Hundreds of new apps hit the Android and iOS app stores every week. We’ve sorted through them to pick the best medical apps for medical professionals.
Harrison’s Manual + Rx DDx Tx
Harrison’s Manual + Rx DDx Tx is an app bundle offering over $100 in savings with in-app purchase of the collection. Users gain offline access to Harrison’s Manual of Medicine, DrDrugs: Drug Guide for Physicians, MobileDDx, Skyscape Labs, and the Skyscape Clinical Calculator PLUS. These resources are designed for residents, particularly in internal medicine. The app also offers patented SmartSearch technology, which the developers state is more accurate than any other online search engine.
Price: Free
Download on iTunes
Johns Hopkins Doctor Referral
The Johns Hopkins Doctor Referral app is a pilot program that enables healthcare providers across the globe to connect and refer patients to physicians at all Johns Hopkins locations. It currently includes the departments of neurosurgery, orthopedics, surgery, and urology. Organized by specialty, division, and department, the list of physicians is also searchable by keyword. The profile of each physician can be texted to a patient and contains the best way to reach that physician for a new patient referral.
Price: Free
Download on iTunes
NCLEX-PN Visual Prep
Individuals seeking certification as a PN, or practical nurse, can benefit from the three study modes in the NCLEX-PN Visual Prep app. The application contains virtual exam, training, and student modes. In the virtual exam mode, users can customize the number of questions and are not shown scores until the end of the exam. Training and student modes give more immediate feedback. The developers enabled question bookmarking and offer test-taking strategies and free lifetime updates.
Price: $19.99
Download on iTunes
NCLEX-RN Visual Prep
Recently updated, the NCLEX-RN Visual Prep app offers a collection of practice questions for nursing school graduates preparing to take the NCLEX exam for RN certification. Visual Prep offers the questions in three different modes: visual, training, and student. The visual mode is a customizable virtual exam mode that reveals scores at the end. Instant rationales are available after answering questions in training and student modes. Questions can be saved, bookmarked, and test logs are saved as well.
Price: $19.99
Download on iTunes
The ASCEND Programme
The Academy for Science and Continuing Education (ASCEND) Programme was developed by an expert International Steering Committee headed by Harvard Medical School’s Professor Martin Abrahamson. The app is for medical practitioners and aims to improve global diabetic care through comprehensive CME-accredited curriculum. The courses contain practical and interactive content. The app, best viewed on the iPad, also provides a platform for full members to share experiences and practical advice.
Price: Free
Download on iTunes
Corrie
Corrie was built by a multi-disciplinary team at Johns Hopkins for individuals recovering from a heart attack. The app’s name is derived from the Latin word for heart: cor. It can be accessed by patients seen anywhere, not just those seen by providers at Johns Hopkins. Engaging content can be shared with patients, families, and caregivers, even before discharge from the hospital. Users can learn to track activities and vital signs, becoming more in tune with their recovering body. The section “My ABCs” contains engaging videos and easy-to-read summaries on important cardiology topics such as preventing future cardiac events. Diet, medications, exercise, and smoking cessation are also covered. The app offers quick access to critical information such as medical cards (e.g., device cards, insurance cards). An individual’s healthcare team’s contact information can also be saved on the app.
Price: Free
Download on Google Play
The Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgical Operations is the Android app version of the reference text of the same name from McGraw-Hill Education. It contains over 60 must-know procedures, each with the following sections: indications, preoperative preparation, anesthesia, position, incision and exposure, closure, and postoperative care. There are nearly 1,000 illustrations created by professors of medical illustration at Johns Hopkins University. Each image is designed to assist the reader in visualizing standing at the operating table. The text includes sections on principles of access and pediatric minimally invasive surgeries. A strong search function utilizes predictive typing for suggestions and saves past searches. Bookmarks, as well as notes, can also be saved. This interactive text can be purchased from Google Play.
Check out our previous picks here. And see what apps we thought were noteworthy last year.
