PDAMD.com to Offer Medical Starter Kit™ with the Handspring™ Visor™ Deluxe, Providing Healthcare Professionals with Indispensable Handheld Solution

Solution Eliminates Confusion, Increases Adoption of Handheld Technology Among Medical Professionals

Kirkland, WA October 18, 2000—PDAMD.com, the comprehensive online community for healthcare professionals utilizing mobile and wireless technologies, today announced a handheld computing Medical Starter Kit created expressly to meet the needs of medical professionals and students. PDAMD.com will resell the Handspring Visor Deluxe as part of the kit that includes four top medical software applications. The Medical Starter Kit sells for $249.00—over $140.00 off the retail price.

This offering, available exclusively at PDAMD.com, demonstrates the commitment PDAMD.com has to meeting the specific needs of healthcare professionals using handheld computers. The starter kit is ideal for busy practitioners eager to enhance their practice and deliver premium patient care efficiently.

"We are very excited to be working with Handspring to offer the PDAMD.com Medical Starter Kit. Physicians, nurses, and medical students are increasingly looking to handheld computers to redefine the way they practice medicine. With all the choices confronting healthcare workers, adoption of the technology can be frustrating," said Doug MacMahon, Vice President of PDAMD.com. "The starter kit was designed to offer all the essentials in one complete package to meet the needs of medical personnel new to handheld computing."

The PDAMD.com Medical Starter Kit includes a Visor Deluxe handheld and a suite of medical software including the Medical Letter Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions, WardWatch, PregCalc Professional, and Redi-Reference Clinical Guidelines.

"The PDAMD.com Medical Starter Kit takes information overwhelm out of the handheld computer purchase process; it offers healthcare users an inclusive package to meet their needs. When it comes to handheld computers and medicine, you can't have too much memory and you can't have too many references," said Jeffrey M. Gilfor, MD. "The Visor Deluxe with 8 MB RAM and this collection of medical applications is an unbeatable combination."

"We are very excited that PDAMD.com is delivering a bundled handheld solution to the medical market and has chosen the Handspring Visor Deluxe as the cornerstone of this package. We are finding that doctors and doctors-in-training prefer the expandability and low cost of the Visor, and are relying on its functionality more than ever in their day-to-day work," said Ed Colligan, vice president of sales and marketing for Handspring. "We anticipate that Visor handhelds, when used with powerful new medical software, will fundamentally change the way doctors and medical personnel run their offices and interact with patients—at a price even medical students can afford. PDAMD.com has great expertise in understanding the applications that are important to the medical community and we are pleased to be working with them."

The PDAMD.com Medical Starter Kit is designed for healthcare professionals and students who want to add efficiency and organization to their practices. The kit is available from PDAMD.com's website (http://www.pdamd.com) for just $249.00—a savings of over $140.00. Customers can also purchase 8 MB Memory Modules.

About PDAMD.com
PDAMD.com is the most comprehensive handheld computing website for medical professionals, students, and healthcare personnel. A strong community with a passion for mobile and wireless solutions, it provides in-depth information about how professionals utilize emerging technologies to improve performance, reduce costs, and manage information.

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