Mobile Applications For Physicians

Mobile Applications for Physicians

iPhone – Infuse
Medication infusion and bolus calculator built for healthcare providers.
Medications can be added, edited, removed, and dosages can be adjusted.
(Infuse)

iPhone – ReachMD CME
An iPhone App that allows users to listen CME (Continuing Medical Education ) content and take a CME certification test for credit.
Has a questionable privacy policy.
(ReachMD CME)

iPhone - Medscape
Medscape has a free iPhone App that:

Pulls recent medical news from

Medscape (WebMD)

Drug database
CME prep and ‘activities’
Health directory of physicians,

pharmacies, and hospitals

Drug interaction checker

(Medscape)

iPhone – EyeChartRandomEyes
EyeChartRandomEyes is an app to perform a quick eye test. The user can randomize the letters in order to test people who may have memorized the standard letter list.
The app is built for medical professionals. It gives them the ability to perform vision tests on the go with measuring using a headphone cable.
(EyeChartRandomEyes)

iPhone – Netter’s Anatomy

Anatomical illustrations from

Netter’s Atlas of Human
Anatomy.

Touch navigation and zoom.
Built in quiz mode.
Images and sections are

annotated for:

Origin
Insertion
Action
Innervation
Anatomical Relevance

(Netter’s Anatomy)

iPhone – iChart
A mobile Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.

Writes prescription with built in prescription

codes and drug interaction info.

Tracks lab studies and results.
Syncs with online datacenter to track and

update EMRs

Built in note templates.
Clinic and hospital scheduler.

(iChart)

iPhone – OsiriX
OsiriX is a companion for OsiriX for Mac, which is an interactive visualization program build for design and analysis of medical images.

The iPhone app allows for downloading of standard DICOM format images.
Zoom, Pan, Change contrast on images with finger motions.
Scans images within the set with a horizontal slider.
Measures sections of an image using finger motions.
Interacts with desktop interface.
Patient/Database search.

(OsiriX)
(OsiriX – Demo Video)

iPhone – General Medical History

Outline developed to assist

medical students take a
patient's history.

Specifically designed for

medical students preparing
for the USMLE Step 2 Clinical
Skills Exam
(General Medical History)

iPhone – ICD-9
ICD-9 is an iPhone app for querying ICD-9-CM codes on an iPhone. There is also a free version of the app called ICD-9 LITE.
ICD = International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. Published by the World Health Organization and used worldwide for morbidity and mortality statistics.
(ICD-9)

iPhone – BlackBag
A free medical news and resources app for healthcare professionals across multiple specialties and therapeutic areas.

Specialties can be filtered
News can come in rich media forms (podcasts, video, and images.)

(BlackBag)

Cross Platform – PEPID

Windows OS, Palm OS, Apple OS X, and BlackBerry.
Specific use suits sold along with subscription services.
Common functions across all suites
Drug Database
Medical Calculator
Drug Interactions
IV Compatibility Tool
Personal Notes
(Some) Product Suites include:
Emergency Physician Suite
Disease and Trauma topics with diagnosis,

pathophysiology, treatment and disposition.

ACLS and PALS drug summaries.
Toxicology
Primary Care Plus
Similar to the Emergency Physician Suite
Diagnostic and treatment information on the nuclear,

chemical, and biological weapon threats.

PEPID EMS Plus NAEMSE

(PEPID)

Cross Platform – PediDoser

Pediatric medication

dosing reference.

Finds dosing by weight or

age.

Contains the most common

pediatric medications.

Blackberry, Windows Mobile

PocketPC, PalmOS, Android
devices.
(PediDoser)

Cross Platform – MedCalc
MedCalc is a free mobile App

Supports iPhone, Palm OS and Windows Mobile.
A very large selection of formulas and scores.
Detailed information and bibliographic references

for each formula.

Search for equations by name or keywords.
Customizable list of favorite equations.

(MedCalc)

Cross Platform – Epocrates
Epocrates is the most widely used mobile medical application with a large number of reference guides.

Drug interactions
Infectious disease treatment
Medical Dictionary
Symptom Assessment
Medical Calculator

Epocrates has some free services, and installs are generally free. The service and updates require paid contracts.
(epocrates)

Cross Platform – Epocrates
Epocrates has several other applications in addition to being a mobile resource tool.
Epocrates has a market research service where market researchers can survey healthcare professionals. Clinicians can submit data to research projects using their mobile devices.
Hospital formulary hosting for custom prescription pricing and availability, accessible by mobile device by physicians.
CME (Continued Medical Education) can push news about new studies and treatments to physicians durring point of care.
(epocrates)

Cross Platform – Skyscape
Skyscape is similar to Epocrates in that if offers reference and calculators for a number of mobile device platforms.
The focus is less on general prescription decision making and more on specialty focus.
Users can download reference manuals, calculators, assessment, and treatment software specific to a physician specialty.
Skyscape is marketed toward for physicians, nurses, and students with specific collections of software for each.
(Skyscape)

Cross Platform – Skyscape
Skyscape has several different applications in addition to specialty reference tools.
CME STAT is a learning tool, where users are given information about new standards in treatments (specialty specific) and then tested on the content.
Med Alert ports breaking medical news and Journal summaries directly to the device.
It can all be filtered by profession and specialty.
(Skyscape)

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