android medical apps

Determining the best mobile medication reminder apps

Sep 30, 2010 by
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The NY Times has a great article about the various medication reminder applications available for the iPhone, Android operating system, and for the Blackberry.

Android medical app developed by MIT improves healthcare access in remote underserved areas

Sep 28, 2010 by
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SANA, an open source software app on the Android platform allows for complex image sharing and diagnosis between health care workers – telemedicine in action.

Medicine Recall app is med student’s best friend when getting pimped on the hospital wards [Android Review]

Aug 02, 2010 by
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In depth review of an android medical app that helps med students answer tough questions on the wards.

USMLE Step 2 Secrets app allows for board studying in mobile form [Android app review]

Jul 29, 2010 by
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The USMLE Step 2 secrets textbook is now in mobile form via Skyscape. This review covers how this Android medical application can help you study for boards.

Google shows how mobile health care apps can sync with their personal health record

Jul 29, 2010 by
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Google shows how data from patients can be collected from everyday tasks, and then uploaded into their personal health record, Google Health.

Archimedes 360 is a medical calculator that can answer the most common or the most obscure questions [Android app review]

Jul 28, 2010 by
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While some calculators focus on a specific subset of medicine, the Archimedes Android app aims to be an all inclusive calculator, with over 200 equations (review).

iMedicalApps.com is growing rapidly – medical professionals and students are invited to contribute

Jul 16, 2010 by
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iMedicalApps is looking for two more staff writers for our rapidly growing site.

List of 60 Android medical apps published

Jul 14, 2010 by
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The authors of Software Advice sifted through 1200 Android medical apps to present 60 apps in 18 categories aimed at “Doctors, Nurses and Health Care Professionals” Our methodology was simple. We sifted through all 1,200 apps in the Health category and pulled out the highest rated, most relevant apps for doctors, nurses and students in the respective categories. Each category is sorted by most popular app, as determined by the ratings in the Android Marketplace. We’re not huge fans of [Read more]

Healthcare app development by medical professionals could open up with Google’s Android app inventor

Jul 12, 2010 by
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Google just released software with the goal of bringing app development to the masses – App Inventor. This software allows users to make Android apps by inserting visual pieces of codes, instead of a jumble of words and numbers (refer to video demonstration). This has serious implications for mobile health. The NY Times reports that when user testing was done, nursing students without computer science backgrounds were used as a test blocks. One of the students created an app that [Read more]

Can Android teach EKG interpretation? An overview of three popular Android EKG apps [Android medical app review]

Jun 08, 2010 by
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Here, we review three popular EKG interpretation apps for Android phones: EKGdroid, EKG: Advanced, EKG Calipers

Should medical professionals get an iPhone, Blackberry, or Android phone? It’s complicated.

Jun 01, 2010 by
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Lately, I’ve often been asked the question, “What type of smartphone should I get?” by my medical peers.  I’ve been asked this by physicians, residents, medical students, and others. Many of my friends are entering residency and plan on upgrading to a smart phone, while others already entrenched in residency have phone contracts finishing up. The answer to this question is not easy. Rather, as Facebook nomenclature would demand, “it’s complicated”. From the title you can see I’ve excluded the [Read more]

Florida State University team studying android app that could save lives

Apr 26, 2010 by
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Falls are an enormous threat to health and well-being in elderly people, and the possibility of a debilitating fall is an obstacle to autonomy and independence. Since many medical conditions that cause falls and many of the injuries related to falls are life-threatening, every second in the period between fall and the emergency room is vital. Constant monitoring of individuals at risk for falls is one practical way that mobile devices could be used to improve patient health. A team [Read more]