1. 17 February 2013
There’s an
app for that!
Iris Thiele Isip Tan MD, MSc
Chief, Medical Informatics Unit
UP College of Medicine
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2. App
Word of the Year (2010)
American Dialect Society
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3. Questions to ask
before downloading an app
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012;20:e2161
Medical publisher
Regularly updated
Clinical Properly referenced
decision Authors listed
making Feedback
Recommended
For health professionals
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4. Questions to ask
before downloading an app
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012;20:e2161
Patients’
privacy
Does the app require
you to input patient
specific data, and could
this compromise
patients’ privacy?
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5. Questions to ask
before downloading an app
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012;20:e2161
Do you know where the
app is from? By a
drug company or a
non-commercial
organization?
Conflicts of
interest
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7. Educate
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“The new iPad - speaker” by Paul Hudson.,
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Sunday, February 17, 13
8. Educate
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Sunday, February 17, 13
9. Draw MD
Visible Health
MDs from Harvard Medical School
iPad
Enhances MD-patient
communication
Sketch, stamp or type
directly on the images
Includes thyroid &
parathyroid
Sunday, February 17, 13
11. Miniatlas apps
ec-europe
iPhone/iPad & Android
Facilitates MD-patient
communication
For rounds with medical
students and residents
Diabetes, ACS, Obesity,
Hypertension, MetSyn,
Osteoporosis,
Hypercholesterolemia &
Atherosclerosis (coming soon)
Sunday, February 17, 13
13. Type 2 Diabetes: What Now?
Everyday Health, Inc.
Step by step guide, videos, recipes,
interactive charts, Twitter stream
iPad/iPhone only
Sunday, February 17, 13
14. Educate
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Sunday, February 17, 13
15. Kobo
eReader
iPad/iPhone & Android
Sunday, February 17, 13
16. Zinio
The World’s Largest Newsstand
iPad/iPhone & Android
Sunday, February 17, 13
17. Educate
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Sunday, February 17, 13
18. Facebook
Social utility that connects people
iPad/iPhone & Android
Sunday, February 17, 13
49. LinkedIn
World’s Largest Professional Network
iPad/iPhone & Android
Sunday, February 17, 13
50. Educate
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Sunday, February 17, 13
56. fitbit
Android & iPhone
Log food, water, workouts,
weight
Track progress on weight goals
with Food Plan
See day’s stats and up to 2
weeks prior
Sunday, February 17, 13
57. fitbit
Android & iPhone
Log food, water, workouts,
weight
Track progress on weight goals
with Food Plan
See day’s stats and up to 2
weeks prior
Sunday, February 17, 13
58. iPad/iPhone only
Free
Health Record Keeper (HealthyWomen.org)
Health providers, screening/vaccination, healthy ranges,
questions to ask, health resources, medication reference
Sunday, February 17, 13
59. My Days
(Christian Albert Mueller)
Period, Ovulation &
Fertility Tracker
iPad/iPhone & Android
Sunday, February 17, 13
60. iPad/iPhone only
dLife Diabetes Companion
Food and recipe lookup, videos and Q & A
Diabetes management
Sunday, February 17, 13
61. iPad/iPhone only
dLife Diabetes Companion
Food and recipe lookup, videos and Q & A
Diabetes management
Sunday, February 17, 13
63. iPad/iPhone only
iBGStar Diabetes Manager Application
Sanofi Aventis
Tracks blood glucose, carb intake, insulin doses
Sunday, February 17, 13
64. iPad/iPhone only
iBGStar Diabetes Manager Application
Sanofi Aventis
Tracks blood glucose, carb intake, insulin doses
Sunday, February 17, 13
65. iPad/iPhone only
Pillboxie
Schedule reminders just by dropping pills into a pillbox
Sunday, February 17, 13
66. iPhone & Android
Beam Brush
The world’s first smart brush
Sunday, February 17, 13
67. “The utopic future of medicine will
seamlessly combine data from your daily
apps and personalize a health treatment
plan based on the life you actually live.”
http://www.carepractice.com/emr-needs-a-kick-in-the-app-hole/
Sunday, February 17, 13
68. Medical Applications Which the FDA Tends to Regulate
(Draft Guideline)
Medical mobile app or not?
Dividing line according to the FDA
Apps that perform the Apps that allow users to
Electronic “copies” of
functionality of an input patient-specific
medical textbooks,
electronic health system data to output a patient
teaching aids or
or personal health specific result:
reference materials
record system diagnosis, treatment or
------------------- recommendation
Apps that are solely for ------------------- ---------------------------------
general health and Apps that automate Apps that are an extension
wellness, not to be used general office operations of a medical device to
(e.g. determine connect to such a device
in clinical care billing codes like ICD-9) or control that device
No Likelihood of being regulated as a medical device by FDA Yes
Sunday, February 17, 13
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Sunday, February 17, 13
70. ADA Journals (American Diabetes Association)
Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes & Diabetes Spectrum
Journal App
iPad/iPhone & Android
Free
Sunday, February 17, 13
72. Endocrinology & Endo Emergency
By the authors of www.endotext.org & www.thyroidmanager.org
Leslie de Groot (Editor)
$5.99
iPad/iPhone & Android
Sunday, February 17, 13
74. Free
iPad/iPhone & Android
PubMed4Hh
National Library of
Medicine LHC
Sunday, February 17, 13
75. Free
iPad/iPhone & Android
Medscape (WebMD)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
76. iPad/iPhone & Android
Free
MedPage Today Mobile (MedPage Today)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
77. $$$
iPad/iPhone & Android
UptoDate (UpToDate, Inc.)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
78. $34.99
iPad/iPhone & Android
The Merck Manuals for Mobile + Web
(Unbound Medicine, Inc.)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
79. iPad/iPhone & Android
$49.99
Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes, 2nd ed.
(MedHand - Mobile Libraries)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
80. iPad/iPhone & Android
$$
Lexi Complete (Lexicomp)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
81. iPad/iPhone & Android
Free
Epocrates (Epocrates)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
82. iPad/iPhone & Android
Free
Micromedex Drug Information (Truven Health Analytics, Inc.)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
84. iPad/iPhone & Android
Free
Prognosis: Your Diagnosis (Medical Joyworks)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
85. Free
Prognosis: Diabetes (Medical Joyworks)
Game to diagnose complex clinical cases within minutes
Sunday, February 17, 13
86. iPad/iPhone & Android
$34.99
Visible Body Human Anatomy Atlas 2 (Visible Body)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
87. iPad/iPhone & Android
$$
ECG Guide for iPad (QxMD)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
88. iPad/iPhone & Android
Free
Student BMJ (BMJ Group)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
89. iPad/iPhone only
$7.99
Differential Diagnosis (BMJ Group)
15 Recommended Medical Apps for Smartphones
Visser & Bouman. There’s a medical app for that. Student BMJ 2012:20:e2162
Sunday, February 17, 13
95. iMedicalApps
the leading physician publication on mobile medicine
Sunday, February 17, 13
96. Educate
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Sunday, February 17, 13