March 2010

The future of mobile medical technology – From iPhone dictation software to mobile ICU monitors – Summary of HIMSS 2010 [Video]

Mar 30, 2010 by
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If you’ve been following our site, you know the iMedicalApps Team was at HIMSS 2010 earlier this month, where we covered the conference in great detail. Two of our senior writers, Dr. Wodajo, and Satish Misra, conducted interviews, wrote commentary, and captured great videos of actual medical applications in action – most of this mobile technology is yet to be released. We rolled out posts at breakneck speed, sometimes twice a day, so we’ve compiled a “highlight reel” of the [Read more]

Top 5 Free Android Medical Apps

Mar 29, 2010 by
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Top 5 Android Medical Apps

Kaplan’s Free iPhone App Contains a 25% off Coupon Code for their USMLE Step 1 Qbank

Mar 27, 2010 by
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Kaplan’s recently released USMLE app, Kaplan Step 1 Qbank, contains a promo code for the desktop version of their full Step 1 Qbank.  The promo code will net you 25% off their Qbank, and for those of us that used Kaplan for our Step 1 studying, that’s welcome news.  Even if you get the minimum 1 month Qbank, this coupon code will save you over $30.  The pricing for the various Kaplan Qbanks can be found here.  Beware the promo [Read more]

Top 5 Medical Apps for the Upcoming iPad [Health Care Professionals Edition]

Mar 25, 2010 by
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Top 5 Medical Apps for the Upcoming iPad

ZocDoc Lets Patients Find a Doctor and Make an Appointment in One Easy Step – An OpenTable for Doctors

Mar 24, 2010 by
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This clever and  disruptive web service – and the perfect companion to an electronic health record that includes practice management tools – started in September 2007. Unfortunately I have met very few doctors who have heard of it. This company started by connecting New York dentists with open appointments to unattached patients trying to schedule a checkup, but has since expanded to include primary care, pediatrics dermatology, ophthalmology, ENT, orthopedics and several other specialties in New York City, Washington DC [Read more]

Assessing a Crohn’s Flare-up? Engage in “Participatory Health” with the GI Monitor medical app from WellApps [App Review]

Mar 22, 2010 by
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This is an app made for Patients with GI conditions – enabling them to track their symptoms in a unique way, and its free.

Medtronic CareLink and Your Electronic Health Record Make Remote Monitoring of Cardiac Devices a Reality

Mar 21, 2010 by
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As the number of men and women with cardiac disease continues to grow, so too do the clinical indications for pacemakers and automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators. Taken together, there are going to be a lot more people in the near future who are dependent on implanted hardware to keep their hearts working normally. Until relatively recently, the sole form of monitoring of these patients was through regular clinic visits where these devices could be interrogated or unscheduled/emergency visits based on [Read more]

Why Multi-Tasking on the iPhone OS is not good for Healthcare – Especially for future Electronic Health Record Apps

Mar 20, 2010 by
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It looks like the wishes of many iPhone and iPad users are soon to be answered. AppleInsider is reporting the approaching update of the iPhone OS, version 4.0, will include a “full on solution” for multi-tasking. While they acknowledge that there have been at least three previous such reports, this news is apparently from sources with a proven track record of providing reliable information. Unfortunately, there’s not much information on how Apple’s “solution” gets around the issues that had long [Read more]

Can’t Figure Out That Rash? Use VisualDx Mobile App to Construct a Visual Differential Diagnosis [App Review]

Mar 18, 2010 by
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A “visual diagnostic decision support system” which helps clinicians diagnose rashes and other skin lesions. Produces a “visual differential” on the basis of findings entered by the user. One of our favorites!

Now Playing: Radiology Images from Your Hospital PACS on your iPad

Mar 17, 2010 by
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The torrent of clinical information being made available on smartphones does not seem to be showing any signs of slowing.  Merge Healthcare just announced March 1 an iPhone OS app, available for the iPad, that connects seamlessly with their eFilm workstation to make available patients’ studies as quickly as they are accessioned by the radiology technician. Many hospitals already use the eFilm Workstation for their radiologists to view studies stored on their hospital PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System). What [Read more]

Why Malpractice Lawyers Could Be Knocking on The Door of the Medical App World – A Big Danger for the Small Developer

Mar 16, 2010 by
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Medical practice is a big business. Conservative estimates put the total cost of medical malpractice at nearly $35 billion annually and, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report, nearly $5 billion is paid in claims each year. With an average claims payment of about $300,000 and up to 50% of that going to the lawyers representing the patient, its not surprising that practically every show on cable television has at least one advertisement imploring patients who have suffered practically any [Read more]

Adobe is Bringing Flash to the iPad – What This Means for Electronic Health Records

Mar 15, 2010 by
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Apple chose Oscars night to announce to the world the coming of their newest device, the iPad. Meanwhile, the folks interested in tech and health IT have been feverishly debating its significance in the medical sphere since its unveiling to the press in January. While its roots in the iPhone OS immediately gives it a huge library of ready applications and a highly-polished user experience, a few themes of disappointment have persisted. The one complaint that is most commonly repeated [Read more]