[e-farmacos] Computadores de mano en lugares con pocos recursos

["McCullough, Leela" <leela@usa.healthnet.org>]

E-farmacos: Computadores de mano en lugares con pocos recursos
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[Leela McCollough de los servicios de informacion de Satellife nos ha
pedido que difundamos este mensaje sobre un proyecto relacionado con
computadores de mano ("Palm" o "handheld computers"), AF]


The value of handheld computers for health providers working in
resource-poor environments.

As some of you may know, SATELLIFE and partners in Kenya and Uganda are
engaged in a project this year to test the efficacy of handheld
computers (Palm, etc) by health care workers to collect data and to
access medical reference material. In addition to HIV/AIDS, TB and
Malaria treatment guidelines specific to each country, the units also
carry essential drug lists, medical calculators and medical text books.
This project has been
funded by the Acumen Fund (New York, USA) and to date has put 110
handheld computers in the filed.

This week, I am pleased to share the news of a significant donation to
the project. Skyscape, a Massachusetts, USA company (www.skyscape.com)
that publishes medical reference books in the Palm OS and Pocket PC
format has donated 160 copies of reference "books" for use by health
workers participating in our project. The titles include Griffith's
5-Minute Clinical Consult, A To Z Drug Facts, The Harriett Lane
Handbook, Pocket OB/GYN, and 5 Minute Pediatrics. Each unit will be
equipped with two of the above books.

Skyscape is committed to the cause of helping make a meaningful impact
on improving health care worldwide. We are very grateful to Skyscape.com
for this contribution that we hope isthe start of a great relationship.

I encourage those of you who have web access and are interested in
resources for the handheld computer to visit their website. For those
who would like more information about our handheld project, please feel
free to contact me (hladd@usa.healthnet.org) o r Rebecca Riccio
(rebecca@usa.healthnet.org).

Regards, 
Holly Ladd 
Executive Director 
SATELLIFE 

Dr. Leela McCullough
Director of Information Services
SATELLIFE
30 California Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Tel: +617-926-9400    Fax: +617-926-1212
leela@usa.healthnet.org
http://www.healthnet.org


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