Best Android medical apps for physicians
Author: Darwin Wan
ACCP Radiology Cases app provides good review material for chest physicians
ACCP Radiology Cases provides a good review of pulmonary cases for clinicians with accompanying references.
Healthy-TXT Voice Memo App opens new avenues for patient-doctor communication
An app designed to facilitate better patient-doctor communication
How to Use Inhalers app has potential to improve treatment efficacy
An app that has the potential to improve the efficacy of prescribed inhaler treatment
Army Cricothyroidotomy app teaches surgical airway with fascinating multimedia
Medrills: Army Cricothyroidotomy teaches through an effective combination of passive and interactive learning activities.
Surgical Instruments App is a good guide for the OR
A review of an app that teaches about surgical instruments
Heel Thy Tendon app is limited in its coverage of foot conditions
A review of Heel Thy Tendon, an iPhone app covering four tendinopathies
Dermatologic and Cosmetic Procedures App is a textbook conversion done right for iOS
A review of a dermatology textbook with an excellent digital conversion.
GenSurgCall app provides a basic set of tools for surgery call
•GenSurgCall teaches key general surgery topics, but does not provide enough to get through a call night.
Pain Guide App helps with pain management, but has a painful user interface
Review of Pain Guide for iOS, an app that helps with pain management but has a painful user interface
Epocrates finally fights back, review of their iPad app
Review of Epocrates’ new iPad app
CataractMobile app helps teach eye surgery using iOS simulation
Review of an app that helps teach eye surgery using iOS simulation
RealWorld radiology app is an effective way to learn Radiology
RealdWorld Radiology for iOS is an excellent app for learning to read X-rays
Ortho Traumapedia is a succinct orthopedic injury reference app
Ortho Traumapedia is a bare bones app that covers essential orthopedic injuries, but stands to benefit from additional multimedia.
BurnCase 3D Mobile Edition is an innovative app that allows 3D documentation of burns
A review of an app with the potential to support the documentation and assessment of burns.
WoundSmart is an app that uses your phone’s camera for efficient wound care
Review of WoundSmart, an app designed for medical professionals who follow and treat wounds
Anamnesis app aims to aid physicians in charting, but doesn’t understand workflow
Documentation is one of the most time-consuming, laborious, but necessary parts of medicine. If technology existed that enabled us to document all our thoughts, rationales, examinations and actions through the course of the day automatically, we may be able to see significantly more patients than we currently are able to. Being able to quickly look […]
Apple’s iOS 6 Announcement: Useful Features from a Medical Perspective
A review of iOS 6 features that may augment the practice of medicine
Eye Handbook app is a jam packed resource designed for ophthalmologists
An app review of Eye Handbook, a comprehensive app geared towards ophthalmologists.
palmEM app is a great quick reference for the emergency department
An app review of palmEM: Emergency Medicine Essentials, a succinct and quick universal iOS reference app
Medical App that replaces the reference cards in your white coat, Wards 101 i-pocketcards review
A review of a Wards 101-ipocketcards, which covers common ward issues for internal medicine, critical care, and emergency medicine.