Pharmacy: Is there an app for you

PHARMACYIs there an app for you? Kevin A. Clauson, PharmD

Objectives• Define basic terminology for mobile health (mHealth) and applications (apps)• Review highest utility mobile phone apps for pharmacy• Discuss apps that can be used with or recommended for patients

mHealth is the use of mobile devices andglobal networksto deliver health services and information

Access to web-based resourcesHow SmartPhones Are Changing Healthcare for Consumers and Providers 2010

Remote Monitoring

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare 2007;3(3):303-16.

mHealthSecurity &Privacy

JAMA 2009;302(11):1159-60.Honk if you love Jesus if you’re ready Text to meet Him!

JAMA 2009;302(11):1159-60.Texting increases crash risk by 23.2 times!

What is the difference between a“feature phone” and a…

”smartphone”

mHealth Deviceso iPhoneo Androido Blackberryo Windowso iPad/TabletPCo USBo Fitbito Etc.

Smartphone OS Share 2% 3% 9% 38% Android iPhone 21% BlackBerry Windows HP webOS Other 27%Source: Nielsen Mobile Insights 2011

Applications (apps)Native app Web appDevice-specific Software in browser-software designed rendered languageto run on its (i.e., surfing the webOS/firmware (e.g., from your phone);download Angry needs internetBirds from App connectivity to workStore onto iPhone) “App” voted 2010 Word of the Year (ADA)

Pharmacy Apps Drug References

• Epocrates Rx (FREE)• Pro ($99)• Essentials ($199)• Available for all platforms below

Pharmacotherapy 2007 ;27(12):1651-8.

Lexi-Comp*• Lexi-Drugs ($75)• Clinical Suite ($175)• Complete ($285)*all prices for one-year subscription

iPadInterface

• Full drug, dx state & protocol suite• Linked CME/CE• FREE

• No native app for HP webOS (e.g., TouchPad)• Web app is eMed• App is actually optimized browser for Medscape content• Needs internet connection to use!

• Micromedex Drug Information – Native app only for iOS (Apple) [FREE]• Web browsing/install for other platforms – Clinical Xpert – mobileMicromedex – Micromedex Mobile 2.0• FREE for institutional subscribers (& DI/iOS)

Clinical Pharmacology No native app for any platform/OSWeb browsing ONLY via login

Pharmacy Apps Calculators

• MedCalc (FREE)• MedCalc Pro ($4.99)• Over 200 formulas/scores• Support for English, Spanish, French, and German

Pharmacy Apps A Few Words about EHRs and PHRs…

Pharmacy Apps Professional & Productivity

• All questions structured to elicit yes/no OR numerical answers• Spanish, Haitian Creole, Chinese (Cantonese/ Mandarin)• FREE

Skype & oovoo

• (Digital) peripheral brain• Articles, web clipping, photos, images, etc.• FREE

Pharmacy Apps Patient-targeted

82% of American adults owns a cell phone* Owns *Range: 57% (65+) to 90% (18-29) Does not ownPew Cell Phones and American Adults 2010

Pew Internet Mobile Access 2010 87% of blacks and Hispanics own a cell phone**Compared to 80% of whites

Pew Internet Mobile Access 2010 Hispanics use their phone to go online and to text more frequently than any other group**English-speaking Hispanics

Consumers want to use health apps To keep track of health information 48.5 To help manage 58.4 disease or drug To gain information 91.1 0 20 40 60 80 100 PercentSource: Consumer Health Information Corporation, April 2011 (n=395)

Consumers would most prefer to receive a medication reminder via: Phone call 1.3 Buzzing drug 2.5 vial Email 15.2 Phone alarm 19.5 App 20.3 Text 41.1 message/SMS 0 20 40 60 80 100 PercentSource: Consumer Health Information Corporation, April 2011 (n=395)

LocalFlavor

Text BABY to 511411Envia BEBE al 511411para EspañolFlorida Department of Health www.text4baby.org

Recommended Resources iMedical Apps.com MobiHealthNews.com Medgadget.com Palmdoc.net MedicalSmartphones.com

Summary Points• mHealth may help extend pharmacy services, drive change to the practice model, and reach underserved populations• Many opportunities for pharmacy exist in mHealth, but we have to seek them out• Apps offer a low entry point for clinical utility and a way to engage with patients

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Images• http://medcalc.medserver.be/ • http://www.imedicalapps.com/2011/0 3/blackberry-medical-apps-epocrates-• http://medcalc.medserver.be/profeatures. essentials-app-review/ html • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lexico• http://www.applecorelabs.com/products/ mp/id313401238?mt=8 RxCalc/ • http://www.appdiscover.com/iphone/• http://www.slideshare.net/JFahrni/how- medical/313401238-lexicomp-app/ rounds-reports-and-mobile-computing- support-the-role-of-the-clinical- • http://www.medscape.com/ pharmacist• http://twitter.com/#!/mobilehealth/statu • https://market.android.com/details?id s/77747332367646721 =com.medscape.android&featur• https://market.android.com/details?id=c • http://palmdoc.net/images/emed_201 om.bim.pubmed&feature=search_result 1-02-05_194939.png• http://www.pharmacytimes.com/mobile • http://www.micromedex.com/2/mobil e.html• http://www.medibabble.com • http://www.goldstandard.com/pages/C PM-AboutCPM.html

Images• http://www.jeancoutu.com • http://www.greatcall.com/AppStore/ipho ne-apps.aspx• http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ashp- mobile-midyear- • http://www.diabetesmine.com/wp- 2010/id405949252?mt=8 content/uploads/2010/09/ibgstar- strip.png• http://pharmacistsociety.skipta.com/p ublic/images/1page_img1.jpg • http://www.diabetesmine.com/wp- content/uploads/2010/09/iphone-• http://www.pharmqd.com/ ibgstar.png• http://www.shownearby.com/press/log • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapcloud /id424174431?mt=8 os/ • http://www.pharma.bayer.com/scripts/pa• http://www.skype.com ges/en/news_room/news_room/news_ro om97.php• http://www.oovoo.com • http://www3.bcbsfl.com/wps/portal/bcbs fl/links/mobile• http://www.evernote.com • http://www.doh.state.fl.us/family/mch/te xt4baby/text4baby.html• http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seaworld -orlando-gps-map/id339963201?mt=8 • http://www.sensei.com/• http://hopephones.org• http://www.slideshare.net/about/logos

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