Medical Computing Review

MSR 1997-1996 INDEX: Alphabetical By Category

Clinical Utility| Coding | Databases | Development Tool | Diagnosis/Decision Aid | Drug Interactions | Graphics | Medical Education/CME | Medical Records | Nutrition | Online Services/Access | Patient Education | Pharmacokinetics | Practice Management | Scheduling | Statistics | Writing Tools

Overviews | NetViews

Online Reviews are not available prior to 1997.

Starred (*) products were minireviews in a comparative overview article. See the Overview list at bottom. (+) Indicates Macintosh.

CLINICAL UTILITY

  • Chart Review; clinical utility, quality assurance; Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Waltham MA; 9/96
  • Clinical Planner; treatment planning; Cedrus Corp., Phoenix AZ; 7/97
  • Corel Office 7 Professional/Medical Edition; clinical utility, writing tool; Corel Corp., Ottawa ON; 9/97
  • Cyrillic 2; clinical utility, genetics record keeping; Cherwell Scientific Publishing, Palo Alto CA; 9/96
  • EndLink 2; reference management utility; Niles and Associates, Berkeley CA; 11/96
  • EndNote Plus 2.1; reference management utility; Niles and Associates, Berkeley CA; 11/96
  • Exercise Test Reporting Aide; report generation, expert system; Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis MO; 7/96
  • +HemaTool; clinical utility; Rubi, Inc., Muscatine IA; 5/96
  • Image Capture; image capture; Mediboss, Bedford Park SA, Australia; 7/97
  • *NaturallySpeaking; clinical utility, medical records; Dragon Systems Inc., Newton MA; 10/97
  • Stedman's 25; medical dictionary and spelling checker; Williams & Wilkins Electronic Media, Baltimore MD; 5/96
  • TheraScribe; psychotherapy planning; John Wiley & Sons, New York NY; 8/96
  • *ViaVoice; clinical utility, medical records; IBM, Armonk NY; 10/97

CODING

  • Code It Fast; coding; Medicode, Salt Lake City UT; 8/97
  • CodeManager 97; coding; American Medical Association, Chicago IL; 7/97
  • CodeMaster Express for Windows; coding; CodeMaster Cascade Corp., Santa Cruz CA; 9/96
  • +Flash Code; coding; DBL Enterprises, Turlock CA; 6/96

DATABASES

DEVELOPMENT TOOL

DIAGNOSIS/DECISION AID

  • *5GL-Doctor; diagnostic assistance, practice management; Lisa Developments Pty., Minto NSW; 11/97
  • Cadenza; diagnostic assistance; Advanced Heuristics, Inc., Bainbridge Island WA; 5/97
  • DermaDex; diagnostic support, reference, CD-ROM; CMC ReSearch, Portland OR; 3/97
  • *Diagnosis Pro; diagnostic assistance; MedTech USA, Los Angeles CA; 11/97
  • *Iliad; diagnostic assistance; A.D.A.M. Software, Atlanta GA; 11/97
  • *QMR; diagnostic assistance; First Data Bank; San Bruno CA; 11/97

DRUG INTERACTIONS

  • *Drug Interaction Facts on Disk; drug interactions; Facts and Comparisons, St. Louis MO; 12/96
  • *Drug Master Plus; drug interactions; Rapha Group Software (DOS)/Mosby (Windows), St. Louis MO; 12/96
  • Drug Master Plus; drug interactions; Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis MO; 11/97
  • *DrugReax; drug interactions; Micromedex, Englewood CO; 12/96
  • *Drug Therapy Screening System; drug interactions; Medi-Span, Indianapolis IN; 12/96
  • *Medical Letter Drug Interaction Program; drug interactions; The Medical Letter, New Rochelle NY; 12/96
  • *PDR Drug Interactions; drug interactions; Medical Economics, Montvale NJ; 12/96
  • *Physicians GenRx; drug interactions; Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis MO; 12/96
  • *S-O-A-P Rx; drug interactions; Patient Medical Records, Inc., Brownfield TX; 12/96

