Date: February 19, 2004

Presenter: Dan Anderson,M.D

Affiliation: PocketMD - www.pocketmd.com

Topic: PocketMD software

The guest speaker waw Dan Anderson,M.D., founder of PocketMD - www.pocketmd.com - a wireless PDA platform for the healthcare industry. Dr. Anderson is currently a cardiology resident at UNMC. He was an early adopter of Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) and saw the practical uses for the medical, nursing and pharmacy professions. Dr. Anderson talked about the uses of wireless technology in hospitals and current industry trends. He also reviewed the concepts behind PocketMD.

PocketMD is a Pocket PC based platform that is essentially a productivity tool for physicians and nurses. The software provides time saving and error reduction functions, as well as, general information resources. Users can view and write their patient lists, allergies, medications, lab reports, notes and even vitals - to name some of the applications. The PDA platform is then tied into the Hospital Information System (HIS) as part of an enterprise network. Due to obvious privacy issues, a security system has been added to protect personal information.

PocketMD is headquartered in Omaha and is one of the model technology companies that demonstrates how local entrepreneurs can develop their ideas when financing is available. Together, with local members of the business community and private investors, a company has been created to develop medical software for use on PDAs. The further development of this product will create more opportunities in the local community. We certainly look forward to hearing more about this company.

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