I think it is a good resource to have, but I would baulk at paying £350.00
for it. As you suggest, it is something I think I would look from time to
time rather than use regularly. With products like ePocrates (which is much
cheaper), I think that it needs to be more competitive before it will sell
in any numbers. Presumably it would need to updated every 6 months, which
makes it VERY expensive
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ruffles Stephen (5M3)
Portland Medical Practice
Sent: 02 March 2004 09:59
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Subject: Re: Dr Companion
When would you look at it? Would you normally use all of these resources?
Steve Ruffles
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From: Michael Leuty [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 01 March 2004 22:47
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Dr Companion
A fall-out advertisement in this week's BMJ invites me to buy a 256Mb SD
card for my Palm, loaded with the BNF, three Oxford clinical handbooks,
a medical dictionary, NICE guidance (hooray!), 900 EBM guidelines (even
more hooray!), Medicines Compendium, Whitaker's Pictorial Anatomy, a
drug interactions encyclopaedia, an ICD-10 list, OPCS 4, several
clinical calculators (which I think are available for free download
anyway), a patient associations directory and chemical lab references.
Does this sound a good thing to spend £350 on? Rather more than the cost
of the books, but easier to put in your pocket without distorting your
svelte tailoring.
Who will buy?
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Michael Leuty <[log in to unmask]>
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