Handheld medical content company Skyscape's latest product, ARTbeat, is a channel offering for disseminating medical information.

According to the company, ARTbeat enables practitioners to dynamically access the latest medical news such as drug and disease alerts, as well as frequently updated information such as drug weeklies and journal subscriptions via a PDA. Information flowing into ARTbeat channels automatically integrate with other channel information and with traditional Skyscrape reference content on the handheld.

Making medical data on a PDA dynamic is important according to Jocelyn Young, program manager, IDC, "... providing static information via point of care solutions is not enough. Enabling medical professionals to access dynamic information in the context of decision making best demonstrates the full potential of PDAs in a medical setting."