10 Best Medical Apps - Updated October 2011

10 Best Medical Apps for Palm and the PocketPClast updated June 20, 2008

Paul AlbertWeill Cornell Medical College

10 Best Medical Apps for Palm and the PocketPClast updated June 20, 2008

Paul AlbertWeill Cornell Medical College

10 Best Medical AppsLast updated Oct. 26, 2011, 1:06:32 pm EST

Paul AlbertWeill Cornell Medical College

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uCentralFrom Unbound Medicine. Contains three popular clinical resources:

• 5-Minute Clinical Consult• 5-Minute Pediatric Consult• Harrison's Manual of

Medicine

Platform: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Palm, WindowsCost: institutional subscription

First ConsultEvidence-based answers to clinical questions.

• Succinct summaries of the literature

• Includes diagnosis, treatment, outcomes, preventions, guidelines, etc.

Platform: iOSCost: institutional subscription; comes with MD Consult

Calculate by QxMD150 unique calculators and decision support tools, grouped by specialty or select “all”

Platform: iOS, AndroidCost: freeSimilar apps:• Archimedes (within the free

Skyscape app)• MedMath (within the free

Epocrates app)• MedCalc ($0.99)

PubMed on TapSearch PubMed to find and display reference information.

• keeps record of recent searches

• filter by full text• advanced and Boolean

searching

Platform: iOSCost: $2.99

VisualDxEnter patient findings and create a di!erential diagnosis.

• Not just rashes!• 16,000 images representing

over 900 visually identifiable diseases, drug reactions, and infections

Platform: iOS, AndroidCost: institutional subscription

AHRQ ePSSA quick reference for primary care prevention.

Assists primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for patients with specific characteristics.

Platform: iOS, AndroidCost: free

MicromedexEasy-to-locate information about drugs.

• Filter by drug or drug class• Generic names, dosing and

indications, contraindications, interactions, adverse e!ects, pharmacokinetics, etc.

• A little buggy?

Platform: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Palm, PocketPCCost: institutional subscription

MedscapeLots and lots of content:

• 7,000+ drug references• 3,500+ disease clinical

references• 2,500+ clinical images and

procedure videos• drug interaction tool checker• CME activities

Platform: iOS, AndroidCost: free

EpocratesRecipient of recent facelift. Suite of products:

• Free – drug monographs and interaction checker, pill identifier (constant nagging!)

• Premium – herbal medicines, disease images, ICD-9 and CPT codes, medical dictionary, disease monographs

Platform: iOS, BlackBerryPalm, Android, Windows MobileCost: free, $99, $159, $199

SkyscapeA longstanding all-in-one app.

• medical calculators (Archimedes)• periodically updated medical news

alerts• practice guidelines• paid textbooks (e.g., Netter‘s)• drug reference (RxDrugs)• disease monographs (Outlines in

Clinical Medicine)

Platform: iOS, AndroidCost:

Mobile-optimized sites

Unbound MEDLINEPowerful and intuitive interface.Diseases and drug are well-disambiguated making the browsing process surprisingly non-horrible for a database with 20 million records.

Platform: webCost: free

Thanks!

Paul Albertpaa2013@med.cornell.edu

Read more• This presentation – http://slidesha.re/10medapps

• Top 20 Free iPhone Medical Apps For Health Care Professionals – http://bit.ly/20medapps

• Georgetown Medical Library’s research guide – http://bit.ly/GTmedapps