As a chiropractor I found that the demand for data and information was growing almost daily. I needed a tool to put a lot of information at my fingertips. After looking at many of the palmtops, I chose the HP 95LX.
I not only have a private practice, but I teach at a chiropractic college. It seems much easier to keep patients and students grouped separately, so I have a separate PHONE file for each group. I also keep a third PHONE Book for doctors using the other chiropractic methods. This serves as an easy reference when referrals are needed to other areas.
I keep businesses that we deal with in a separate file and I have my personal contacts in another. I also keep ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes in an individual .PBK file. (These codes are used to communicate illness/diagnosis to the insurance industry). The ones commonly used are now available at the touch of a button; much better than looking them up in the book's index each time a new or different code is needed. I update the list as I run across ones that have not been entered yet. I've also created a PHONE database of lab value normals and the implications of out-of-range values.
Lotus is our financial manager. We put our financial and budget reports into WK1 files. It is very nice to be able review how we are doing financially, graph the figures and plan changes away from the office.
I have created several MEMO files that serve as reminder notes. They include everything from how to use advanced cellular phone commands to commonly used medical formulas.
Bart B. Bishop, D.C Whittier CA, USA