What is GuineaPEDS?

GuineaPEDS is a Palm application that assists medical students and physicians in tracking their pediatric patients.  It stores patient data such as laboratory values, history/physical data, problem lists, plan, and to do lists.  Users can share their patient data by simply beaming the patient record to the other user's Palm.  Unlike other patient trackers, GuineaPEDS is designed specifically for pediatric patients.

• Friendly, easy-to-use interface.
• Storage of detailed patient data including birth/feeding/developmental history, immunization data, parental contact information, laboratory values, demographic information, imaging studies, histories, to do lists, physicals, assessments, plans, personal notes and much more.
• Option to define how patients are classified (e.g., hospital, clinic, etc.) and ability to view patients in a particular class.
• All patient data fields are optional.  Use GuineaPEDS to keep incredibly verbose data, or simply use it to store your hospital census for morning rounds.
• At-a-glance lab viewing (CBC and chemistry panels appear on a summary screen).
• Beaming of patient record to other GuineaPEDS users.
• To do list has a reminder option that will activate the Palm's alarm system.
• Personal notes and imaging studies have a scratchpad which allows freehand sketching.
• 30 day demo version is not crippled in any way. 

How is GuineaPEDS different from other patient trackers?

I tried a number of different patient trackers but never really found one that had everything I wanted.  While most of them were good programs, I wanted a patient tracker that was based on one simple principle: Quick, at-a-glance data presentation.  What does this mean?  Let me give you an example.  With other programs I tried, hematology and chemistry laboratory values were stored on different pages so you could look at them simultaneously and get the "big picture."  With GuineaPEDS, you have a "Lab Summary" page which lists the basic CBC and chemistry panel so that you can quick access to the "big picture."  

How do I install GuineaPEDS?

Simple.  Unzip the demo version and simply install the single prc onto your Palm.  After that, you're ready to go!

The lab setup is different than most other patient trackers.  What is "Quick Labs?"

When I'm on the wards and I'm following a dozen patients, I print all of their labwork out at once from a hospital computer.  This gives me a nice big stack of papers to carry around.  Other patient trackers would required you load each patient, add new labs, exit the patient, load a different patient, add their labs, exit, etc. etc.  I designed GuineaPEDS to have a feature called "Quick Labs" in which the laboratory database is stored completely separate from the patient data (but still accessible from the patient database, of course).  So with GuineaPEDS, on the lab screen you can add labs for any patient in your database.  What this means is that you just need to keep tapping "New Labs" and using the pulldown selector to select the patient.  Then away you go!  You can enter your lab data for all your patients at one sitting without having to bounce around patient databases!  This has an important implication for beaming data (see below).  With Quick Labs, GuineaPEDS saves you taps and time!

Finally, GuineaPEDS also has great at-a-glance lab viewing (mentioned above in the features section).

Can I beam data to other users?

Yes!  There are two ways to beam information.  You can select to beam laboratory data or patient data.  Why two separate ways?  With some patient trackers, when you beam patient data you run the risk of wiping out the data the other user might already have on that patient!  Needless to say, they wouldn't appreciate that very much.  So with GuineaPEDS, you can opt to just beam laboratory data if you wish so that your colleague's data on assessment, plan, etc. are left intact.  To beam patient data, select the beam icon at the top of the screen on the patient data screen.  To beam laboratory data, select the beam icon at the top of the screen on the lab summary screen.  A general rule-of-thumb to remember is that beaming from the patient data screen sends all patient data (history, physical, assessment, plans, etc. with the exception of labs) while beaming from the laboratory screen sends the current laboratory data (with no history, physical, etc.).

Can I run Palm Hacks while using GuineaPEDS?

You can try.  But if GuineaPEDS begins acting odd, turn your hacks off and try again (this applies to any and all software, not just the GuineaSOFT line of products).

How do I register?

Visit our REGISTRATION page for more information!

If I register, will I lose all the data I've entered already?

No.