Stedman's Plus Medical/Pharmaceutical Spellchecker 2010 Review

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(More customer reviews)For medical spell checking, this is pretty much the only product and I have used it for last 18 years. At Amazon, you can SOMETIMES get it about ten bucks less than Stedman's web site and Prime members do not have to pay the shipping. On the other hand, at Stedman's web site you can download it too.
Installation on Mac & Windows is a breeze. I have used it with Mac Office 2004 and Microsoft Office 2007 without any problem. The premium edition allows 3 updates in a year and is about seventy bucks more expensive; in my field not enough new drugs come out in a year to make it worth it. But Premium edition may be useful for transcriptionists dealing with multiple specialities. For two more years you can get the newer version of Standard edition at the the upgrade price of forty bucks. In my experience, most cost effective way to use this is product is to upgrade every two years - so after the first ninety or hundred bucks it comes out twenty bucks every year. In my field an average of ten new drugs come out in a year but if you use it for family practice or internal medicine or even cardiovascular medicine you may need a yearly upgrade.
My complaints about this Stedman's Spellchecker 2010 are that it is not compatible with Mac Office 2008, iWork and Google Docs, which more and more people are using now. It works with Corel Wordperfect but how many people use that? Now that doctors are beginning to use iPad for medical records, I think they need to make it compatible with mobile word processors like iWork, QuickOffice, Documents to Go etc.

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Annual CD-ROM, in a plastic shell case, provides spellchecking for medical documents and communications. Includes all new trade and generic drug names approved in 2009 and terms from more than 60 major medical specialties.

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The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 18th Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)Dubbed the Bible of Medicine, the Merck manual is a book condensed enough to cover all the major aspects of of medicine in a text written that even though is targeted towards health care practitioners, can also be used by that layman. Written first at the end of the 19th century, the manual covers nearly most of everything in the medical field. From why epilepsy occurs to that dreadful itchy rash, the topics are concise, up to the point and easy to understand. Even though a home edition exists, the black book can be used by educated people to know anything they would like to know, with the exception of surgery.
The book is divided into an alphabetical scheme, where all the topics are featured in that order. However that can be confusing as such since the subtopics are not arranged that way. Case in point, if you wanted to search for Candidiasis of the skin, you should not search under C, but S for skin disorders and then follow things through. This can be confusing at first, but then again, this is not an encyclopedia or dictionary of medical terms. The great thing about the book is the way everything is covered in the basic schema of background, signs and symptoms and then therapy. This helps people understand the topic in the right sense and actually makes it stick to your mind for a long time. The book is also good enough to mention the doses of the drugs used to treat an ailment.
No medical clinician should be out there practicing without the Merck Manual on his desk. This is a quick reference that is essential in the day of evidence based medicine and where the patient is educated enough to be a part of his or her treatment plan and not just the silent recepient. The book can be found in the hard copy format and is available for the PALM, which makes it the best reference carried in a doctor's pocket.
Very Highly Recommended!!!

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Mosby's Survival Guide to Medical Abbreviations, and Acronyms, Prefixes and Suffixes, Symbols, Greek Alphabet Review

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(More customer reviews)Arrived in stated timing, in perfect condition. Is perfect for my medical studies and to go into my medical library.

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This handy guide identifies the most common meanings of thousands of abbreviations and other language shortcuts used in health care settings. It presents multiple meanings of different abbreviations and acronyms and includes concise useful descriptions of each entry.

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