GRAPHICS

  • *CBT Express; graphics; Asymetrix Corp., Bellevue WA; 8/97
  • *Complete Visible Human Male Videodisk and Controller; medical graphics; Eccles Library, Univ. Utah, Salt Lake City UT; 11/96
  • *Digital Humans CD-ROM; medical graphics; Multimedia Medical Systems, Charlottesville VA; 11/96
  • *Director 6 Multimedia Studio; graphics; Macromedia, San Francisco CA; 8/97
  • *FlowCharter; graphics; Micrografx, Richardson TX; 8/97
  • *Freelance; graphics; Lotus Development Corp., Cambridge MA; 8/97
  • *GLpro; graphics; G-Media, Twyford, Berks., UK; 8/97
  • *Icon Author; graphics; Asymetrix Corp., Bellevue WA; 8/97
  • *Illuminatus; graphics; Jasc Software, Eden Prairie MN; 8/97
  • *+MacAnatomy; medical clip art; MacMedic Publications, Houston TX; 1/96
  • *MediClip; medical clip art; Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore MD; 1/96
  • *Neobook; graphics; NeoSoft, Bend OR; 8/97
  • *Persuasion; graphics; Adobe Systems, San Jose CA; 8/97
  • *PowerPoint; graphics; Microsoft, Redmond WA; 8/97
  • *Presentations 8; graphics; Corel, Ottawa ON; 8/97
  • *Quest Server; graphics; INSO Corp., Melbourne FL; 8/97
  • *Tool Book II; graphics; Asymetrix Corp., Bellevue WA; 8/97
  • *Visible Human CD; medical graphics; Research Systems, Boulder CO; 11/96
  • *Visible Human World Wide Web sites; medical graphics; 11/96

