Thursday, December 14, 2006

Skyscape to Spotlight Evidence-Based Decision Support Tools, Technology for Handheld Mobile Devices at the National Assoc. of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners’ Conference

Skyscape to Spotlight Evidence-Based Decision Support Tools, Technology for Handheld Mobile Devices at the National Assoc. of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners’ Conference

Skyscape, Inc. (www. skyscape. com) will spotlight the largest library of trusted evidence-based decision support tools available for point-of-care use by nurses and other medical professionals in booth #1213 at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners’ (NAPNAP) 27th Annual Conference on Pediatric Health Care, Washington, D. C., March 30-April 2, 2006.

MARLBOROUGH, MA (PRWEB) March 27, 2006

Skyscape, Inc. will spotlight the largest library of trusted evidence-based decision support tools available for point-of-care use by nurses and other medical professionals in booth #1213 at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners’ (NAPNAP) 27th Annual Conference on Pediatric Health Care, Washington, D. C., March 30-April 2, 2006.

Skyscape, which pioneered in-context integrated medical references on PDAs, today provides more than 300 decision support resources, covering over 30 medical specialties, for use on handhelds and smart phones.

Skyscape offers a host of titles of special interest to pediatric nurse practitioners, including "The Harriet Lane Handbook," "Red Book™,” "The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult," "Nelson's Pocket Book of Pediatric Antimicrobial Therapy," "The Washington Manual® Pediatrics Survival Guide," "Pocket Pediatrics," “PocketMedicine/Strategies in Pediatric Anesthesia Practice," "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics," "Drugs for Pregnant and Lactating Women," "Pediatric Constellation™: All-in-One Pediatric Solution," and more.

Skyscape’s patented smARTlink™ technology provides interlinked clinical content throughout the Skyscape portfolio and with leading mobile medical computing solutions such as MedAptus, and PatientKeeper.

More than 500,000 nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals use Skyscape’s point-of-care solutions for fast and accurate diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing support. In a recent survey, medical professionals credited PDA-based decision support tools with helping them to provide better and more efficient patient care. A majority cited the tools as “critical” to their daily practice, reporting that the solutions enabled them to reduce potential medical errors, provide more medical care, and assist more patients.

For more information, visit Skyscape, Inc. at the NAPNAP Annual Conference in booth #1213, or online at http://www. skyscape. com (http://www. skyscape. com). Skyscape products are available for Palm OS®, Windows® Mobile Pocket PCs, smart phones, and Windows® powered desktop, laptops, and Tablet PCs. Free trial versions are available.

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