Attention PalmOS Handheld Device Users

Another free Palm OS medical reference program is now available from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

The COPD Guidelines Tool allows health professionals with Palm OS devices quick and easy point-of-care access to guidelines on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) diagnosis, management, and prevention, as developed by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

The program includes information on how to:

• Assess and Monitor COPD
• Reduce COPD Risk Factors
• Manage Stable COPD
• Manage Acute COPD Exacerbations

The GOLD COPD Guidelines tool for Palm OS is intended as a point-of-care reference to the Pocket Guide. Clinicians should be thoroughly familiar with this document and with the full GOLD Executive Summary Report before using this reference tool in patient care. 

To obtain and install the Guidelines tool on your
Palm OS device, please visit http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/copd.htm. 

Please email your comments, questions, and suggestions regarding this application to the NHLBI Health Information Network at nhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov.

The GOLD COPD Guidelines tool for Palm OS is in the public domain and may be freely reproduced and distributed. However, the Guidelines may not be altered in any way.

Please credit the GOLD and the NHLBI whenever reproducing this program.