July 2009

The Best and Most Useful Medical Apps for the iPhone or iPod Touch

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Our list of the Top 7 Medical Apps for the iPhone

iEmergency App Provides ICE Information in Unique Ways [App Review]

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This is a Healthcare ICE app (In Case of Emergency)

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WebMD launches Medscape App [App Review]

This free app helps you look up drug dosing, interactions, and pricing. It provides similar functionality when compared to the free version of Epocrates and Skyscape.

iMurmur App Helps You Learn Heart Sounds Via Your iPhone [App Review]

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This is one of our favorite medical applications. It helps you learn your heart sounds by giving you examples of key pathologic heart murmurs.

CallMD and A.D.A.M. are teaming up to diagnose you, good idea?

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Well it looks like CallMD, the website that offers online and phone medical advice from doctors and nurses is teaming up with A.D.A.M. (company that provides medical technologies). A.D.A.M. already has an app out (pictured), called Medzio Health Manager. The app allows you to search for medical topics based on your symptoms and it lets you search for local clinics/hospitals. It doesn’t appear to be affiliated with any clinics, and when you do search, it uses google maps to search [Read more]

The American Heart Association offering Fist Aid/CPR app

The American Heart association is offering a First Aid / CPR app, titled "Pocket First Aid & CPR". There have a number of CPR and First Aid apps already in the app store, but this is the first one that has the backing from the people who actually set the standard (AHA). Some of the more notable features about this app are the illustrations, videos, and ability to store important medical information (insurance information, doctors information). The videos include the [Read more]

Medical College of Georgia to offer custom Medical iPhone applications

The Medical College of Georgia is going to be offering its students custom built apps. They’re offering twelve apps right now, 6 of them for more "general use", and the other 6 with a more medical focus.

Speed Bones MD App Review (v.1.2)

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This app helps you memorize your skeletal anatomy. The app is definitely on par with helping you learn the skeletal system during gross anatomy.