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Mobile medical app reviews & commentary by medical professionals

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Meditoons explains GI pathologies with simple animations, a must have app for physicians

3 days ago by Brittany Chan

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Meditoons, a new app by Pearlswan Communications, features short and simple animations to help explain gastrointestinal diseases such as gallstones, appendicitis, and hemorrhoids

HouseOfficer app is the future of digital patient management

4 days ago by Tom Lewis

App Review Featured

HouseOfficer offers and exciting insight into the future of medicine and patient management. It simplifies patient management and helps order jobs effectively thus reducing risk of errors and thereby improving patient safety. A great app which is sure to improve with future updates

Why doctors should consider prescribing the iPhone iBGStar Blood Glucose peripheral

5 days ago by Iltifat Husain, MD

App Review Commentary Featured mHealth

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Disclaimer: I have no relevant conflict of interest relationships to disclosure, and have no affiliation with the makers of iBGStar. Recently making it’s debut into the online Apple Store is the much hyped and anticipated iBGStar Blood Glucose monitoring system by Sanofi US. Although the peripheral device had gained clearance by European regulators more than a year ago, only at the end of last year did the glucose monitor receive FDA 510(k) clearance. The peripheral device connects to your iPhone [Read more]

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis is a useful differential diagnosis app for Blackberry

5 days ago by iMedicalApps Team

App Review

A review of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis app

ICD 10 disease codes app is informative yet basic and ruined by adverts

6 days ago by Tom Lewis

App Review

ICD 10 Disease codes app is a purely functional app with a basic UI. The chronic use of adverts was extremely off-putting and frustrating. I would not recommend this app to anybody unless they had a desperate need to carry an offline copy of the ICD 10 codes.

10 Second EM app for Android, for Emergency Medicine Physicians

7 days ago by iMedicalApps Team

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10 Second EM takes time to become familiar with, and only then does it live up to its title. It could use small improvements here and there, but as it is, this app is a very helpful tool in the clinical setting. This is a highly recommended, affordable app for medical professionals and students alike, with a wide range of covered topics at the user’s disposal.

Diagnostic clinical decision support tool Isabel is a useful app for iPhone

10 days ago by Tom Lewis

App Review Featured

Isabel Diagnosis is a great tool for doctors who are willing to pay for the subscription and have wireless access. The delays loading information can be frustrating however there is a definite need for the app and the service it provides when doctors are presented with a challenging diagnostic mystery.

Medical app uses augmented reality and camera phone to detect skin cancer

11 days ago by Tom Lewis

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DoctorMole represents a fantastic step forward for telemedicine and teledermatology. Whilst this app is no substitute for professional medical advice, it is a great example of how mobile technology can positively impact community healthcare and preventative medicine. Perhaps the only drawback to this app is that there was no way to share the results/photos taken with the app with your family physician which would surely enhance the doctor-patient relationship.

Diagnosaurus DDx on Android is a comprehensive diagnostic resource

12 days ago by iMedicalApps Team

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Diagnosaurus DDx from Unbound Medicine is a medical app that helps you formulate differential diagnoses. We have already reviewed the iphone version of Diagnosaurus DDx back in 2009 and loved it. Now let’s take a look at its cousin on the Android.

ecancer app for iPhone is a poor implementation of official website

13 days ago by iMedicalApps Team

App Review

The ecancer app has current information but lacks functionality and content of full website.

Pretest Surgery App Just Doesn’t Cut It for Board Prep

13 days ago by Brittany Chan

App Review Featured

This is an app review for the Pretest Surgery App by Modality, Inc., written by a third-year medical student. This app is available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.