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iPhone Security Risks and How to Protect Your Data

Feb 11, 2010 by
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The iPhone and iPod Touch platforms have gained huge popularity with medical providers, with Epocrates saying over 100,000 physicians are actively using the medical reference app on their iPhone – and this was back in July of 2009. Many healthcare providers feel comfortable with the iPhone because of its fluid operating system, and the extra functionality it offers, in the form of games and a variety of other apps.  This added functionality is missing with more enterprise-based smart phones, such [Read more]

Epocrates Essentials App Review for the iPhone – Does the legendary medical app live up to the hype?

Feb 09, 2010 by
App Review
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This is an in-depth review of the 4 different versions of Epocrates available for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Harrison’s Manual of Medicine App: Translation of Famous Medical Text to Mobile Form [App Review]

Jan 12, 2010 by
App Review
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This is a review of the Harrison’s Manual of Medicine App, done by MedHand. There is also a version of this application available through Skyscape and Unbound Medicine in the app store. The MedHand version is the only one that does not require a subscription service and is stand alone.

The Best Wikipedia App to Use for Finding Legitimate Medical Literature [App Review]

Jan 05, 2010 by
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This review focuses on why this is the best wikipedia app for looking up legitimate references and papers via the Wikipedia portal.

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.

FDA Drugs App Provides a Mobile Interface to FDA Drug Approval Data [App Review]

Dec 16, 2009 by
App Review
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Review of FDA Drugs App, which provides the usual drug data of other references with the added wrinkly of providing FDA drug approval information as well.

Finding the Best Medical App for Lab Values, We Check Out the Top Four [App Review]

Oct 04, 2009 by
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In this review we take four different lab value apps and put them head to head against each other.

Find out who comes out on top!

PediDoser App Helps You Prescribe Pediatric Drugs [App Review]

Aug 22, 2009 by
App Review
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This is a pediatric medication dosing tool. The app’s goal is to help you calculate pediatric dosing in a quicker fashion than by using traditional medication calculators.

The Best and Most Useful Medical Apps for the iPhone or iPod Touch

Jul 31, 2009 by
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Our list of the Top 7 Medical Apps for the iPhone

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WebMD launches Medscape App [App Review]

Jul 25, 2009 by
App Review

This free app helps you look up drug dosing, interactions, and pricing. It provides similar functionality when compared to the free version of Epocrates and Skyscape.