An Impressive and Wide-Ranging Collection of Shared Decision Making Tools Just a Few Clicks Away Bookmark the website, make it a “web app” for your smartphone! Just start using Patient Decision Aids from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Last week, one of my most favorite and most non-compliant patients showed up for a walk-in appointment […]
Nurse (RN, LPN, PHN, CRNA, HHN)
Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2020 App Update
The Best Sanford Guide Yet Frequently, trainees ask me why they need a dedicated infectious disease guide. Why can’t they just use a drug guide such as Epocrates or Lexicomp or reference apps such as UpToDate, Dynamed or Essential Evidence Plus? Perhaps they could. Or they would ask, why can’t they just use a paper […]
Stroke Code App Review
The VA Brings to Bear a POC App for Improved Stroke Outcomes Acute stroke is frequently a terrifying and devastating disease process for patients. Currently, acute stroke remains the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and nearly 800,000 patients per year suffer a stroke. Stroke is both preventable via treatment of hypertension […]
iPrenatal: An App for Pregnant Patients Covering Prenatal Testing
Many of us in family medicine practice full-scope including obstetrics. It is one of the most challenging yet rewarding aspects of primary care with unpredictable hours and significant medical-legal risk. Many primary care providers perform outpatient prenatal care which can be equally rewarding. Regardless of what scope of obstetrics care you provide, pregnant patients are […]
ASCCP Management Guidelines App Review
Cervical cancer used to be a leading cause of cancer death for women — literally the #1 cause in the early 1900s. Thankfully, through decades of quality cervical cancer screening and the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the rates have dropped worldwide — especially in the United States where screening is (mostly) widespread. […]