MEDICAL EDUCATION/CME

  • *AAFP Home Study Self Assessment; continuing medical education, CD-ROM; CMC ReSearch, Portland OR; 1/97
  • *AAFP Home Study Self Assessment: Monograph Collection; medical education; CMC ReSearch, Portland OR; 9/97
  • ACLS Case Studies Simulations; medical education; Mosby Lifeline, St. Louis MO; 6/97
  • *ACLS Simulator; medical education; Anesoft Corp., Issaquah WA; 4/96
  • *A.D.A.M. Interactive Anatomy; medical education; A.D.A.M. Software, Atlanta GA; 12/97
  • *A.D.A.M.; medical education; Churchill Livingstone, New York NY; 1/96
  • *Anatomical Computer; medical education; Micron BioSystems, Denver CO; 1/96
  • Cardiac Auscultation; medical education; Keyboard Publishing, Blue Bell PA; 10/96
  • Case Studies in Essential Hypertension; medical education; Health Sciences Consortium, Chapel Hill NC; 11/96
  • +Comprehensive Review of Colposcopy; continuing medical education; ACOG, Washington DC; 4/97
  • Core Curriculum in Primary Care; continuing medical education; SilverPlatter Education, Newton MA; 11/96
  • *Core Curriculum in Primary Care, vol. 2; continuing medical education, CD-ROM; SilverPlatter Education, Newton MA; 1/97
  • *Critical Care Simulator; medical education; Anesoft Corp., Issaquah WA; 4/96
  • Current Practice of Medicine; medical education, textbook; Churchill-Livingstone, New York NY; 10/97
  • Current Techniques in Surgery: Open Repair of Inguinal Hernia (Adult); medical education; SilverPlatter Education, Newton MA; 6/97
  • Dermatology in Primary Care; continuing medical education, CD-ROM; Appleton & Lange, Stamford CT; 2/96
  • *Dermatology in Primary Care; continuing medical education, CD-ROM; Appleton & Lange New Media, Stamford CT; 1/97
  • *Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy; continuing medical education, CD-ROM; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington DC; 1/97
  • *Diagnostic Reasoning Series; continuing medical education, CD-ROM; Ciba Medical Education, Newark NJ; 1/97
  • Doctor's Dilemma; continuing medical education; Gold Standard Multimedia, Tampa FL; 11/97
  • *DxR Clinic; medical education; Ciba-Geigy Corp., Newark NJ; 4/96
  • ECG Challenger; medical education; Challenger Corp., Memphis TN; 7/97
  • Emergency Medicine Plus; medical education, reference; McGraw-Hill Health Professions Div., New York NY; 5/97
  • *Emergency Medicine Plus; medical education; McGraw-Hill, New York NY; 9/97
  • EmergiMed; medical education, computer-assisted instruction; Mad Scientist Software, Alpine UT; 10/97
  • Epilepsy; medical education, patient education, CD-ROM; Corel Corp., Ottawa ON; 1/97
  • *Family Practice Recertification; medical education; CMEA, San Diego CA; 9/97
  • *Functional Anatomy of the Heart; medical education; Andromeda Interactive, Alameda CA; 1/96
  • Functional Cardiac Imaging; continuing medical education, CD-ROM; SilverPlatter Education, Newton MA; 3/97
  • *The Heart, Mediastinum and Great Vessels; medical education; The Anatomy Project, Woburn Green, Bucks., England; 1/96
  • Heart Sounds and Murmurs; medical education, CD-ROM; Little, Brown and Co., Boston MA; 10/96
  • *Human Anatomy; medical education; Gold Standard Multimedia, Gainesville FL; 1/96
  • +Human Brain Cancer; medical education; SilverPlatter Education, Newton MA; 8/97
  • Infectious Diseases Library; medical reference, education; Churchill Livingstone, New York NY; 7/97
  • +Intellipath; medical education, reference; Chapman & Hall, New York NY; 11/97
  • *Intensive Review of Internal Medicine; medical education; Unitech Communications, Cleveland OH; 9/97
  • Interactive Ambulatory Medicine; medical education, textbook; Williams & Wilkins Electronic Media, Baltimore MD; 10/97
  • *Interactive Atlas of Human Anatomy; medical education; Novartis Medical Education, Summit NJ; 12/97
  • *Interactive Atlas of Human Anatomy; medical education; Ciba-Geigy Corp, Summit NJ; 1/96
  • *Labeled Visible Human CD; medical education; Research Systems, Boulder CO; 12/97
  • +Laboratory Medicine TextStack and CaseStack; medical reference text, interactive case studies; CD-ROM; Keyboard Publishing, Blue Bell PA; 3/97
  • Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair; medical education; Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis MO; 6/97
  • Laparoscopic Surgery Series; medical education; MedAscend Inc., Atlanta GA; 11/97
  • Management of Acute Infections in Non-Hospitalized Children; medical education; Health Sciences Consortium, Chapel Hill NC; 5/96
  • *Med-Challenger: IM/FP/Peds/EM; medical education; Challenger Corp., Memphis TN; 9/97
  • *MedPics Histology and Pathology; medical education; Micron BioSystems, Denver CO; 1/96
  • MKSAP 10 Electronic; medical education, self-assessment, CD-ROM; Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis MO; 2/97
  • *MKSAP 10 Electronic; medical education; American College of Physicians, Philadelphia PA; 9/97
  • *Neuroanatomy 1 (the Forebrain); medical education; The Anatomy Project, Woburn Green, Bucks., England; 1/96
  • +Obstetric Ultrasound; medical education, CD-ROM; SilverPlatter, Norwood MA; 7/96
  • Orthopedic Grand Rounds; medical education, CD-ROM; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Rosemont IL; 7/96
  • Outlines in Clinical Medicine; continuing medical education; OutlineMed Inc., Boston MA; 1/97
  • Pathology CD-ROM; medical education; Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis MO; 10/96
  • *Patient Simulator; medical education; Knowledge House, Porters Lake NS; 4/96
  • +Pediatric Airway Obstruction; medical education, CD-ROM; SilverPlatter Information, Norwood MA; 3/96
  • *Pediatric Board Review; medical education; Unitech Communications, Cleveland OH; 9/97
  • *Pediatrics Review and Education Program; medical education; CMC ReSearch, Portland OR; 9/97
  • *Prime Practice; continuing medical education; IVI Publishing, Minneapolis MN; 4/96
  • *Prime Practice; continuing medical education, CD-ROM; Churchill Livingstone, New York NY; 1/97
  • Principles of Epidemiology; medical education; Health Sciences Consortium, Chapel Hill NC; 10/96
  • Procedural Skills for Internal Medicine; medical education; Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis MO; 8/97
  • +Professor Online's Internet Tutorial; medical education; American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Rosemont IL; 8/96
  • *SimBioSys Clinics; medical education; Critical Concepts, Chicago IL; 4/96
  • *Surgical Education and Self Assessment Program; medical education; American College of Surgeons, Chicago IL; 9/97
  • Two for Hernia Repair; medical education; 6/97
  • *Virtual Human Atlas; medical education; Gold Standard Multimedia, Tampa FL; 12/97
  • Virtual Physician: CARE; medical education; Churchill Livingstone, New York NY; 4/96

