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September 2009

Clinical ORthopaedic Exam App (CORE): Portable Physical Diagnosis on the iPhone [App Review]

Sep 28, 2009 by Felasfa Wodajo, MD

App Review

An app that takes physical diagnosis to a portable level, with a focus on orthopedic / musculoskeletal physical exam maneuvers.

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Sep 27, 2009 by Iltifat Husain, MD

News

Hey everyone. First, we wanted to apologize for the lack of rapid updates to the site. Usually we like to get 3 to 4 reviews up per week. Unfortunately, we’ve both been extremely busy with our schedules and unable to post as frequently as we’d like to. Thankfully our guest contributors to the site have done an excellent job on providing some great material. However, our schedules are clearing up in the next few days, so there will be a [Read more]

Care360 is now offering ePrescribing on the iPhone and iPod Touch

Sep 23, 2009 by Iltifat Husain, MD

News

Quest Diagnositics announced today that computer users of their Care360 ePrescibing program can now use the iPhone and iPod touch to prescribe medications and look at lab results for their patients. They are also offering a six month risk free trial to healthcare providers. The app is called Care360 Physician Portal.

Clinical Trials App Provides Key Experimental Trial Information on Your iPhone [App Review]

Sep 21, 2009 by Felasfa Wodajo, MD

App Review

This application enables you to search for Clinical Trials that might be suitable for your patients while you’re with them in the examination room. The content of this app is derived from clinicaltrials.gov.

Insurance Companies Resist Taking Advantage of Cheaper iPhone Medical Technology, Paying Thousands More

Sep 15, 2009 by Iltifat Husain, MD

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As medical technology improves, common sense dictates it will become more innovative and sometimes even cheaper. Medical applications on a portable device are not new, remember the old school Palm PDA? It was a must have for physicians and medical students. Just the other day I saw an attending pull out one of those old bricks. Other than the platform, the biggest difference between those Palm medical apps and the iPhone medical apps are the developers. The barrier of entry [Read more]

Netter’s Musculoskeletal Flash Cards App Brings Back Classic Netter Drawings [App Review]

Sep 14, 2009 by Felasfa Wodajo, MD

App Review

These flashcards try to emulate the tangible Netter’s flash cards you can find at the bookstore. This app’s goal is to help you during the musculoskeletal section of gross anatomy.

Stroke Scale App is Simple and to the Point [App Review]

Sep 11, 2009 by Devin Odom, MS4

App Review

This is a simple application designed to help you do a quick stroke evaluation through the use of clinical coma and stroke scales.

USMLE Disease Deck App, is it Worth the Dough? [App Review]

Sep 08, 2009 by Devin Odom, MS4

App Review

This app contains 316 searchable flash cards that cover material covered on the USMLE step exams. These flash cards are not organized in the typical Q-bank fashion, rather have more of a focus on pathology.

Papers App Puts Your Medical Library in your Pocket [App Review]

Sep 07, 2009 by Felasfa Wodajo, MD

App Review

This award winning app’s goal is to help you organize all the research papers you have collected over time. It can sync with a desktop version on the Mac, but can also run as a stand alone application.

What Exactly are the App Store’s Medical Standards?

Sep 04, 2009 by Iltifat Husain, MD

News

Recently, I posted on a controversial healthcare application that claims to treat seasonal depression. In my post, I talked about the ridiculous app and wondered if the App Store approval process needed to be tweaked when it came to medical and healthcare apps. Then I started wondering if there are actual medical standards the App Store has in place. There was a nice write up done by PC World talking about how the lack of overall set standards are hurting [Read more]

Medical Spanish App adds Audio in Latest Update, and We’re Definitely Smitten [App Review]

Sep 03, 2009 by Iltifat Husain, MD

App Review

Audio and text for over 3,000 spanish phrases. This massive directory is easily searchable and comes with an array of features.

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