Best Android medical apps for physicians
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Mango Health app gives financial rewards for medication adherence
Health app that financially incentivizes your patient’s to be healthy
Medscape’s MedPulse app review, aggregated news for medical professionals
As a medical news app, MedPulse is an iPhone app that aggregates medical news.
Opioid Risk Tool app review shows the difficulty of creating an opioid conversion app
The creation of an opioid conversion app faces multiple hindrances, including information and design functionality for utilization.
Jawbone UP Coffee App can be used to educate patients on interactions of sleep and caffeine
Several weeks ago, hardware manufacturer Jawbone surprisingly released UP Coffee, a simple, free iOS app that promised to be the simplest way to understand how caffeine affects your sleep.
GoBe wearable sensor’s promise of passive nutrition tracking should be taken with caution
Crowd-funding platform Indiegogo’s recently highlighted the GoBe wearable sensor, an activity tracker with an alluring twist: “GoBe is the first and only wearable device that automatically measures the calories you consume and burn all day.”
Intel acquires smartwatch sensor company Basis for over $100 million dollars
Basis Science, makers of the recently reviewed wearable smartwatch/activity tracker Basis Band, was acquired by Intel for a reported $100M-$150 million dollars.
Medical photo social network Figure 1 expands to Android and Web
The Figure 1 team developed new features such as browseable image categories, and just released their first Android app and interface for the web.
Apple patent to measure consumer mood released
Satish Misra MD contributed to this article In a recently released patent, Apple has outlined a new strategy to make advertising increasingly personalized in a rather unusual way. Content advertisers have always known that the secret to selling is to know your audience. Apple has taken this strategy a step further by proposing a system […]
Issues with Fitbit Force rash more widespread than initially believed
It appears that an issue with the FitBit Force causing a rash might be more widespread than initially believed
How do you design video games for health? Insights from RWJ Foundation award winning Litesprite
Gamification is a big trend in mobile health. Here, we see what insights award-winning Litesprite has for others interested in going down that path.
The best Ultrasound apps for Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ultrasonography is an important part of an Ob/Gyn’s.This is a review of 5 ultrasound applications that include obstetric and/or gynecologic ultrasounds
Score95 offers over 2,000 USMLE style practice questions in a mobile app
Purpose of App Review to review the breadth and quality of questions to review utility of the app for studying for USMLE Step I Introduction So little time and so much to learn. We are always in search of a better, more efficient way to learn, remind, or cram all the information needed in order […]
GymPact rebrands as Pact, adding nutrition goals with MyFitnessPal partnership
On their 2 year anniversary, GymPact expanded their offerings for earning money with health living by introducing two new pacts focused on healthy eating.
Paper, one of the original iPad PDF medical literature apps, gets a major update
The Papers3 app builds on the Papers mobile app with additional features and a redesigned user interface
Popular Epocrates Bugs & Drugs App used by Physicians is flawed, should be removed from App Store
Epocrates recently released Bugs + Drugs app aggregates sensitivities of pathogens in the community and then helps the user understand what treatments are viable. However, as seen in our review, there are significant flaws that preclude to its clinical use at this time.
Top 20 Fertility apps to help women get pregnant
For many women and their partners, having a baby at a roughly planned time is critical. While most (85%) of couples will succeed in getting pregnant over a year of unprotected intercourse, sometimes it is helpful to plan or predict how and when to get pregnant. Much of this planning has to do with knowing […]
Postnatal Depression Test Pro medical app, review of a postpartum depression screening medical app
The Postnatal Depression Test Pro app provides an electronic version of the EDPS for perinatal care providers and their patients.
Review of the POP-Q Pelvic Organ Prolapse assessment app
Purpose of App Review to review the utility of the app for routine pelvic organ prolapse assessment to evaluate the diversity of the app for POP-Q grid guidance and for visual guidance Introduction Muscles and soft tissue eventually give out. For some women this occurs in their 30s or 40s, for others in the 60s […]
Testing the Nexus 7 versus my iPad in the hospital setting
After spending several months with the new Nexus 7, I have found it to be an improvement over the original and has replaced my iPad on daily activities. However, I still use my iPad for clinical duties due to the greater availability of medical apps.
Calculate chance of succesful vaginal birth after cesarean section using iPhone app
The VBAC calculator app seeks to provide an “on phone” option for easy access to the VBAC calculator available online through the MFMU.