MetroHealth Medical System (MHS) Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Download (MHSPDA.exe)
Version 2.0 (April 2004)

The MetroHealth System PDA Download (MHSPDA.EXE) if a self extracting ZIP file that contains software and information for your PDA.  This software and information will be helpful to you if you are using your PDA within the MetroHealth System for medical purposes.  The software and information in MHSPDA.exe can be broken down into three general areas, as follows:
1. Software and instructions for installing publicly available, clinically useful software, included with the MHSPDA.EXE file.
2. Software and instructions for installing information, such as the MHS telephone directories, into your PDA.
3. Instructions for installing publicly available, clinically useful software, for which the actual software CANNOT be included in the MHSPDA.EXE file for technical reasons.    


Instructions for installing PDA software included with the MHSPDA.exe file:
MHSPDA.exe includes the following software:
1. ABG_Pro.prc (http://www.stacworks.com) - Simple program for analyzing arterial blood gasses (size ~20K) (version 2.2).
2. cholesterol.prc (http://www.statcoder.com) - Cholesterol risk and treatment guidelines based on Adult Treatment Panel III (NIH NHLBI) (size ~100K) (version 2.5)
3. clearance.prc (http://www.statcoder.com) - Cardiac pre-surgical evaluation risk statification (size ~100K) (version 1.2)
4. dTree (http://www.freewarepalm.com/medical/dtree-mmse.shtml) - Mini-Mental Status Exam in PDA format (size ~15K) (version 3.1)
5. eandm.prc (http://www.statcoder.com) - Evaluation and Management Coder to general billing codes based on CMS Guidelines (size ~150K) (version 1.7)
6. emaudit.prc (http://www.statcoder.com) - Supplemental program to Evaluation and Management Coder to general billing codes based on CMS Guidelines (size ~50K) (version 1.7)
7. Eponyms.prc (http://www.eponyms.net) - Compilation of medical eponyms (phrases that include proper names) (size ~35K) (version 1.8)
8. EponymsDB.pdb (http://www.eponyms.net) - Database file for Eponyms.prc file (size ~275) (version 1.8)
9. Growthcharts.prc (http://www.statcoder.com) - Pediatric growth chart program (requires Mathlib.prc) (size ~200K) (version 2.08)
10. hypertension.prc (http://www.statcoder.com) - Hypertension diagnosis and treatment guidelines based on Joint National Commission (JNC) 7(size ~100K) (version 0.02)
11. Mathlib.prc (comes with Growthcharts and MedCalc) - Mathematics program for PDA.  Required for Growthcharts.prc and MedMath.prc to function correctly (size ~50K) (version 1.1)
12. MedCalc.prc (http://www.med-ia.ch/medcalc) - Medical equations program that contains about 80 equations (requires Mathlib.prc) (size ~300K) (version 4.4)
13. Shots 2004.prc (http://www.immunizationed.org) - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended immunization schedules for children and adults (size ~ 400K) (version 5.0)
14. MHMConlyme.prc  (comes with your MetroHealth PDA or can be obtained through the Brittingham Memorial Library) - Security software required to use your PDA within the MHS (size ~125K) (version 1.0)

To install any of these programs follow these steps:
1. Open your PDA desktop software (Palm.exe Program found generally in your C:\Palm directory).
2. Under the View tap at the top, select Install.
3. Select the Add button.
4. Go to the C:\Palm\MHS.
5. Select the *.prc file that you want to install by clicking on that file once.
6. Press the Open button.
7. Repeat steps 5-6 until you have installed all of the *.prc files you are interested in.
8. Press the Done button.
9. The new programs will be loaded onto your PDA the next time you Hotsync.


Instructions for installing information files included with the MHSPDA.exe file:
MHSPDA.exe included the following informational files:
1. MHSpeople.csv - a comma separated text file containing about 3300 addresses all the people and their telephone number and pager number information, as listed on the MetroHealth Information Village (MIV) telephone directory (size ~270K).
2. MHSplaces.csv - a comma separated text file containing over 300 telephone numbers of places within the MetroHealth System, including consult pagers for those services that have a standard consult pager number (size ~20K).

If this is the first time you have tried to set up the MHSpeople.csv and MHSplaces.csv files on the computer you have downloaded these files to you will need to follow steps 1-7 below.  If you previously set up these files links on this computer, you will NOT need to follow steps 1-7.  The updated Address Book entries will automatically be updated the next time you Hot Sync your PDA.  To create the files links and  install these files for the first time, follow these steps:
1. Open your PDA desktop software (Palm.exe Program found generally in your C:/Palm directory).
2. Go to your Address Book in your PDA desktop software.
3. Select the HotSync tab at the top of your screen.
4. Under the File tab at the top, select File Link.
5. In the File Link window, select Create a New Link
6. In the Create a New Link window, the Application Name should be Address Book (default), the File Path should be C:\Palm\MHS\MHSpeople.csv, and the Category Name should be MHSpeople.
7. In the Create a New Link window, select Next.
8. In the Specify Import Fields window, select OK.
9. In the Confirm you Link settings, select Done.
10. Repeat steps 3-9, except in step 6. the File Path should be C:\MHS\MHSplaces.csv, and the Category Name should be MHSplaces.
11. The new address information will be loaded onto your PDA the next time you Hotsync.


Instructions for installing PDA software NOT included with the MHSPDA.exe file:
The following software is free and has been found to be VERY useful clinically, however, cannot be included with the MHSPDA.exe file for technical reasons:

ePocrates (NOT ePocrates Pro which costs ~$60) - a free drug reference Guide (like an electronic version of the pocket Pharmacopoeia).
ePocrates takes up about 2.5 MB of memory on your PDA.
To install ePocrates you will need to go to the ePocrates web site at http://www.epocrates.com.
Follow the instructions for ePocrates Rx (version 6.51).
These instructions will require you do create an account.
Once you have created an account you will be instructed to download and install to ePocrates software.
You should allow ~30 minutes to create the account and download and install the ePocrates software.
Once you have installed the software, it will automatically update itself when you HotSync your PDA through a computer connected to the internet.

John Hopkins Antibiotic Guide - a free antibiotic reference guide (like an electronic version of the Sanford Guide).
The John Hopkins Antibiotic Guide takes up about 1.5 MB of memory on your PDA.
To install the John Hopkins Antibiotic Guide (verions 2.0) you will need to go to the web site http://hopkins-abxguide.org/download_center/download_center.cfm.
Follow the instructions for PalmOS.
These instruction will require you do create an account.
Once you have created an account you will be instructed to download and install the John Hopkins Antibiotic Guide software.
You should allow ~15 minutes to create the account and download and install the John Hopkins Antibiotic Guide software.
Once you have installed the software, it will automatically update itself when you HotSync your PDA through a computer connected to the internet.


The MHSPDA.exe file was prepared as a service by the PDA Library User's Group (PLUG).  We are always looking for additional information/software to include with the MHSPDA download.  All software should be cost free and not be copyright limited for large-scale distribution.  Any questions, comments, problems, or suggestions you have regarding the MHSPDA.exe file should be directed to Steven Grove at sgrove@metrohealth.org or David Kaelber, MD, PhD at dkaelber@metrohealth.org.