MOBILE MEDICINE

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MOBILE MEDICINE

• APPLICATIONS AND RESOURCES FOR THE STUDENT ,
  PRACTITIONER, AND PATIENT

Philip D. Walker, MLIS Rudolph Matas Library
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COI
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OUTLINE

• A Brief Literature Review
• The Tools of the Trade
• Library Provided Resources Apps
• Apps Available for Purchase
• Other Web Resources

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The Literature
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Uses

• Study Aid
• Reflection (Students)
• Patient Tracking
• Scheduling
• Quick References - Clinical Pharmaceutical
• Clinical Decision Support
• Computational

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Issues

• Cost
• Personnel, Support, Infrastructure
• Security
• Organizational Culture
• Patient-Physician Interaction
• Privacy/Confidentiality
• Contamination

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Brady RR, Verran J, Damani NN, Gibb AP. Review of
mobile communication devices as potential
reservoirs of nosocomial pathogens. J Hosp
Infect. 2009 Apr71(4)295-300.
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Gadgets Galore!!!
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Library Provided
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http//medlib.tulane.edu/complab/pdaresources.htm
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Mobile Apps Student
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Mobile Apps Practitioner
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Airstrip OB Video
http//cbs11tv.com/video/?id44962_at_ktvt.dayport.co
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http//www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video1170760210p
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Mobile Apps Patient
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Where to Buy?Androidhttp//www.androlib.com/a
ndroid.category.applications-j.aspxApplehttp//
www.apple.com/itunes/Blackberryhttp//appworld.
blackberry.com/webstore/Skyscapehttp//www.skys
cape.com/index/home.aspx Unbound
Medicinehttp//www.unboundmedicine.com/
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NLM Resources
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Key References
Alsos OA, Dabelow B, Faxvaag A. Doctors' Concerns
of PDAs in the Ward Round Situation. Methods Inf
Med. 2009 Nov 548(6). Hauser SE, Demner-Fushman
D, Jacobs JL, Humphrey SM, Ford G, Thoma GR.
Using wireless handheld computers to seek
information at the point of care an evaluation
by clinicians. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007
Nov-Dec14(6)807-15. Johnston JM, Leung GM, Tin
KY, Ho LM, Lam W, Fielding R. Evaluation of a
handheld clinical decision support tool for
evidence-based learning and practice in medical
undergraduates. Med Educ. 2004 Jun38(6)628-37.
Kho A, Henderson LE, Dressler DD, Kripalani S.
Use of handheld computers in medical education. A
systematic review. J Gen Intern Med. 2006
May21(5)531-7. Morris CG, Church L, Vincent C,
Rao A. PDA usage and training targeting
curriculum for residents and faculty. Fam Med.
2007 Jun39(6)419-24. Ramesh J, Carter AO,
Campbell MH, Gibbons N, Powlett C, Moseley H,
Sr., et al. Use of mobile phones by medical staff
at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados evidence
for both benefit and harm. J Hosp Infect. 2008
Oct70(2)160-5. Rubin MA, Bateman K, Donnelly
S, Stoddard GJ, Stevenson K, Gardner RM, et al.
Use of a personal digital assistant for managing
antibiotic prescribing for outpatient respiratory
tract infections in rural communities. J Am Med
Inform Assoc. 2006 Nov-Dec13(6)627-34. Taylor
JS, Anthony D, Lavallee LK, Taylor NL. A
manageable approach to integrating personal
digital assistants into a family medicine
clerkship. Med Teach. 2006 May28(3)283-7. Trele
ase RB. Diffusion of innovations smartphones and
wireless anatomy learning resources. Anat Sci
Educ. 2008 Nov1(6)233-9.
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THANK YOU!!!
Philip Walker, MLIS pwalker_at_tulane.edu
504.988.2410