iPhone Medical App

CareView Communications unveils SitterView, a mobile app that increases efficiency of patient sitters

3 days ago by
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By Tim Bredrup CareView Communications, Inc., an information technology provider to the healthcare industry, just recently announced the completion of SitterView, an innovative application that employs mobile technology to enable healthcare providers to better utilize patient sitters, improve patient safety, and reduce sitter costs.  SitterView allows a single sitter the ability to monitor multiple patients and utilize the safety features of CareView’s NurseView and Virtual Bed Rails applications. The SitterView application of the CareView System focuses on utilizing sitters more [Read more]

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

7 days ago by
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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

11 days ago 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

Recognize and treat suspicious skin lesions with illustrated Dermoscopy App

12 days ago by
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by: Brian Chau, MS3 The clinical process of evaluating suspicious skin lesions is often taught in medical school through the ABCDE method. Student physicians are taught to evaluate said lesions based on Asymmetry, irregular Borders, multiple Colors, Diameters > 6mm, and Enlarging lesion. Dermoscopy is a non-invasive, clinical examination of skin lesions with the aid of a dermatoscope. This process utilizes a liquid medium between a magnifier, a transparent plate, and a polarized light source to allow physicians to better [Read more]

The best anatomy app for physicians and med students on the iPhone: Visible Body

15 days ago by
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Visible Body for iPhone is just as impressive as the iPad version. The level of anatomical detail is very high and nothing major has been lost in the transition to the smaller device. At $9.99, Visible Body is a steal when compared to other decent anatomy apps available for the iPhone. Visible Body has many uses from patient education, to medical students and medical educators. Hands down one of, if not the best, anatomy app available for the iPhone.

Review for Student Differential Dx App, or “More stuff I don’t know” app

17 days ago by
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Review of an iphone app designed for students that may have trouble remembering differentials for any particular symptom or sign.

Smartphone aided measurement of spinal deformity proves superior to manual methods

18 days ago by
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mHealth Research Daily with Tim Bredrup Certain smartphone applications can provide quick assistance in the diagnosis  of disease.  One such example is Cobbmeter, a smartphone application designed for the measurement of Cobb angle on Apple’s iPhone. The Cobb angle measures the degree of spinal deformity which exists in a person with scoliosis. In efforts to determine the accuracy of Cobbmeter, five spinal surgeons performed a study that focused on the comparison between the smartphone-aided and manual measurement method for determining [Read more]

For Internal Medicine Students, the Pretest Medicine App Serves as a Useful Review

19 days ago by
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This is an app review for Pretest Medicine, written by a third-year medical student who recently completed the internal medicine rotation. This app is available for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Parents Diagnostic Aid app is a basic patient education app for concerned parents

20 days ago by
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Review over the parents diagnostic aid provides a quick and easy layman’s medical insight into a few common problems in children.

Patient Safety Manual, Not the Best Medical Reference App

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app review written by a third-year medical student for Patient Safety Manual, a medical reference app by Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. The app is compatible with iOS.

Sonographers perform remote lung ultrasounds using Skype & iPhone

Jan 11, 2012 by
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mHealth Research Daily, with Tim Bredrup Common immediate life-threatening conditions such as apnea (APN) and pneumothorax (PTX) can be easily ruled out by performing an ultrasound that visualizes a respiratory motion known as lung sliding (LS). Institutions from around the world collaborated on a study that assessed how economically and practically this information could be obtained remotely over a cellular network. Remote expert sonographers directed remote providers with little to no ultrasound experience on how to obtain the images needed [Read more]

Drugs.com consumer app is well-designed, but doesn’t fill a void

Jan 10, 2012 by
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Drug.com’s app for consumers provides the same content as the website, but the pricing may outweigh the app’s utility.