MEDICAL RECORDS

  • *Care Management Suite; medical records; IDX, Bennington VT; 2/97
  • *CASA; immunization tracking; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Altanta GA; 7/97
  • Chartwriter and SuperDoc! 4.3; medical records, discharge instructions; Accuqual, La Jolla CA; 8/96
  • Clinical Improvement System; patient tracking, quality improvement; FNX Corp., Lebanon NH; 1/96
  • Clinical Master; medical records; Clinical Networx, Waltham MA; 9/96
  • CliniTrend for Windows; clinical pharmacy records and reporting; American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda MD; 1/97
  • EndoScribe; endoscopic database, reporting; Mediboss, Bedford Park SA, Australia; 7/97
  • *EpicCare; medical records; Epic Systems, Madison WI; 2/97
  • Logician; medical records; MedicaLogic Inc., Beaverton OR; 7/96
  • *Logician; medical records; MedicaLogic, Beaverton OR; 2/97
  • Masterpiece; medical records; Masterpiece Medical, Loveland OH; 11/96
  • Medical Historian 2.2; medical records, practice management; Medical Information Systems, Baltimore MD; 3/96
  • +Medical Master; medical records, practice management; Medical Networx, Lowell MA; 3/96
  • MedScribe; charting, handheld; 3sDataCom Inc., Beaver Dam WI; 6/97
  • *Open Clinical Foundation; Cerner Corp., Kansas City MO; 2/97
  • *The Pearl; medical records; Medical Information Management Systems, Nashville TN; 2/97
  • Nephrology Records; medical records; Brickell Research, Miami FL; 12/97
  • Pocket Doc 1.2; medical records, handheld; Physix Inc., Houston TX; 3/96
  • Patient Information Manager; medical records; Healthcare Data, Inc., Greenwood IN; 5/97
  • *PC Immmunize 2000; immunization tracking; Scientific Technologies Corp., Tucson AZ; 7/97
  • PowerMed; medical records; PowerMed Corp., Portland ME; 3/97
  • *Professional Immunization Manager; immunization tracking; PROptions, Olympia WA; 7/97
  • *Smart Medical Record; medical records; HBO & Co., Atlanta GA; 2/97
  • SOAPware; medical records; DOCS Inc., Springdale AR; 4/96
  • SmartClinic; medical records; Berdy Medical Systems, Rochelle Park NJ; 10/96
  • Stat*Pack; medical records, practice management; A*A Data, Lubbock TX; 5/96
  • Turbo-Doc 4.5; medical records; Turbo-Doc, Paradise CA; 7/96
  • Welford's Chart Notes for Windows; medical records; MedCom Information Services, Hoffman Estates Il; 12/96
  • Zydoc; medical records; Medical Connections, Hicksville NY; 2/96

