GP needs advice

[krburgess]

Looking at getting a PDA, work with EMIS at my practice and would like it to be compatible with that , would like to use it mainly for storing protocols and reference material, making notes in meetings/ lectures, also on home visits if necessary and also compatible with BNF and oxford handbook too.
No idea where to start looking, could you help ?

[Admin]

Hi, welcome to the site!

If you want to use your PDA with EMIS - they have a couple of solutions you should look at:

PalmGP - http://www.emis-online.com/palmgp.asp

Palm Mentor - http://www.emis-online.com/palmmentor.asp

It looks from their website like they only support Palm OS PDAs:

"PalmGP currently operates on Palm M130, Palm M515, Palm Tungsten T and Tungsten E devices."

I would suspect that it will also work on new Palm devices but if you are interested in this product I would ring up EMIS and discuss it with them.

Any of the Palm devices will be able to store your protocols and reference mater and you'll also be able to make notes in meetings, lectures and home visits on most device.

The Oxford Handbooks are now available and will work on most Palm OS devices. If you are planning on installing several of them, make sure you add up how much memory you need and buy a PDA with enough on-board memory to store them all. You can also buy extra memory later through a larger SD card.

As for the BNF, it's currently only available from a company called MedHand - www.medhand.com. They have a product called Dr Companion which includes lots of UK software such as the oxford textbooks and the BNF. The main drawback with Dr Companion is the huge price tag - somewhere in the region of 350 pounds. They were saying that they were going to release the BNF as a seperate product so it's probably worth getting in contact with them and seeing if you can get the BNF at a cheaper price as a stand alone product.

Hope that helps a bit, let me know if you have any more questions.

BTW - are you just after a stand alone PDA or do you want a PDA-phone?

[krburgess]

just after a PDA for starters and may graduate onto a more up market phone etc when I have got the hang of it .

Thanks for the advice, have gone and ordered a Tungsten E device for now and will see how it works.

[Admin]

Glad to help, let me know if you need any more info once it arrives. If you click on the 'Video Tutorials' link on the right side of the forum I've recorded some tutorials on how to start using the basic apps that come with the PDA.

Chris