Medical Computing Review

MSR 1999/98 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 | Practice Management | Scheduling | Statistics | Writing Tools

Overviews | NetViews

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

CLINICAL UTILITY

  • *Act!; clinical utility, time management; Symantec, Eugene OR; 3/99
  • *Archimedes; clinical utility, calculator; K2 Consultants, Nashua NH; 1/98
  • Clinical Pathway Constructor; clinical utility, literature database; Zynx Health Inc., Beverly Hills CA; 7/99
  • *Day-Time Organizer 2000; clinical utility, time management; Day-Timers, Inc., East Texas PA; 3/99
  • *Enye; clinical utility, translator; JRAd Consulting, Kalamazoo MI; 1/98
  • *GoldMine; clinical utility, time management; GoldMine Software, Pacific Palisades CA; 3/99
  • *Lotus Organizer; clinical utility, time management; Lotus Development Corp., Cambridge MA; 3/99
  • *Maximizer Enterprise ; clinical utility, time management; Multiactive Software, Vancouver BC; 3/99
  • *Ole; clinical utility, translator; K2 Consultants, Nashua NH; 1/98
  • *Outlook 98; clinical utility, time management; Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA; 3/99
  • *Sharkware; clinical utility, time management; Multiactive Software, Vancouver BC; 3/99
  • *Sidekick 99; clinical utility, time management; Starfish Software, Scotts Valley CA; 3/99
  • *Virtual Intern Calculator; clinical utility, calculator; PDA MEDical, San Francisco CA; 1/98
  • *The Wheel; clinical utility, calculator; ftp://members.aol.com/DrMiller/software/WHEEL2.HQX; 1/98

CODING

  • CorrectCodeChek; coding, practice management; UCG, Rockville MD; 8/99
  • *E&M Coder Pro; coding, practice management; Spring Management Systems, Tecumseh MI; 7/99
  • *E/M Coding Resource; coding, practice management; Dialog Medical, Lithonia GA; 7/99
  • *Stat E&M Coder; coding, practice management, handheld; Andre S. Chen, M.D., Austin TX; 7/99

DATABASES

  • ACP Library on Disk 2; reference database; American College of Physicians, Philadelphia PA; 3/98
  • CliniSphere; drug information database; Facts and Comparisons, St. Louis MO; 8/98
  • The Cochrane Library; clinical database; Update Software, Vista CA; 8/98
  • Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology; medical reference, diagnostic support; McGraw-Hill, New York NY; 6/98
  • Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment on CD-ROM; medical reference; McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, New York NY; 12/99
  • *Dermatology Imagebank; database, medical reference; Blackwell Science, Malden MA; 9/99
  • *Drug Pad; database; K2 Consultants, Nashua NH; 1/98
  • *Electronic Atlas of Dermatology; database, medical reference; W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia PA; 9/99
  • Emergency Medicine on CD-ROM; medical reference, database; Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia PA; 5/98
  • *Ferri's Guide to the Medical Patient; database; K2 Consultants, Nashua NH; 1/98
  • *Five Minute Clinical Consult; database; K2 Consultants, Nashua NH; 1/98
  • Goodman and Gilman's on CD-ROM; drug database; McGraw-Hill, New York NY; 9/98
  • Harrison's 14 CD-ROM; clinical database; McGraw-Hill Health Professions Div., New York NY; 1/99
  • *InfoRetriever; database; Instructional Media Center, East Lansing MI; 1/98
  • Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests; reference database; Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia PA; 6/98
  • *LexiDrugs; database; K2 Consultants, Nashua NH; 1/98
  • MedAxon; drug database; First DataBank, San Bruno CA or ASHP, Bethesda MD; 2/98
  • The NORD Manual; medical reference, database; CMC ReSearch, Portland OR; 4/99
  • PediaStat; database; CMC ReSearch, Portland OR; 5/99
  • Pepid '98; database; Pepid Inc., Evanston IL; 7/98
  • Platypus Clinical Edition; medical reference, teaching tool; Infinity RiskCare, Harrisburg PA; 11/98
  • Professional Pharmaceutical Index; drug database; PPi, Folsom CA; 12/99
  • SPORTDiscus; reference database; SilverPlatter Education, Norwood MA; 7/99
  • Stein's Internal Medicine/Mosby CD-Online Series; medical textbook, database; Mosby Yearbook, St. Louis MO; 4/99
  • UpToDate; database, medical reference; UpToDate, Inc., Wellesley MA; 4/98

