Doctors these days are right up there with the best of business people by generally being tech savvy as far as having things like a Blackberry, or PDA - Personal Digital Assistant. As patients, we the public are actually safer because of this, remembering that knowledge is the best tool against medical issues. With the proliferation of drugs and other medications that are available these days, it is important to know of any conflicts. You already might be aware that if you use the same pharmacy, and they have a file on you, then they generally have software that will indicate any conflicts in your current medications and any new one that they are in the process of preparing for you. At the doctor level, it is actually even more important to be aware of conflicts - it would be crazy for a doctor to rely on the pharmacy for drawing attention to drug conflicts. Epocrates.com have developed a software package for doctors suitable for PDA use, and they are currently getting the medical world educated that medical software for the PDA is available, in fact, This announcement was paid for by Epocrates. They are currently offering free software for Pocket PC, Palm, and Windows Mobile, as well as the Blackberry, of course. More details are available at the website www.epocrates.com/products.

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