PDA Applications - Mobile Technology
Licensed applications for University of Utah affiliates:
- An evidence-based guidance decision-support tool for point-of-care
for Palm OS from STAT!Ref.
Follow link to the latest update or click here to get the application.
No access code required, but must be connected to the University Network for download and updates. See Remote Access for off campus instructions. Also available online to UU community.
- Evidence-based point of care information for healthcare professionals.
Memory Requirements:25 MB
For Palm Pocket PC, Blackberry, Windows Smartphone, iPhone, & iTouch devices. Technical Specifications.
Note: Send email to reference@lib.med.utah.edu from your University of Utah email account for access code.
- Point of care drug information and interactions.
Memory Requirements:~35 MB (Palm) ~40 MB (PocketPC)
Note: Send email to reference@lib.med.utah.edu from your University of Utah email account for access code. Please specify device, such as Palm, PocketPC, Blackberry, or iPhone/iTouch.
- is Micromedex's mobile application. Read more on Clinical Xpert.
Micromedex online is restricted to the Health Science Center.
Memory Requirements: ~21.2 MB (Palm) ~21.5 MB (Pocket PC)
Notes:- Windows Vista will not yet load Clinical Xpert; Beta version is available for some devices.
- MAC installation is not available to load Clinical Xpert.
- See the list of certified devices from Thomson Micromedex
- Remember to uninstall previous versions of Clinical Xpert (if applicable.)
- Send email to reference@lib.med.utah.edu from your University of Utah email account for access code, or use the HSC Intranet link for Micromedex.
iPhone users:
- To access Web-based restricted resources, configure the iPhone's VPN to connect to the campus network, then navigate to databases.
- 24% discount for University of Utah Health Sciences Center affiliates (UUHSC students, staff and faculty) on Skyscape purchases.
UUHSC Supported Devices
Freeware applications:
- Adobe Reader (Freeware)
- For viewing Adobe PDF files on the go. - Archimedes (Freeware)
- Medical calculations and formulas, designed to offer three methods of accessing formulas -- alphabetical listing, category listing, and historical listing. Runs on all Palm OS and Windows CE/Pocket PC devices. - ARUP Consult for PDAs and Mobile Devices (Freeware)
A tool designed by ARUP Laboratories to assist, improve, and simplify test ordering and interpretation for better diagnostic decision making.
Note: Download content from an 1) AvantGo channel or 2) ARUP Consult Downloadable Channelor via 3)ARUP Consult Mobile Web Site. - BMI Calc (Freeware)
- Calculate Body Mass. From the National Institue of Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. - DxSaurus (Freeware)
- Diagnosaurus covers 1000+ Differential Diagnoses. Explore by disease, symptom, or organ system. - EBM Tables (Freeware)
- EBM Tables includes NNT Tables, LR Tables and SnNouts/SpPins Tables. From the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. - Epocrates (Fee and Freeware)
- Drug and clinical information. - Geriatrics at Your Fingertips (Freeware)
-Practical information on the evaluation and management of diseases and disorders most common to elderly people from the American Geriatrics Society. - MedMath (Freeware)
- a medical calculator for rapid calculation of common formulas in adult internal medicine. Features more than 20 formulas sorted by category, with selectable units and onscreen numeric keypad. Runs on all Palm platforms. - National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) Guideline Summaries (Freeware)
a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ.) - Shots (Freeware)
- a quick reference quide for childhood immunization schedules.
