Transcript Using a PocketPC

Intro to Medical Apps on the
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Nancy Clark, M.Ed.
Director, Medical Informatics Education
Summer 2010
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Goals For Session 1
Distribute iPods
 Connect with iTunes on laptop and
upgrade OS to 4
 Identify medical applications for the
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
 Register applications via the FSU Library
 Install registered applications to the
handheld device from iTunes Apps Store
 Getting help
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Handouts
Find it Quickly diagram
 Installation instructions for iPhone/iPod
 Checklist for writing down usernames
and password for each resource
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Distribution of iPods
Paperwork
 Signatures
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Run iTunes on your laptop
 Connect your iPod to your laptop
 Upgrade OS when it asks to Version 4.x
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What’s Currently Available
What kind of information is in each of these resources?
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What to install today
AHRQ EPSS and Shots 2010 (free – no registration)
 Epocrates Essentials
 PEPID
 DynaMed from Skyscape
 Harrisons Practice
 Pediatric Care Online
 Cinical Evidence (in app store under
UCentral)
 Depending on time, others
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802.11 Wireless Operation
802.11 can be much faster than 3G (4G?) to
install. If iPhone, put in flight mode.
 Get on the Wireless: Settings > WiFi >
Choose a Network
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◦ FSUMED [key collegeofmed1]
◦ FSUMED-SEC [use your CoM username and
password]
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Epocrates Essentials Demo
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Epocrates Essentials
◦ Register to create your
userID and password
◦ Rx= Drugs
◦ Drug Interactions
◦ Dx=BMJ disease ref
◦ Lab=lab manual
◦ Pill Identifier
◦ ID= Infectious Disease
antibiotics guide
◦ Tables, MedMath, tools
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Syncs to update wirelessly
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PEPID Demo
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CRC Suite
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DDX generater
Disease
Drugs - interactions
Labs
Calculators
Clinical Rotations
Images
Medical Dictionary
◦ Stedman’s
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Dynamed Demo
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Huge
Evidenced-based
Disease reference
Reviews of latest lit
on each topic
Organized by type of
question
Skyscape Tools
optional, free
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Harrison’s Practice Demo
Disease Reference
 Drug Monographs
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ePSS (USPSTF) Tool Demo
Enter age, gender, etc.
of patient
 Gives you the
preventive
recommendations
for this patient
 Grades A,B,C…
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Free resource from
AHRQ
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Pediatric Care Online
Not all of web site
 Antibiotics Guide
 Interactive
Periodicity table
 Disease reference
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Clinical Evidence
Treatment Guidelines
 Top 200 conditions
 Level of Effectiveness
 From BMJ
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Let Resources Update
Apps icon shows a
number
 Tap Apps Store
 Updates
 Update all
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Manual Updates – look for…
Get on good wireless
network
 Update button
 Tools > Updates in
Program
 Button that looks
like
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 + in top right corner
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Removing Unwanted Programs
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Hold finger on one
resource and shake it
Little x will appear
Tap x to delete
Drag and drop to
another screen to
move and organize
apps
Press apps button to
exit this mode
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Links to Registration Sites
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Full Installation Instructions
Handout with Checklist on front
 Each individual program installation
instructions
 On Intranet – will require you to sign in if
off campus
 Updated weekly
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Adding Applications - Overview
1. From the Library Web Page:
Go to Mobile Resource sites
2. Register for product
-------------------------1. On Device go to Apps Store
2. Search for App
3. Install (need your iTunes
username and password)
4. Run program, and enter
your username and
password for that
application. May need a
serial number.
5. Download content.
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Renewals
Annual Subscriptions – they expire
 Renewal requires usernames, passwords,
and sometimes serial #s
 Keep track of all your userIDs and
passwords someplace
 Form provided
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Note: the userIDs and passwords you create will be
the one you will use for the rest of your career or as
long as you use the product
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Free Software Recommended
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Medscape
◦ eMedicine Disease
Reference
◦ Drug Reference
◦ Procedures reference
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Mobile Merck
Medicus
◦ Harrison’s Practice
◦ Pocket Guide to
Diagnostic Tests
◦ Merck Manual 17th
Edition
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3D Brain
◦ Neuroanatomy
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FSU Mobile
◦ Parking
◦ Football schedule
◦ Maps
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Using Instructions, Install Software
Write down all serial numbers, userIDs and
passwords on sheet provided
 Save passwords electronically as well:
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◦ Suggestions –in Outlook contacts, notes, something
that gets backed up
Raise your hand if you have a problem
 When you finish installing and have no issues,
you are finished
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Install Software
See Handout
Raise Hand for help
We will circulate
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