PDA Applications

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are increasingly common among clinicians and researchers. We have compiled information about some popular applications, listed in alphabetical order below. If your favorite is not listed, please feel free to submit the information to the NRC.

Application	Source	Cost	Format	Updates	Notes
AIDSinfo's Antiretroviral Toxicity Tool	AIDSinfo, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Free	Pocket PC, Palm OS.	n/a	Provides "on-the-go" access to important antiretroviral therapy-associated adverse events (drug toxicities).
AIDSinfo's Drug Database	AIDSinfo, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Free	Pocket PC, Palm OS.	n/a	Provides easy access to drug information from the AIDSinfo Drug Database. Users have the option of viewing drug information in technical or non-technical language and can search for drugs by name, class, or FDA-approval status.
AIDSinfo HIV/AIDS Glossary	AIDSinfo, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Free	Palm OS.	n/a	Provides easy access to AIDSinfo's Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms. Users have the option of searching for a term, or listing all the terms in each alphabetical category. Optimized for PDA.
AIDSinfo Guidelines	AIDSinfo, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Free	Pocket PC, Palm OS.	n/a	Designed for quick reference to U.S. DHHS HIV guidelines.
BartlettHIV (The Johns Hopkins Hospital 2002 Guide to Medical Care of Patients With HIV Infection, 10th Edition)	PDA Cortex	$29.95	Pocket PC, Palm OS 3.0.	n/a	HIV serology and epidemiology, classification and natural history, diagnostic evaluation, and prevention of complications and opportunistic infections.
CCS Manual of HIV/AIDS Therapy, 2003 Edition	PDA Cortex	$28.95	Pocket PC, Palm OS 3.3.	n/a	Management of opportunistic infections.
Clinical Infectious Disease	Tucows	$10.00	Palm 4.0. Requires iSilo .	n/a	Includes information about HIV.
ePocrates	ePocrates	$60/year	Palm-Win OS, Palm-Mac OS, PPC-Win OS.	Can update device by connecting to Internet - recommended once weekly.	Products include drug and formulary references, and disease diagnosis and treatment references.
HIV-AIDS General Information	PalmaServ	Free	Palm OS.	n/a	General information regarding transmission, prevention, and different stages of HIV.
HIV Drug & Mutation Reference Guide	HIVresistanceWeb	Free	Palm OS.	n/a	Guide to relationships between key and common genotypic mutations and resistance to approved ARV drugs.
HIV Primary Care Guidelines	CollectiveMed.com	$25.00	Pocket PC, Palm OS.	n/a	Recommendations on outpatient management of HIV disease.
Johns Hopkins' EpiTool	Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Control	Free	Palm OS.	n/a	An epidemiological tool for performing basic statistical analysis of exposure and outcomes for multiple studies. Advanced version requires registration.
Johns Hopkins POC-IT Antibiotic (ABX) Guide	Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases	Free	PalmOS, BlackBerry, PocketPC 2002, Windows CE.	Site information updated monthly. Can update device by connecting to Internet.	Diagnosis tool for primary care providers and other non-infectious disease specialists prescribing antibiotics at point of care.
MedCalc	Medical Interactive Applications	Free	Palm OS 3.1 or later	Updated regularly.	A medical calculator for common equations used in medicine (including anesthesiology, pediatrics, emergency, intensive care and internal medicine).
The Merck Manual, 17th Edition	Franklin Electronic Publishers	$79.95	Palm OS, Windows CE/PocketPC, Symbian/Nokia eBookman. Requires Mobipocket Reader .	n/a	Contains information on the signs and symptoms of diseases, the most common diseases and disorders by system, adverse drug reactions, clinical procedures, and more.
Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests	Franklin Electronic Publishers	$49.95	Windows CE, Pocket PC. Requires Franklin Reader .	n/a	Resource to facilitate the process of selecting and interpreting more than 350 commonly used diagnostic tests.
The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2004 for the Palm	Sanford Guide	$25.00	Pocket PC, Palm OS.	Annually	Information about antiretrovirals. Available as download or CD.
Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia	Tarascon Publishing	$27.48/year	Pocket PC, Palm OS.	Can connect to Internet for auto-updates.	Extensive drug information, including interactions, pediatric drug dosing, and medical formula calculators.