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Best Medical Apps - Today & Tomorrow
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thank you!
@nickgenes
http://is.gd/icizim
get involved:
procedures
EZ-IO
iOS & Android
free
One Minute Ultrasound
iOS & Android
free
PalmEM
iOS & Android
$20
ERres
iOS & Android
$5
Medscape
iOS & Android
free (reg req'd)
WikEM
iOS & Android
free
critical care meds
arthrocentesis
lateral canthotomy
cricothyroidotomy
shoulder dystocia
MDcalc
web only (iOS soon)
free
Kidometer
iOS only
$5
Palm PEDi
iOS / Android
$3
Wordpress & iBuildApp.com
Villemard’s Vision: 1910 Postcards Depict the Year 2000
http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2011/03/1910-vintage-postcards-depict-year-2000/
medical apps are a lot like other EM tools
- indications, limitations
- require practice, familiarity
for efficient (safe?) use
Best Medical Apps:
Today & Tomorrow
"Technology is everything that doesn't work yet."
Nicholas Genes, MD, PhD
-- Danny Hillis, 1987
Zhang 2014 (psychiatry) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25486985
@nickgenes
medical apps are unlike other tools
- cheaper, more plentiful
- no real quality checks
- no barriers to mis-use
- and yet, you can make them better
March 4, 2015
The literature...
- smartphone ownership: 75-100%
- iPhones w/ slight majority
- 1-5 medical apps per phone
- 300+ unique EM-related apps available
- students: dx, mgmt
- residents: clinical calculators & scoring
- everyone: medication guides
Franco 2012 (ACGME survey) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22052129
Nason 2014 (Irish urology residents) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25199700
Payne 2012 (UK students & residents) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23110712
Lin & Rezaie 2014 http://emj.bmj.com/content/31/5/432.long
AgileMD
iOS & Android
free ($ in-app)
Dropbox
iOS & Android
free
Evernote
iOS & Android
free
build your own
Real World Orthopaedics
iOS & Android
$10
Radiology 2.0
iOS & web
free
radiology
apps as EHR adjuncts
Skinstamatic
iOS only
free ($ in-app)
AliveCor
iOS & Android
free (cases $85/$75)
Vitals Signs Camera - Philips
iOS only
$1
uChek
iOS / Android
not available in US
Epic Haiku / Canto
iOS / Android
w/ institution
CliniCam
iOS only
Partners Health
can't recommend
distances must adapt
to screen size
CellScope
iOS only
free (cases $300)
iExaminer
iOS only
free (cases $72)
apps as medical devices
Pill Identifier
iOS only
$1
WISER
iOS & Android
free
toxicology
iOrtho+
iOS & Android
free ($15 in-app)
VisualDX
iOS & Android
free / $129
physical exam
EMRA PressorDex
iOS only
$17
Anesthesiologist
Android only
free (ads)