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Nuance and UPMC move towards revolutionary next gen voice decision support tools

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Walking out of your patients room, you pull out your smartphone to dictate a quick progress note. You note that your patient, hospitalized for a hip fracture, is complaining of bilateral leg swelling and orthopnea. Once you complete your dictation, you are immediately presented with the transcribed text. In addition, you see two flags. The first notes that the patient is not on DVT prophylaxis and suggests that given the patients age, weight, and co-morbidities, you use mechanical prophylaxis while [Read more]

Official Android NICE Guidance app helps UK doctors find relevant management guidelines

Apr 25, 2012 by
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An excellent official app from NICE which will help healthcare professionals quickly find the relevant guidance on their mobile device. The regular updates and free price mean that this is an essential download for UK doctors.

CHF Trials app is a must have for anyone that manages heart failure patients

Mar 28, 2012 by
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Review of CHF Trials for iPhone and iPad, an app that demonstrates the potential of reference apps to bring difficult-to-access knowledge to the bedside.

The best of iMedicalApps, the first installment of March

Mar 16, 2012 by
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March is here, and that means nicer weather along with March Madness! Because we know you have busy lives (along with a lot of basketball to watch) we have condensed for you our top, favorite posts of March thus far. For this installment, we discuss everything from the new iPad to ways you can take an idea for a healthcare app and turn it into a reality. We also look at ways social media is influencing various aspects of patient care.

Calculate is an essential free download for all Android users

Mar 15, 2012 by
App Review
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Calculate by QxMD carries the same level of finesse and finish as its impressive partner apps. The switch to Android has not had any negative effects. This is an impressive medical calculator app which, with a free price tag, should appeal to all healthcare professionals who use an android phone.

iMedicalApps Top 5 Posts of February

Feb 17, 2012 by
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The iMedicalApps team will begin to provide you bi-monthly with our favorite posts (very hard to choose) as well as the posts we feel were best received by you, our readers. If you only have a little time to spare, these are the posts you should read.

Android app that measures heart rate with a smartphone is comparable to current standards

Feb 01, 2012 by
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Recently a team of researchers in South Carolina performed research to determine the validity of an Android-based software program to detect and capture heart rate measurements as a proof of concept for its use, The software was compared them to traditional means of measuring heart rate (ECG and pulse oximeter).

The HCV Care & Guidance App Offers Assistance with Direct-Acting Antivirals for Clinicians

Jan 31, 2012 by
App Review
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Review of the HCV Care & Guidance App from Projects in Knowledge, made as a point-of-care resource to assist NP’s and PA’s with Hepatitis C Management

Updates to Surgical Intern Survival Guide improve its utility and functionality

Jan 27, 2012 by
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An app that can be utilized by interns and medical students alike, to help ease the transition into the world of surgery

Despite enthusiasm from healthcare providers, hospitals are slow to adopt tablet systems

Dec 29, 2011 by
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Its no secret that healthcare providers are adopting tablets at a rapid pace – one survey found that over 25% of physicians own a tablet and that was nearly nine months ago. This trend, both with tablets and smartphones, has generally been bottom-up; physicians, PA’s, NP’s, nurses, and other healthcare providers are buying consumer devices and bringing them into the clinical world. However, as Eric Yablonka, CIO of University of Chicago Hospitals put it, “This is not ‘nice to have [Read more]

Physicians in Scotland use iPhone 4 and Skype to remotely manage lung and pleural ultrasound

Dec 09, 2011 by
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In a letter to the editor, Scottish physicians describe a system in which a remotely located expert assists a physician with pulmonary ultrasound using a webcam, iPhone, and Skype.

NYC offering up $50k for an app that uses city’s data trove in a unique way

Dec 09, 2011 by
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New York City has announced a new app challenge aimed at finding innovative ways to use the hundreds of public datasets that it maintains. The app challenge is entitled BigApps 3.0 and is challenging software developers to create apps that use city data to make NYC better. The city collects data on everything from the location of WiFi hotspots to a directory of basketball courts. Much in the same way that retrospective analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative data or [Read more]