Handheld Computer Interest Group

September 23, 1999

Agenda

1. Discussion of a PalmIII/CPRS pilot study at the VA (Dr. Klioze)
   • During the months of October and November, one ward team will use JFile to record patient data that will then be uploaded into the CPRS electronic patient record.
2. Demonstration of PatientKeeper (Dr. Davidson)
   • This new shareware program has several features that make it useful for students, residents and faculty who care for patients in the hospital.
3. Discussion of IR printing in the hospital (Dr. Rathe)
   • As a group we need to build a prioritized list of locations for IR enabled printers.
   • These should work with both handheld and laptop computers.
   • Group Consensus: 55, 75, 4th floor (Peds?), 9th floor (Med/Surg), 2nd floor (SICU?)
4. Discussion of Internet resources (Dr. Rathe)
   • Mailing List
     • handheld@college.med.ufl.edu
   • Web Site
     • http://medinfo.ufl.edu/other/palm/

FYI

The new PalmOS products from Handspring have been announced.

• Uses the PalmOS
• Backward compatible with the PalmIII
• Has a new Springboard expansion slot for modems, memory, etc.
• For more information: http://www.handspring.com/