Anatomy

Netter’s Atlas of Human Anatomy comes to life on the Android platform [App Review]

Oct 27, 2010 by
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The venerable Atlas of Human Anatomy, by Netter, comes to life on the Android platform via a Skyscape application.

Help Us Help You!! What iPhone And Android Medical or Healthcare Apps Do You Want Reviewed?

Mar 12, 2010 by
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Our goal here is simple – to help connect physicians, nurses, PA’s, NP’s, EMT’s, and students to the apps that will help make them better at caring for patients. Whether that’s by learning anatomy better, having tools to share with your patients, or an accessible refresher on how to do procedures, there’s a lot out there that could us and you take better care of physicians. So please let us know (in the comments section here) what apps you would [Read more]

Procedures Consult: Family Medicine App aimed at Primary Care Providers [App Review]

Mar 09, 2010 by
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A versatile app covering 27 common procedures that are used by primary care providers. This application is packed with videos, images, and text.

Procedures – Hospital Collection App: 15 Procedures Taught With Extensive Multimedia [App Review and Comparison]

Feb 19, 2010 by
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This is a review of the iPhone medical app, Procedures Hospital Collection. This app uses extensive multimedia to teach you 15 key medical procedures.

Top 10 Free iPhone Medical Apps for Health care Professionals

Feb 15, 2010 by
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Free iPhone Medical Apps for physicians, medical students, and other health care providers that are useful in the hospital, clinic, or for educational use.

USMLE and MCAT apps from Kaplan and ScrollMotion set to arrive for the iPhone this month

Feb 11, 2010 by
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Today Kaplan Publishing and ScrollMotion announced they will be bringing an extensive suite of USMLE and MCAT apps to the iPhone, with hints of a broader use for the iPad.  Currently Kaplan has some USMLE apps already in the App Store, such as the USMLE Disease Deck, an app we weren’t too impressed with. However, these apps seem poised to bring a different user experience to medical and premed students because of their new partnership.  This partnership with ScrollMotion, the [Read more]

iPad Medical Textbooks (E-books) on the Way With Key Partnerships Announced: Why the Healthcare Community Should Be Excited

Feb 03, 2010 by
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It was only a matter of time before partnerships between medical textbook publishers and the iPad development community emerged. One key partnership the Wall Street Journal just announced is between ScrollMotion (app developer) and McGraw-Hill’s Education division, with the purpose of developing e-books for the iPad.  And why does this matter? Because if you’re a medical professional, you most certainly have read or own a medical text from McGraw-Hill. McGraw-Hill is the publisher of Harrison’s Internal Medicine, Schwartz’s Principles of [Read more]

Anatomy Apps: Clemente’s, Rohen’s, and Moore’s Anatomy Flash Card Apps: Similar User Interface, but Different Images, Could Be Used for Patient Education [App Review]

Jan 28, 2010 by
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This is a review of 3 Anatomy Apps developed by Modality, but from the following textbooks: Clemente’s, Rohen’s, and Moore’s. We comment on how these applications could take advantage of the iPad’s screen size and resolution and be used to visually educate patients on specific anatomic pathologies.

How the Apple Tablet (iPad) Could Transform the Way Patients Experience Healthcare

Jan 25, 2010 by
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As the debut of the iPad fast approaches, speculation about it is reaching a fevered pitch. Scanning the thousands of articles written about the iPad’s potential, one may walk away thinking that Steve Jobs has just cured cancer, ended global warming, and established peace in the Middle East. Some people are even calling Apple’s latest creation the “Jesus tablet.” While the iPad probably falls somewhere short of some of those lofty projections, it has already done what Apple seems to [Read more]

Should Medical Professionals Get an iPhone or an iPod Touch?

Jan 03, 2010 by
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So you’re a practicing provider or you’re in medical school.  You’ve seen some interesting medical applications out there and you’re wondering if you should get an iPhone or an iPod Touch.  This is a scenario that is often e-mailed to our site from providers and students.  In order to answer this question, I’ll first talk about the differences between the two devices and how the user experience will vary from a medical standpoint.

iRadiology App Provides Massive Amounts of Radiology Content, and its Free [App Review]

Dec 21, 2009 by
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Review of the iRadiology App, a learning tool with a catalog of over 500 radiology cases designed to help medical students and residents improve their plain film,CT, and MRI reading skills. The cases are derived from Dr. Gillian Lieberman, who is the currently Director of Harvard Medical Student training and Associate Director of the Residency Program at Beth Israel Medical Center. In this review we’ll discuss the application further and also show you how to turn on the “Zoom” feature built into the iPhone that will enable you to improve the utility of this medical app.

Apple Busts Scam Applications in App Store, But Did They Forget Some Medical Apps?

Dec 10, 2009 by
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The big Apple buzz right now is how Apple has busted the company Molinker for having fraudulent reviews of its 1000+ applications in the App Store.  This scam was initially posted on iPhoneography.  The Molinker developer had many applications in the photography section of the App Store, which is why iPhoneography, a photography and videography blog uncovered this.  Basically the developer was giving out free applications to get 5 star reviews.  This wasn’t a small event though, they ended up [Read more]