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Basic productivity solutions for the healthcare market (continued)
Having just returned from the New Orleans healthcare show, I have to put to rest some of the fallacies that were circulating on the show floor. Many developers with Pocket PC solutions stated they chose that platform over Palm because Palm doesn't integrate with SQL or Oracle. Those of us familiar with Palm know that there are many middleware solutions available for this type of integration. Some competitors say that Palm doesn't have a wireless 802.11b device, but this is only partly true. While Palm itself doesn't produce a hardware device with wireless LAN, Symbol Technologies (at http://www.symbol.com) produces devices with integrated barcoding and wireless 802.11b.
Security
With HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) on the horizon, I just want say a few things about security, since there's some concern about security and handheld devices in order for them to be HIPAA compliant. This Act pertains to the security and transmission of patient information and has yet to be fully defined. However, one of the key components in achieving HIPAA compliance is PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) support. Without going into the details, I just have to say that Certicom (at http://www.certicom.com) already provides PKI for Palm, and the entire industry has yet to see what the final HIPAA guidelines will be. Rest assured, the developers in this industry will be ready to act on the guidelines when they're finalized.
Summary
Using Palm solutions has improved my personal and professional efficiency and improved my clinical and practice management. Palm produces the handheld device of choice for many physicians.
Product availability and resources
For more information on JFile, visit http://www.land-j.com/jfile.html.
For more information on HanDbase, visit http://www.ddhsoftware.com/software.html?view=handbase.
For more information on Pendragon Forms, visit http://www.pendragon-software.com.
For more information on Satellite Forms, visit http://www.pumatech.com/Satellite_Forms_Standard.html.
For more information on Filemaker, visit http://www.filemaker.com.
For more information on Satellite Forms Enterprise Edition, visit http://www.pumatech.com/Satellite_Forms_Enterprise.html.
For more information on QuickSheet, visit http://www.cesinc.com/quicksheet/index.html.
For more information on DataViz's Documents to Go, visit http://www.dataviz.com/products/documentstogo/index.html.
For more information on the MyPalm Internet portal, visit http://www.palm.net.
For more information on WeSync, visit http://www.wesync.com.
For more information on AppForge, visit http://www.appforge.com.
For more information on CodeWarrior, visit http://www.codewarrior.com.
For more information on Ethernet Cradles http://www.palm.com/products/enterprise/ethernet.html
For more information on Symbol Technologies, visit http://www.symbol.com.
For more information on Certicom, visit http://www.certicom.com.
For more information about Palm computers, visit http://www.palm.com.
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Darwin J. Liao, MD, MPH, puts his Palm device to work at Seattle Eye M.D.s Ophthalmology Clinic and Optical Shop at http://www.eyemds.net.
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