DEVELOPMENT TOOL

  • *Authorware 5 Attain; authoring tool; Macromedia, San Francisco CA; 11/99
  • *Blackboard.com; authoring tool; Blackboard Inc., Washington DC; 12/99
  • *CourseInfo; authoring tool; Blackboard Inc., Washington DC; 12/99
  • *Director 7; authoring tool; Macromedia, San Francisco CA; 11/99
  • *HyperStudio; authoring tool; Knowledge Adventure, Torrance CA; 11/99
  • *LectureLab; authoring tool; ICP Educational Resources, Phoenix AZ; 11/99
  • *MTX; authoring tool; University of Florida, Gainesville FL; 12/99
  • *PET; authoring tool; TDA, Inc., Toronto ON; 12/99
  • *RoboHelp Office 2000; authoring tool; Blue Sky Software, La Jolla CA; 12/99
  • *TookBook II Instructor; authoring tool; Click2Learn, Bellevue WA; 11/99
  • *Trainer 5; authoring tool; MicroMedium, Cary NC; 11/99
  • *WebCT; authoring tool; WebCT Educational Technologies, Vancouver BC; 12/99

DIAGNOSIS/DECISION AID

DRUG INTERACTIONS

GRAPHICS

  • *Chromatica; graphics; Chroma Graphics, Burlingame CA; 11/98
  • *Corel Draw/PhotoPaint; graphics; Corel Corp., Ottawa ON; 10/98
  • *Cumulus Desktop Plus; graphics; Canto Software, San Francisco CA; 9/98
  • *Debabelizer Pro; graphics; Equilibrium, Sausalito CA; 10/98
  • *Digital Darkroom; graphics; MicroFrontier, Des Moines IA; 10/98
  • *Direct Photo; graphics; Polaroid Corp., Cambridge MA; 10/98
  • *Edge Wizard; graphics; Chroma Graphics, Burlingame CA; 11/98
  • *Embellish; graphics; Dadaware, Inc., Redondo Beach CA; 10/98
  • *Eye Candy; graphics; Alien Skin Software, Raleigh NC; 11/98
  • *Fireworks; graphics; Macromedia, San Francisco CA; 10/98
  • *FlashBox; graphics; Xaos Tools, San Francisco CA; 10/98
  • *Image AXS; graphics; Digital Arts & Sciences, Alameda CA; 9/98
  • *Image AXS Pro; graphics; Digital Arts & Sciences, Alameda CA; 9/98
  • *Image AXS Pro-Med; graphics; Lester A. Dine Inc., Palm Beach Gardens FL; 9/98
  • *ImageBook; graphics; Gamut Imaging, Yorba Linda CA; 9/98
  • *Intellihance; graphics; Extensis, Portland OR; 11/98
  • *Kai's Photo Soap; graphics; MetaCreations, Carpinteria CA; 10/98
  • *MagicMask; graphics; Chroma Graphics, Burlingame CA; 11/98
  • *MaskPro; graphics; Extensis, Portland OR; 11/98
  • *Paint Alchemy; graphics; Xaos Tools, San Francisco CA; 11/98
  • *Painter; graphics; MetaCreations, Carpinteria CA; 10/98
  • *Paint Shop Pro; graphics; Jasc Software, Eden Prairie MN; 10/98
  • *PhotoBase; graphics; ArcSoft, Fremont CA; 9/98
  • *PhotoFinish; graphics; The Learning Company, Cambridge MA; 10/98
  • *PhotoFrame; graphics; Extensis, Portland OR; 11/98
  • *Photo/Graphic Edges; graphics; Auto F/X Corp., Carpinteria CA; 11/98
  • *PhotoImpact 4; graphics; Ulead Systems, Torrance CA; 10/98
  • *PhotoMax; graphics; Polaroid Corp., Cambridge MA; 10/98
  • *Photoshop; graphics; Adobe Systems, San Jose CA; 10/98
  • *PhotoStudio; graphics; ArcSoft, Fremont CA; 10/98
  • *Picture Publisher; graphics; Micrografx, Richardson TX; 10/98
  • *PictureIt!; graphics; Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA; 10/98
  • *Portfolio; graphics; Extensis, Portland OR; 9/98
  • *VideoBrush Photographer; graphics; VideoBrush Corp., Carpinteria CA; 11/98
  • *Webtricity; graphics; Micrografx, Richardson TX; 10/98

MEDICAL EDUCATION/CME

MEDICAL RECORDS

  • Chart Wizard; medical records, prescription writing; Wizard Medical Systems, Issaquah WA; 5/98
  • Handlink; patient management, handheld; Morgan Creek Medical, Riverview FL; 2/98
  • Health Probe Information Manager; medical records; HealthCare Data, Inc., Morgantown IN; 12/98
  • *Hippocrates; medical records; Health Care Communications, Lincoln NE; 1/98
  • *Mobile MedData; patient charting, palmtop; Mobile Communications Systems, Woburn MA; 8/98
  • NaturallySpeaking Professional, Medical Suite; medical records, dictation, clinical utility; Dragon Systems, Newton MA; 2/99
  • *Palmedic; medical records; JRAd Consulting, Kalamazoo MI; 1/98
  • *PocketChart; medical records; Physix, Inc., Houston TX; 1/98
  • *Raphael; patient charting, palmtop; PDA Medical, San Francisco CA; 8/98
  • SOAPware; medical records; DOCS Inc., Springdale AR; 2/99
  • *Virtual Intern 7; medical records; PDA MEDical, San Francisco CA; 1/98
  • Virtual Intern 8; patient management, handheld; PDA Medical, San Francisco CA; 2/98
  • Voice Xpress for Medicine; medical records, transcription; Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, Burlington MA; 9/98

