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April’s first installment of the “Best of iMedicalApps”

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In this installment, we look at whether smartphones are distracting for clinicians, discuss the Lancet iPad journal app, and look at a cool new device that helps you track your fitness called the Nike Fuelband. Additionally, we demonstrate how easy it is to check out an iPad from a medical library, review an app that contains health advice for patients, and lastly, we show you the future of TEDMED.

New app helps clinicians manage new anticoagulant Pradaxa (Dabigatran)

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Review of the Managing Dabigatran App, to Assist Healthcare Providers with the Prescribing and Managing of Pradaxa (Dabigatran)

My Health Checklist 2012 app contains evidence based preventative health advice for patients

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Review of the My Health Checklist 2012 App from Proven Health Ways, Inc.

University of Chicago study demonstrates efficiency gains from using iPads in medicine

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Ever since the first iPad was released in early 2010, physicians have been adopting tablet devices in droves. According to a survey by QuantiaMD in May ’11, 80% of physicians surveyed owned a smartphone or tablet and 30% owned a tablet device. And from this individual adoption, physicians are increasingly using their mobile devices in their clinical duties, creating headaches for many IT managers out there. As a result, many institutions have begun deploying tablets and smartphones on the enterprise [Read more]

The Ward Round App, another example of the rise of Gamification in medicine

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The Ward Round App is an exciting (and addictive!) program most appropriate for medical students or residents, drilling them with hundreds of quick and interactive medical cases across a variety of specialties.

Antibiotics I-Pocketcards app assists healthcare providers with antimicrobial choices

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Review of the Antibiotics I-Pocketcards App from Borm Bruckmeier Publishing LLC, to Assist Healthcare Providers with Infectious Diseases Management

Endocrine Emergencies app is a strong point of care resource for physicians

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Review of the Endocrinology and Endocrine Emergencies App from Endocrine Education and MDText.Com for the iPhone/iPod Touch

OAPN coronary stenting app assists generalists and surgeons with the management of cardiac patients

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Review of the Oxford American Pocket Notes Coronary Stenting App from MedHand for the iPhone/iPod Touch

How Does MediMath App Rank Among Medical Calculator Apps for the iPhone?

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Review of the MediMath Medical Calculator App by Evan Schoenberg, MD, for the iPhone/iPod Touch

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

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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

Trying to keep current with clinical guidelines, Review of Journal Watch Hospital Medicine Blackberry app

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SkyScape Journal Watch Hospital Medicine review

Internal Medicine News app is a must have app for hospitalists and primary care doctors

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Review of the Internal Medicine News App from International Medical News Group Medical Media for the iPhone/iPod Touch