a data gathering program for a medical professional

who needs to collect, organize and communicate the Who, what , when and

where information for the patients they see as they work outside their

office.



 Name  =  PALMEDIC

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:2:PALMEDIC

 Size:209K         Date: 2/28/98        

 Description:

 Palmedic 2.2 -patient management software for the Newton. Palmedic is a

feature-rich, easy to use resource for the production and maintainenance

of a patient's medical record. Version 2.2 continues to show the

superiority of its plug-in architecture by adding a new plug-in to the

standard plug-in set. The new plug-in, called 'Contacts', allows for the

entry of an unlimited number of contacts to each patient record. These new

entries can be linked to name cards in the Names application for easy

lookup and reference of phone numbers, addresses, etc. thereby enabling

the user to link other physicians, family members, pharmacies and the like

to their patients from within the medical record. Multiple bug fixes...



 Name  =  PALMEDIC

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:ALL:PALMEDIC

 Size:117K         Date: 2/09/97        

 Description:

 Palmedic 1.1 - is a full-featured patient tracking package similar to

others you may have seen on the market, but at a much more reasonable

price. Palmedic has grown from a simple desire to be organized on rounds

as a medical student to a package that rivals the expensive solutions on

the market today. This is a demo version that allows a maximum of 5

patients and can be unlocked after paying the shareware fee.



 Name  =  PATIENTD

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:2:PATIENTD

 Size:  7K         Date: 3/18/96        

 Description:

 Patient Data 1.0 - Requires Newton OS 2.0 - Patient Data 1.0 is a piece of

stationary for the note pad for keeping track of patient data in the

hospital. It uses the intelligent name picker for picking the name of the

patient from the Names application (You can also enter in names directly).

It remembers the last 8 names you used. It automatically puts in the

current date and time (this too is editable). It contains a picker (with

common labs) for picking the lab. It allows only digital ink renditions of

the laboratory data. This makes for quick data entry each morning as you

run the labs. I'm an intern in internal medicine. I'm also trying to teach

myself how to program the Newton. Patient Data 1.0 doesn't...



 Name  =  POCKETDI

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:ALL:POCKETDI

 Size: 93K         Date: 4/21/97        

 Description:

 Pocket DiabetiCare 1.10 - Pocket DiabetiCare is a application for the

Newton PDA. It was developed as a means to capture blood sugar readings

and analyze this infomation as it occurs. It is only meant as a tool to

aid in analyzing data, not a replacement for the advice of your doctor.



 Name  =  RUNNERSL

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:1:RUNNERSL

 Size: 20K         Date: 4/26/94        

 Description:

 Runner's Log - Runner's Log is a little freeware applet by S.O.A.P Notes,

Inc. It helps you keep track of how many miles you've run each day, and

for the year. Just select the right day, and enter the number of miles,

and minutes run (or walked, biked...). Then tap save, and you're totals

for the year will be shown. The source code is included, and if you make

changes or improvements, the authors would like to see it!



 Name  =  RXONTAP

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:1:RXONTAP

 Size: 66K         Date: 9/29/94        

 Description:

 RxOnTap - Prescriptions on Tap - Rapid Prescription Writer for the Newton

MessagePad. Rx on Tap is a timesaving program for the Newton MessagePad

and Sharp ExpertPad. Using Rx on Tap, any given prescription, no matter

how complicated, is only a few pen taps away. No longer will you have to

scribble out those complicated instructions for tapering a medication over

the course of weeks. No more phone calls from the pharmacist who is trying

to decipher your hieroglyphics. Rx on tap also incorporates a weight based

dosage calculator and notes. This version of Rx on Tap will work for 21

days unless registered.



 Name  =  SIGN

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:1:SIGN

 Size: 36K         Date:11/03/93        

 Description:

 Sign - Sign is a Newton application that contains pictures for the american

sign language finger alphabet. In its current incarnation, it is most

useful for reference. The author may add the ability to for the user to

write in words and have Newton sign them.



 Name  =  SOAPTAP

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:1:SOAPTAP

 Size: 46K         Date:10/13/94        

 Description:

 SOAPTap - S.O.A.P. Notes is a Newton interface for our computer package of

the same name. It is used to rapidly form patient notes in an office

setting. In the standard S.O.A.P. Notes package, the notes are formed by

scanning phrases from a wall chart of barcodes using a wireless barcode

reader the size of a credit card. In this Newton interface the wall chart

and bar code reader are replaced by a tap board on the Newton. The notes

are stored in the Newton's Notepad in a folder, Soap. This folder must

exists to be able to efficiently edit and download the notes.



 Name  =  TARGETHE

 Path =  PDA12:PKGS:HEALTH:1:TARGETHE

 Size: 13K         Date: 7/01/94        

 Description:

 Target Heart Rate - This is the first module in a series of modules for the

runner and walker. These newton apps are part of the Training Log for

Runner's and Walker's. It will contain functionality for capturing your

daily and weekly mileage. Calculators for pace and training heart rates.

Pace and steps per minute charts. Logs for entering weight and resting

heart rates. This one contains Training Heart Rates only. Enter your age

and resting heart rate, to calculate your target heart ranges. (Pick from

a variety of calculations).