Handheld + Right Software …

And I Can Be ANYWHERE!

Skyscape Presentation

For

Northern Illinois University

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Agenda

State of Handhelds

What can you expect from your handhelds today

Handhelds in Healthcare Rapid adoption by

healthcare professionals

Software Applications

What is available today

Skyscape Products and technology What can we do for you

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State of the Handheld’s

State-of-the-art processors - 500MHz+ speed

256 MB Internal Memory Storage cards upto 2 GB!

Over 200 books in your pocket!

16-bit color Phone/wireless

integration Voice Recording And more …

It’s not just an ADDRESS BOOK

any more!

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Handhelds & Healthcare – Perfect Partners

Critical Need in Healthcare

Need for Point of care access – current technologies are inadequate

Quick access to large volumes of information for better decision support

Platform is Right

Form factor is suitable New devices pack

power! Handy & mobile Non-intrusive to the

practitioner workflow

Applications are Available

Personal Information Management

Medical References Clinical Calculators Decision Support Tools Guidelines Billing and Coding ePrescribing EMR

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PDA Market Pioneer and Leader for Reference

Deep Handheld Market Expertise Providing solutions since 1993 Focus - Healthcare Professionals

Something for everyone 300+ ‘Gold-Standard’ titles Several specialties covered

Leading brand Rapidly Growing User Base

• 475,000+ registered users

Loyal customer base – most are repeat customers

Skyscape

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World Class Medical Publishers

Best-in-Class Reference Titles

High-Value Medical Content

                                                                                     

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Survey Results

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Dictionaries Stedman’s, Dorland’s, Taber’s, EngSpan

Clinical References 100+, OCM, RnDiseases, RNotes, 5MPeds, Harrison’s, etc.

Drug Databases 30+ drug databases, Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, A2Z,

DrDrugs, Specialty Drug

Drug Interaction Guides iFacts, Medical Letter Handbook of Adverse Drug Reaction

Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests ABC’s of Interpretive Lab Data, Ferri’s Best Test, Nurse’s

Manual of Lab & Diagnostic Test etc.

Broad Product Categories

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Evidence Based Medicine Cochrane Reviews, ACP PIER, 15 eMedicine references

Alternative Medicine Guide to Popular Natural Products, Natural Comprehensive

DB

Coding ICD-9

Calculators Archimedes (free)

Journals & Newsletters CDC Spotlights, MedWatch, Preventing Chronic Diseases

(free) DrugLink, Drug Newsletter Weekly

Broad Product Categories – contd.

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Useful, Intuitive Products

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smARTlinking

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Engine for creating solutions that integrates content from various sources smARTlinkTM information from different sources.

Uniform representation of content and transactions

Ability to repurpose content for any platform, or operating system (Palm, WinCE, PocketPC…)

Supports wireless protocols including OTA

Conduit technology

ARTbeat – platform to support dynamic content such as journals & newsletter; organized as channels

Scalable architecture

Unique ability to create solutions that automatically present information “in-the-context” to the practitioner allowing for improved patient care

Skyscape Technology

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What can Skyscape do for you?

Off-the-shelf products Software Group Discounts Hardware & Software bundles Training

Custom Projects Guidelines Directories (like The Little Blue Book) smARTPanel Calculators Interoperability with EMR

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Summary

Pioneer in the field of nursing and medical references for PDAs

Largest portfolio of products

State of the art technology

Ability to create custom solutions

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Product Demonstration