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Skyscape Launches Harriet Lane Handbook With Exclusive New Tools For Point of Care Decision-Support.


MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- -- To be featured at NAPNAP NAPNAP National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners , booth #1213 --

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 Inc. has launched a completely updated mobile version of The Harriet Lane Handbook featuring exclusive, new interactive flowcharts, built-in medical calculators Modern medicine makes regular use of scores and indices that put doctors' memory and calculation skills to the test. The advent of personal computers, the Web, and more recently personal digital assistants (PDA) saw the rise of a class of medical software called medical calculators.  and integrated pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children.

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Of or relating to pediatrics.
 drug dosing tools.

For use on handheld PDAs and smart phones, the launch introduces "a truly unique version of The Harriet Lane Handbook that will become a new standard in point-of-care medical decision support tools for anyone who treats children," said Sandeep Shah, Skyscape Inc. founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. .

Skyscape will feature the new solution at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) 2006 Conference, March 30 - April 2, in booth #1213.

For more than 50 years, The Harriet Lane Handbook has been the pediatrician's reference of choice, offering unsurpassed diagnostic and management guidance, recommended tests, and comprehensive therapeutic and drug formulary formulary /for·mu·lary/ (for´mu-lar?e) a collection of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions.

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 information. The new Skyscape version integrates a host of interactive tools that help ensure accurate and confident decision making at the point of care.. These powerful new tools, available exclusively in the Skyscape version of the handbook, include:

--Nearly 600 built in weight-based drug dosing calculation tools. Users simply review a drug, calculate the dose and administer - all in a single step - with no need for a separate drug dosing program.

--New interactive flowcharts that transform complex algorithms and protocols from static images into dynamic step-by-step decision support tools. The innovative feature quickly and easily walks users through even the most intricate decision models.

--More than 100 full color images to illustrate and bring content to life

--Built-in medical calculators that provide instant access from within topics to relevant medical calculators including: Body Surface Area: Pediatric; Creatinine Clearance creatinine clearance
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; Head Circumference: 0-36 Months; Ideal Body Weight (IBW IBW Ideal body weight, see there ); Stature:Weight Ratio; Water Deficit; and more.

--Skyscape's patented smARTlink(TM) to easily cross-index handbook entries with any of Skyscape's other 300+ medical reference titles.

Dr. David C. Stockwell, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's National Medical Center This article or section is written like an .
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, Washington DC, praised the new Skyscape solution for its "excellent drug calculator integrated with formulary, simple navigation, interactive algorithms/flow charts, good value and presentation of information."

Skyscape's Harriet Lane Handbook solution "could serve as an ID guide, drug reference, drug calculator, differential diagnosis differential diagnosis
n.
Determination of which one of two or more diseases with similar symptoms is the one from which the patient is suffering. Also called differentiation.
 guide, PALS guide, procedure manual and more," Dr. Stockwell said, having now achieved "its rightful place as the standard pediatric reference for the handheld. There is an excellent array of information and Skyscape's solution uses the handheld's capability better than any medical product (even outside of pediatrics) available."

"With Skyscape, practitioners are gaining exclusive access to the crucial resources pediatricians need to make better informed and timelier decisions at the point-of-care," Shah said. "Mobile technology is revolutionizing the medical field - enabling medical care professionals to provide better quality care for more patients while reducing the opportunity for errors."

Skyscapes' version of the Harriet Lane Handbook, 17th Ed. for handhelds and smart phones is available exclusively from Skyscape for only $39.95. Free trial versions are available. For more information, visit Skyscape at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners 2006 Conference (NAPNAP) in booth #1213 or online at http://www.skyscape.com/trhlh17.

About Skyscape

Skyscape, Inc. pioneered in-context integrated medical references on PDAs and today offers the largest library of trusted evidence-based decision support tools for handheld devices - more than 300 resources covering over 30 specialties. Its patented smARTlink(TM) technology provides interlinked clinical content throughout the Skyscape portfolio and with leading mobile medical computing solutions such as eClinicalWorks, MedAptus, MercuryMD, and PatientKeeper. More than 500,000 physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals use Skyscape point-of-care solutions for fast and accurate diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing support. Skyscape products are available for Palm OS(R) and Windows(R) Mobile Pocket PC handheld PDAs and smart phones, and Windows(R) desktop, laptops, and Tablet PCs. Visit Skyscape at www.skyscape.com.

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