Palm Treo

I have been using a Palm Pilot handheld device for several years now. I have found it to be an invaluable reference tool during a busy office day. A couple of months ago, I needed to replace my cell phone. I checked out the new Palm Treo. It is a "smartphone". This means you get both a full featured cell phone and a full featured palm pilot. To date I've found it small enough to be inobtrusive (although not as small as some cell phones) and easy to use. I don't have the need to make use of all the web based phone features such as text messaging but it has all of those latest features available. It also has picture capturing capability. This is also a feature I don't think I'll be using often. I've tried a variety of medical software for the palm pilot over the years. To date,
I've found the products available from Skyscape to be the most complete. I am currently using Griffith's 5 Minute Clinical Consult and Dr. Drugs. Many other titles are available and many come as bundled packages to save money. The programs can be downloaded directly from the website and are easy to install and use. Computing in all of it's various forms is becoming a ubiquitous part of family practice.