NUTRITION

  • Diabetes Meal Planner; nutrition; Nutrisoft, Stanford CA; 11/96
  • *Dine Healthy for Windows; nutritional analysis; Dine Systems, Amherst NY; 3/96
  • *Food Processor; nutritional analysis; Esha Research, Salem OR; 3/96
  • *+Nutri-Calc Plus; nutritional analysis; Camde Corp., Gilbert AZ; 3/96
  • *Nutritionist IV for Windows; nutrition analysis; First DataBank, San Bruno CA; 3/96
  • *USDA Dietary Analysis Program; nutrition analysis; National Technical Information Service, Springfield VA; 3/96

ONLINE SERVICES/ACCESS

  • *AltaVista; Internet search engine; http://www.altavista.digital.com; 8/96
  • *HealthGate; online service; HealthGate, Malden MA; 8/96
  • Internet Grateful Med; online service; National Library of Medicine, Bethesda MD; 8/96
  • *Knowledge Web; online service; Aries Systems Corp., North Andover MA; 8/96
  • *Medscape; online service; SCP Communications, New York NY; 8/96
  • *+Nethopper; Internet browser, palmtop; Allpen Software, Los Gatos CA; 4/97
  • *PaperChase; online service; PaperChase, Boston MA; 8/96
  • *Physicians' Online; online service; Physicians' Online, Tarrytown NY; 8/96
  • *Pocket Internet Explorer; Internet browser, palmtop; Microsoft, Redmond WA; 4/97
  • World Wide Web sites; overview of the author's 39 favorite medical sites; 2/96
  • *WWW/LX; Internet browser, palmtop; Shier Systems & Software, Westlake Village CA; 4/97

PATIENT EDUCATION

  • AAFP Patient Education Handouts; patient education; CMC Research, Portland OR; 12/97
  • *The Amputee; patient education; Hoffman + Associates, Toronto ON; 5/97
  • *Breast Self Examination; patient education; MED.I.A. Inc., Austin TX; 5/97
  • +Cancer; patient education, medical education; Hoffman + Associates, Toronto ON; 10/97
  • *CareNotes; discharge instructions; Micromedex, Englewood CO; 9/96
  • Carevisor; discharge instructions; Abbey Associates, DeBary FL; 3/97
  • *Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; patient education; MED.I.A. Inc., Austin TX; 5/97
  • *The Clubhouse Kids Learn About Asthma; patient education; MindJourney, Raleigh NC; 5/97
  • Cumulative Trauma Disorders; patient education; Medical Multimedia Group, Libby MT; 10/97
  • *Discharge Instruction System; discharge instructions; Automedics, Satellite Beach FL; 9/96
  • *The Dynamic Human; patient education; McGraw-Hill Inc., New York NY; 5/97
  • *Emergency Department Discharge System; discharge instructions; Cybis Medical Systems, Bellevue WA; 9/96
  • Exercises Xpress; patient education, exercise prescription; Saunders Group, Chaska MN; 4/97
  • *Exit-Writer; discharge instructions; Parker Hill Associates, Santa Rosa CA; 9/96
  • *Explorations in Human Biology; patient education; McGraw-Hill Inc., New York NY; 5/97
  • *Homecare; discharge instructions; EM Alternatives, Mequon WI; 9/96
  • Home Medical Advisor Pro; patient education, home reference, CD-ROM; Dr. Schueler's Health Informatics, Inc., Melbourne FL; 7/96
  • *Mayo Clinic Family Health; patient education; IVI Publishing, Minneapolis MN; 5/97
  • *Medical House Call; patient education; A.D.A.M. Software, Atlanta GA; 5/97
  • *Nine Month Miracle; patient education; A.D.A.M. Software, Atlanta GA; 5/97
  • Patient Advise and Consent Encounter (PACE); patient education, informed consent; ACOG/Computer Visualizations, Honolulu HI; 1/96
  • Patient Ed; patient education, medical records; Medifor, Port Townsend WA; 3/97
  • Patient Notes; patient education; Cardinal Health Systems, Edina MN; 4/97
  • Pediatric Housecall; patient education, home reference, CD-ROM; AMI, Salt Lake City UT; 1/96
  • Senior Health Advisor; patient education; Clinical Reference Systems, Greenwood Village CO; 5/96
  • Sports Health and Fitness; patient education; IVI Publishing, Minneapolis MN; 8/97
  • SuperDoc! 4.3 and Chartwriter; discharge instructions, medical records; Accuqual, La Jolla CA; 8/96
  • *SuperDoc!; discharge instructions; Accuqual, La Jolla CA; 9/96
  • *Understanding Breast Cancer; patient education; Integrated Computer Products, Phoenix AZ; 5/97

