Provider Apps

Campbell’s Operative Orthopedics App for the iPhone: What Every Orthopedic Surgeon Wants [App Review]

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Campbell’s Operative Orthopedics is a cornerstone of any orthopedic surgeon’s library. This book has been transformed to an iPhone / iPod Touch Application, providing a crucial method for orthopedic providers to access the knowledge in the Campbell’s text.

MedPage Today Mobile App Puts Breaking Medical News in the Palm of Your Hand [App Review]

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Review of MedPage Today Mobile App, which puts the breaking news and commentary of the website as well as the ability to obtain CME credits into the palm of your hand.

Optimizing Your Medical Practice Experience with the iPod Touch

To our readers: We will be providing commentary and short reviews to medpagetoday.com two or three times a month.  We feel honored to be included in their short list of talented and well respected bloggers.  The following is a little clip from our first post titled, Optimizing Your Medical Practice Experience with the iPod Touch. Rest assured, we’ll keep the frequency of our posts and reviews the same on our site. There has been a great deal of commentary profiling [Read more]

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

Three Free Useful iPhone Medical Apps [Recently Released]

The free applications covered in this post include: A Framingham Scale, Drug Trials App, and A Radiology App

iCME is a Simple and Useful Application to Track CME Hours, but the Competition is Even Simpler [App Review]

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This simple applications attempts to help you keep track of your CMEs.

Need to run a code? There’s an app for that! ACLS Advisor [App Review]

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Review of ACLS Adviser. This app is designed to help you during a code blue, although we think it’s ability to help you practice your ACLS skills might be its biggest asset.

The Merck Manual Professional Edition Medical App is the First Encyclopedia of Medicine that Fits in Your Pocket [App Review]

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This is the professional edition of the Merck Manual app made for healthcare providers. Dr. Wodajo said the following while reviewing the application: “A medical encyclopedia that fits in your pocket”

ReachMD Broadcasting First Live Interactive CME/CE Program on November 16th, Listen In On Your iPhone

We’ve always been a big fan of Medical Radio, the free iPhone app from the folks over at ReachMD. The app is in our top 7 list of medical applications because of the great utility it provides to medical professionals. We actually reviewed an old version of this application, ReachMD CME awhile back. You can find out more information about this live event on the ReachMD site: “This represents the first national broadcast of it’s kind for continuing medical education [Read more]

Procedures Consult – Musculoskeletal App Superbly Demonstrates Common Bedside Orthopedic Techniques [App Review]

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A tool for those learning how to do various musculoskeletal procedures. This application is packed with text, pictures, and videos of actual procedures being done. This is the sister application of another app we reviewed, Procedures Consult: Internal Medicine.

Procedures – Subclavian Line App Helps Teach You Key Procedure [App Review]

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This application has a focused purpose, teaching you how to put in a subclavian line. The key part of this application is a full video showing the procedure from start to finish. Compared to other procedure applications that contain a variety of procedures, this app distinguishes itself by it’s low cost.

eRoentgen App Helps Physicians Choose Appropriate Imagine Studies [App Review]

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This app helps you choose appropriate imaging studies based on the diagnosis and symptoms you provide.