The University of Edinburgh Brings Quality NHS and Other Resources to the Point of Care for a Steal One of my passions is practicing and teaching evidence-based medicine (EBM). Many of the reviews I select to write on iMedicalApps are apps that connect the user to EBM. Every year, my top ten app lists are filled […]
This app from the National Health Service in the U.K. provides quality videos and self-help materials to your patients with MSK conditions and is great for those in the U.S., too. Musculoskeletal conditions account for 25% of all visits in primary care. Over 400 MSK conditions can walk into a busy primary care practice on […]
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service announced this week the launch of both the NHS Digital Apps LIbrary and a Mobile Health space for developers.
A new app from the NHS called My Inhealthcare not only helps remotely monitor patients, but it also has clinical decision support built in.
The Antimicrobial Companion from the NHS is a great tool for antibiotic stewardship.
National Health Service plans to give millions patients free health apps & connected health devices in a bid to promote self-management of chronic diseases.
After a troubled two years, the UK’s National Health Service is closing its Health Apps Library. What can we learn from that experience?
The UK’s National Health Service is funding a pilot looking at whether continuous monitoring with wearable patch can improve outcomes
The NHS Tayside Anesthesia medical app provides access to anesthesia protocols used at the Tayside School of Anaesthesia in the United Kingdom
One recent piece, by Margaret McCartney, was published in the British Medical Journal titled “How do we know whether medical apps work?” [1] It is a nice short read, where Dr. McCartney lays out the overriding utilization of smartphones and tablets in our daily lives to both play games, manage our daily activities, and search […]
Free BNF drug information for the NHS from NICE
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK has an Android app that is every bit as useful and functional as its desktop counterpart. It’s easy to navigate, browse, and download guidelines from NICE with this handy app and there are no hindrances to access.