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Preconception Care: App for Counseling Prior to Pregnancy
Many of us in family medicine practice full scope including obstetrics. Many other providers in primary care and OB/GYN provide only outpatient prenatal care. Regardless, one of the most important yet overlooked aspects of women’s health is the care that occurs (or should occur) PRIOR to conception. Even though providers can bill for this care, […]
OB Wheels Review: Updated OB Wheel App is Simple and Essential
Regardless of what scope of obstetrics care you provide, a good OB wheel app is a must. With so many different OB apps available, which one should we use? My go-to OB wheel has been Dr. Evan’s app called Perfect OB Tracker. It combines an easy-to-use, accurate OB wheel with the option for patient tracking. […]
This Week’s Best Medical Apps
Hundreds of new apps hit the app stores every week. We’ve sorted through them to pick the best medical apps for doctors, nurses, and healthcare providers. You can find our previous picks here. And see what apps we thought were noteworthy in 2017. Current Med Diagnosis and Treatment This free version of the Current Medical […]
UW Pregnancy App Just a Clone
The best pregnancy apps aren’t just for obstetricians and their patients. Many of us in family medicine practice full scope, including obstetrics. It is one of the most challenging yet rewarding aspects of primary care. And regardless of what scope of obstetrics care you provide, pregnant patients are always looking for reliable information about their […]
Study evaluates a new telerobotic ultrasound system for remote sonography
A recent feasibility test on a new telerobotic ultrasound system at the University of Saskatchewan has shown promising results.
Banner Health is bringing virtual reality into the delivery room
A Phoenix-area hospital, Banner Health University, is launching a pilot program for using virtual reality in the delivery room.
P&M Pregnancy Passport: A Pregnancy Practice App that Sets the Standard for Patient Apps by Medical Practices
A review of the P&M Pregnancy Passport app, a great app for expectant mothers to use during their pregnancy.
Text messaging interventions may improve mothers’ adherence to proper infant sleeping practice
Researchers from the University of Virginia used text messaging to promote safe sleeping practices for infants.
Apple’s hush-hush foray into personal health records
Apple is reportedly making a secret push to turn the iPhone into a personal health record.
Health 2.0 is planning a digital health matchmaking event for healthcare providers, payors
Health 2.0 is partnering with Lucro to launch a digital health match-making service to pair healthcare providers with a need to digital health companies that can help.
Bringing Virtual Reality front and center in medical training: Interview with Ryan Ribeira, MD, CEO of SimX
We talked to Ryan Ribeira MD, the CEO of SimX – a startup that is bringing virtual reality and augmented reality to medical training in an innovative new way.
FDA to launch unit focused on digital health
The FDA is launching a digital health unit with plans to hire 13 full time employees to help step up oversight in this area.
Review of Contraception Point of Care app, a medical app for prescribing contraceptives
A great app from Dr. Steinberg that helps clinicians figure out the correct type of contraceptive to prescribe for patients.
WebMD and Scripps partnership on Pregnancy ResearchKit app is innovative
WebMD’s pregnancy app gets a research component to it with a huge update and integration with Scripps.
A fertility app that utilizes algorithms to help with getting pregnant
The Natural Cycles app utilizes noninvasive measurements and algorithms to determine when females are most fertile.
Using virtual reality to visualize babies in utero with Oculus Rift & MRI
Researchers used ultrasound and MRI data to create 3D fetal models that can be viewed with an Oculus Rift headset.
Review of OB Calc Pro app, a new spin on the traditional OB Wheel
OB Calc Pro offers unique functionality that is hard to find in other OB wheel apps.
Maven offering free digital health appointments related to birth control until end of year
Maven will allow women to receive free health appointments related to birth control until the end of 2016.
CDC offers excellent update to their Contraception app for clinicians
CDC Contraception 2016 is an easy-to-use app that puts the latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) contraception guidelines in your hands at point-of-care.
OpenZika project aims to accelerate Zika drug discovery by crowdsourcing computing power
The OpenZika project will use the collective power of idling computers worldwide to screen millions of compounds for potential drug therapies against Zika.