Mobile Healthcare software news roundup: Dec. 5-16, 2005

PDS' billing software weds MDT's MD Coder; Unbound Medicine updates Current Consult Medicine

Dec. 15, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- US billing services vendor Practice Development Strategies, has integrated its billing technology with hand-held charge capture technology from Mobile Design Technologies. The integration enables clinicians to use Mobile Design Technologies' MD Coder Software to enter and code charges in Practice Development Strategies' claims management system.

The MD Coder application can be used on PDAs or smart phones running the Palm OS or Windows Mobile operating systems. Three group practices in Southern California have implemented the integrated system, and have decreased their paper transactions and the number of rejected claims stemming from coding issues. They also have streamlined their coding compliance and received payments more quickly, according to the two companies.

For more information, see mobiledesigntech.com, or see the company's summary page on MobileVillage.

Unbound Medicine today released the all new 2006 edition of the CURRENT CONSULT Medicine (CCMed) for the Web and Web enabled PDAs. CCMed is authored by Lange's CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, and has updated information for answers to the questions encountered in both hospital and outpatient care settings.

The integrated differential diagnosis tool, derived from Diagnosaurus, allows users to lookup a symptom such as cough or headache, obtain the differential diagnosis (DDx), and then link directly to specific diseases and treatments in CCMed. Additional features include answers to 850+ disorders integrated with 550 differential diagnoses, new topics such as SARS and Parvovirus, tables optimized for PDA viewing, practice guidelines, and specific doses.

Users can also upgrade to Medicine Central featuring CURRENT CONSULT Medicine. This configuration adds to the package Davis's Drug Guide, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests and Medline Journal tracking together with Web access from PCs and internet enabled devices. Users can try product features without registering for a trial.

For more information, see unboundmedicine.com.

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