PHARMACOKINETICS

  • *Capcil System; pharmacokinetics; Simkin, Inc., Gainesville FL; 6/96
  • *DataKinetics; pharmacokinetics; American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda MD; 6/96
  • *MW\Pharm; pharmacokinetics; MediWare BV, Groningen Netherlands; 6/96
  • *Therapeutic Drug Monitoring System; pharmacokinetics; Healthware, San Diego CA; 6/96
  • *USC*Pack; pharmacokinetics; USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA; 6/96

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

  • 1Source; medical billing database, CD-ROM; APM Management Consultants, Salt Lake City UT; 1/96
  • Medical Disability Advisor; medical case management; Reed Publications, Denver CO; 6/96
  • MedVision; practice management; Brickell Research, Miami FL; 12/97
  • Medware for Windows; billing, practice management; Computer Solutions, New Smyrna Beach FL; 6/96
  • PSPA (Physician Services Practice Analysis); practice management analysis; Medical Group Management Association, Englewood CO; 10/97
  • SmartDocs; practice management, handheld; Berdy Medical Systems, Rochelle Park NJ; 8/96
  • +Tess System; practice management; Tess Data Systems, Houston TX; 4/96
  • TypeReader Professional; optical character recognition; ExperVision, San Jose CA; 6/96
  • Virtual Intern; patient management, medical records, palmtop; PDA MEDical, Aspen CO; 3/97
  • WinMedic 8.1; practice management; practice management, billing; WinHealth Systems, Newport News VA; 8/96

SCHEDULING

  • *AlphaMed Scheduler; appointment scheduling; AlphaMed Software, New York NY; 5/96
  • *EPSked; call scheduling; Byte Bloc Medical Software, Long Beach CA; 10/96
  • Facility Master II; resource scheduling; Comsec, South Windsor CT; 4/96
  • *IMPS; call scheduling; Yardley Software, Yardley PA; 10/96
  • *Praxis Scheduler; appointment scheduling; Praxis Technology, Portola Valley CA; 5/96
  • *Professional Appointment Keeper; appointment scheduling; Professional Support, Inc., Wilmington MA; 5/96

STATISTICS

WRITING TOOLS

OVERVIEW ARTICLES

"Overview" articles look at a given class of software. They briefly evaluate two to six representative packages, discussing their pros and cons for various practice situations, and suggesting both positive and negative features to look for.

NETVIEW COLUMNS

Older NetViews are currently available in our Archives section

  • Acute Bacterial Meningitis, 10/97
  • Alternative medicine, 8/97
  • CME sites; 4/97
  • EMR (In)security; 12/97
  • Evidence based medicine; 5/97
  • Journals on the Web; 3/97
  • Looking back; 1/97
  • Medical education resources; 6/97
  • Medical education resources, part 2; 7/97
  • Multiple sclerosis, 11/97
  • Quality medical care, 9/97
  • Searching the Web; 2/97



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