NUTRITION

ONLINE SERVICES/ACCESS

PATIENT EDUCATION

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

  • CaduCIS on CD-ROM; medical outcomes research tool, practice management; Interactive Medical Review, Philadelphia PA; 11/98
  • Conquest; practice management, quality measures; Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Silver Spring MD; 4/98
  • *Cuneiform OCR; OCR, practice management; Cognitive Technology Corp., Corte Madera CA; 3/98
  • *FormFlow Starter Kit; practice management, forms; JetForm Corp., Ottawa ON; 6/98
  • *Front Page 98; practice management, forms; Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA; 6/98
  • How to Build a Telemedicine Program; practice management, medical education; University of Vermont Continuing Education, Colchester VT; 11/99
  • *I-32 Forms Design; practice management, forms; ELF Solutions, Fraser MI; 6/98
  • *Informs; practice management, forms; Novell Inc., Orem UT; 6/98
  • *OCR Master; OCR, practice management; Microforum, Toronto ON; 3/98
  • Olympus/IBM Portable Voice Recognition System; practice management, voice dictation; Olympus America, Melville NY; 10/99
  • *OmniForm; practice management, forms; Caere Corp., Los Gatos CA; 6/98
  • *+OmniForm Mac; practice management, forms; Caere Corp., Los Gatos CA; 6/98
  • *OmniPage Pro; OCR, practice management; Caere Corp., Los Gatos CA; 3/98
  • *+OmniPage Pro Mac; OCR, practice management; Caere Corp., Los Gatos CA; 3/98
  • *Pagis Pro; practice management, forms; Scansoft Inc., Peabody MA; 6/98
  • Power of Appeals; practice management; Appeal Solutions, Lewisville TX; 1/99
  • +PracticeMaker; practice management; Medical and Eye Databases, Richboro PA; 1/98
  • *Presto! OCR Pro; OCR, practice management; NewSoft, Fremont CA; 3/98
  • *Recognita Plus; OCR, practice management; Caere Corp., Los Gatos CA; 3/98
  • Respond for Windows; practice management; ICPA, Inc., Austin TX; 7/98
  • *TeleForm Elite; practice management, forms; Cardiff Software, San Marcos CA; 6/98
  • *TeleForm Internet; practice management, forms; Cardiff Software, San Marcos CA; 6/98
  • *TextBridge Pro 98; OCR, practice management; ScanSoft, Peabody MA; 3/98
  • *TransForm Suite; practice management, forms; MIPS Dataline America, San Diego CA; 6/98
  • *TypeReader Workstation; OCR, practice management; ExperVision, Fremont CA; 3/98

SCHEDULING

  • *FlexTime; staff scheduling; Computer Scheduling Services, Keene NH; 1/99
  • *Pathways Staff Scheduling; staff scheduling; HBOC, Atlanta GA; 1/99
  • *Physician Scheduler; staff scheduling; MSI Software, Fairfax VA; 1/99
  • *Res-Q-RN; staff scheduling; ResQ HealthCare Systems, Calabasas CA; 1/99
  • *VSS Pro; staff scheduling; Atlas Business Solutions, Fargo ND; 1/99

STATISTICS

  • Primer of Biostatistics, The Program; statistical reference, medical education; McGraw-Hill Health Professions Div., New York NY; 10/99
  • QI Analyst 3.5; statistics, practice management; SPSS Inc., Chicago IL; 9/98

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.

  • Medical records projects, 1/98
  • Emerging infections, 2/98
  • Medical software on the web, 3/98 & 4/98
  • Alternative medicine redux, 5/98
  • News & Frequently Updated Medical References, 6/98 & 7/98
  • Computer-based EBM, 8/98
  • Patient Education, 9/98 & 10/98
  • Brain attack, Web style, 11/98
  • Medical services, 12/98
  • New medical portals, 1/99
  • New drug information, 2/99
  • EMR projects update, 3/99
  • Medical events, 4/99
  • No Netview 5/99
  • Medical Webcasts, 6/99
  • Search and browse, 7/99
  • Innovative Web sites, 8/99
  • Type new diabetes, 9/99
  • Frequently updated "textbooks," 10/99
  • NetView: Handheld software: Palm Pilot, 11/99
  • Handheld software: Windows CE; 12/99



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