version 0.95ß fixes a bug in the list when selecting generic drugs.
some minor asthetic and speed increase fixes.
Disclaimer:
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Run this software at your own risk! This program is provided for educational purposes only, sample drugs and drug data included in drugSoup have been provided to show the functionality of dFinder. The author makes no claims to the accuracy of the information and thus the data should not be used for actual patient management. I take no responsibility for the drug information provided. Recheck all information with appropriate text. This program and related files may not be separated or distributed by floppy or by any other commercial means without the written consent of the author.
Requirements:
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Storage card!
Newton, of course (Oops, or ExpertPad)
--> Load Medicine soup and press the install button (if you have previously installed a drugSoup,
click on "remove soup" to clear out the old file and press Install)
---> Run dFinder
Q&D Instructions
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•Basically everything is intuitive.
•Two soups were provided for evaluation, one is medicine the other Ophtho specific. These are not complete databases. Contact the author for this.
•Select drug by tapping on name.
•Navigate List by tapping on up and down arrows
•While in Info mode, to edit, delete, or make a New entry,
select command from the routing icon.
•To return to look-up mode from drug info, tap on cancel
box on lower right hand corner.
A Note From the Author
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This project was an accumulation of many hours of trying to learn how to program in NTK. As a fourth year medical student, I was influenced by a need for a quick drug reference during my rotation in outpatient medicine at Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana. I wanted something quick and dirty, something that showed me what the drug was and some condensed information. If I want to know the whole biochemical mechanism, I'd look on a CD-ROM!! Initial versions were ambitious but too slow in the real world. After many comments and brain sessions with my cohorts Darwin Liao & Shirley Chen, I refined the initial Idea to what you see here. I hope you find this application helpful. Remember, the drugs that were included on the initial application were chosen arbitrarily. I plan on making them specialty specific, and choosable on the fly in the next major version.
This project is constantly being upgraded, and 3 specialty databases are in final production. (Ophthalmology, Psychology, & General Medicine). Please write for more information if you are interested in these soups.
All comments and suggestions welcomed. Please email to
Ted Wei, Jr.
Tulane Medical School
1430 Tulane Ave, Bx K-28
New Orleans, LA 70112
AOL: MedMac
Internet: MedMac@aol.com
I'm also interested in where this program ends up, so email me!
This project was neither endorsed or supported by Tulane Medical School.
History:
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9/93 - Started project, ver 0.01a
10/93 - Figured out soups and Edit function
- Icon designed (needs improvement!) underlying functions
coded, needs work!
- Implemented List Function
11/23/93 - version 0.50ß completed
- Added routing functions for New, Edit, Delete, trying to
incorporate Beaming!
11/30/93 - Version 0.90ß first released to general public!
