Current Consult Medicine 2005

[marlof]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.unboundmedicine.com/store/ub?cmd=catdetail&action=viewentry&eid=41' target='_blank'>http://www.unboundmedicine.com/stor...iewentry&eid=41</a><br /><br /></div>We've posted before on <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=264111">Unbound Surgery</a> and <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29944">Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary</a>, products for your Pocket PC by Unbound Medicine. Recently they've added Current Consult Medicine 2005 to their product range. The application won't come cheap ($59.95 at <a href="http://www.handango.com/brainstore/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&productId=142764">Handango</a> [affiliate] ), but according to Thoughts community member DJ Apod, who tested the software, is definitely worth its price. <br /><br /><i>"CURRENT CONSULT Medicine 2005 provides immediate solutions to the challenging problems faced in hospital and practice settings. CURRENT CONSULT Medicine brings you authoritative clinical answers on more than 850 disorders and 550 differential diagnoses from one of the most trusted sources in medicine—CURRENT Medical Diagnosis &amp; Treatment."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/marlof-20041028-currentconsultmedicine.gif" />

[SHC]

I would love to have this on my PDA as well as some other medical texts, but as a poor clinical nurse specialist I can't afford them.

[Darius Wey]

I would love to have this on my PDA as well as some other medical texts, but as a poor clinical nurse specialist I can't afford them.

Unfortunately, they are a little pricey. There are plenty of medical references out there - some are good, some aren't so good; once you compound together a set of texts you find useful, the price certainly is a blowout. If you really believe it will benefit you in your work, perhaps you could suggest it to the clinic at which you work at? Maybe they can help cover some of the costs. Just a thought...

[tanalasta]

At least as a CNS you get to claim a tax deduction... you do know that don't you?

Mind you, your local intranet is usually all you need to find information - or there's always a textbook of sorts lying on the wards somewhere.

Personally, MIMS (free in NSW on CIAP) or Micromedex (free on a lot of intranets but American unfortunately...) are great drug programs.

As for medical programs, I've always preferred Skyscape's offerrings. Their layout and ease of use is just that much easier. Although they also have one of the most stringent activation programs (one device, and one device only... if you swap devices, you have to email for a reactivation code).

The best medical reference program on PocketPC is by far, 5 Minute Clinical Consult.

or the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine - though the hard copy is much better value. Out of curiosity, where do you work? PM ;)

*edit $60 US is about how much you pay for any of the medical programs. Though there are always institution or other discount codes for 20% off if you look hard enough*

[Darius Wey]

The best medical reference program on PocketPC is by far, 5 Minute Clinical Consult.

or the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine - though the hard copy is much better value.

I actually think Oxford (as you said) and Harrison's are still the two best resources to have on-hand.

Out of curiosity, where do you work? PM ;)

Haha, who? SHC or me? :?

[tanalasta]

Haha, who? SHC or me?

My bad... misread your posts and thought they were by the same person. You have very similar avatars... I blame lack of sleep for the mistake. :oops: Ignore my question then... I thought one of you may have been a CNS in Australia :P

I have Harrison's on my pda - but it's simply missing too much essential information (usually with the link: Refer to HOL (Harrison's online) Table ...) and it got too annoying. When I have a text on my pda, I expect to use it as a reference text.

5MCC simply has all the relevant information I need at a glance... from diagnosis to investigations/management.

As for Oxford, I have most of their clinical handbooks sitting on my table at the moment. :)

[Darius Wey]

Haha, who? SHC or me?

My bad... misread your posts and thought they were by the same person. You have very similar avatars... I blame lack of sleep for the mistake. :oops: Ignore my question then... I thought one of you may have been a CNS in Australia :P

It's alright. :D I get confused myself sometimes. :lol:

I have Harrison's on my pda - but it's simply missing too much essential information (usually with the link: Refer to HOL (Harrison's online) Table ...) and it got too annoying. When I have a text on my pda, I expect to use it as a reference text.

5MCC simply has all the relevant information I need at a glance... from diagnosis to investigations/management.

As for Oxford, I have most of their clinical handbooks sitting on my table at the moment. :)

Harrison's is very pricey for the PDA, if I recall correctly. While it's nice to have them available electronically, I find that Harrison's Manual of Medicine and the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine are great to have in print as it's nice and "pocketable" (well, not really - but it's small and light). :P Although...they're there just as reference. You would hardly carry them on the wards. That's where the PDA comes in. :roll:

[SHC]

I think I'll find a new avatar, DJ Apod had the alien first I think.
Thanks for useful comments. I do use a lot of free references from memoware and also clinical urology from clinicalmedconsult.com, but that only cost $9.95.

[Autarch]

The best medical reference program on PocketPC is by far, 5 Minute Clinical Consult.

or the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine - though the hard copy is much better value.

Anyone using UpToDate? It requires 800MB on a memory card.

[drmed]

Got a promotion via email today from Unbound and decided to try it out. So far I like it better than 5mcc -- has more indepth therapeutic information and I like the way the DDx section is intetgrated. Much better suited for an internist like me.

Not sure they'd want me to spread it, but you can get it for $49 using this URL:

http://www.unboundmedicine.com/store/ub?cmd=purdisp&eid=41&offerCode=6&svar=spoffer%7cUB000141

what do others think?