2) AHRQ ePSS
The Electronic Preventive Services Selector ePSS) is an application designed to help primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients. The ePSS is available both as a web application and a mobile application. The ePSS information is based on the current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors.
Both of these apps apps have been released in the US only, even though they are free beta apps. If you are still keen to get these and other free apps in the main App catalog or Beta feed without geo-restriction, there is a way.
Just spotted in Precental Homebrew – an early version of a free medical dictionary by SirataXero, called MedDict
Description:
A simple, quick and easy to use medical dictionary. Currently only works with internet access. UI will undergo updates as time progresses. Please give comments/suggestions in the review section or email: sirataxero@gmail.com. Enjoy! v0.1.0: Initial Release
While it does indeed require Internet access, the app is free. Some search terms could not be found when I tested it and I am not sure if it is the search algorithm or the database which is at fault but it seems worth testing out and providing feedback to the author.
You can install this app directly on your Palm Pre or Pixi if you have Preware installed (click on the link if you don’t know).
1. Download a FREE 8-week trial of our Nursing Constellation Plus™, our popular suite of clinical resources for nurses and nursing students, to your mobile device.
2. Start using the resources to explore a wealth of clinical information and decision tools.
3. Write a short essay (or shoot a YouTube video if you are feeling creative) on either of the following topics:
How Mobile Technology Has Assisted Me in my Studies
How I Plan to Use Mobile Technology in my Nursing Studies
4. Submit application along with essay or YouTube URL link by 10/15/2010.
Winners will be notified on 10/31/2010
Good news if you are a US medical student. Act quickly because Epocrates is giving out free Epocrates Essentials accounts worth $159 but only until August 31. Get it here.
(via Joe Kim)
I have implemented the WPTouch theme and if you have a webkit browser powered mobile e.g. Palm Pre/Pixi, iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad or Android then you should be able to view the posts in a mobile friendly format. Hope mobile users are happy!
I’ve been hard at work over the weekend getting new ICD apps out for WebOS. ICD-9 for WebOS has been released in the App Catalog (as a 99¢ app) and the initial version is the same as the free Preware/Homebrew version posted earlier. However, the App Catalog version will soon have a a free update which includes an internal database to enable one to perform ICD-9 searches without needing an Internet connection. The online search function is still maintained giving this app “hybrid” functions.
I have also submitted a new ICD-10 application which does the same thing as for the updated ICD-9 – online search as well as an internal database for offline searches. I hope the app will be approved soon and going by previous app review approval processes, I think it should be out within a week.
In the meantime, here’s the demo video for you :
MENLO PARK, CA, July 23, 2010. Today, Spyglass Consulting Group released its most recent healthcare study, Point of Care Communications for Physicians. It shows significant trends on how physicians across the United States are adopting mobile communications at point of care to improve communications and collaboration, streamline productivity, and enhance patient care and safety.
Report reveals 94 percent of physicians are using smartphones to communicate, manage personal and business workflows, and access medical information. This represents a 60 percent increase from Spyglass’ findings in a similar study published in November 2006 where 59 percent of physicians were using Smartphones. “Physician smartphone adoption is occurring more rapidly than with members of the general public,” said Gregg Malkary, Managing Director of Spyglass Consulting Group. “Physicians are showing a clear preference for using the Apple iPhone (44 percent) over the RIM Blackberry (25 percent).”
You can download the press release (in PDF format) here
While the iPhone made huge advances in market share since its inception, according to the report, it holds 44% not quite the “overwhelming majority” as some would like to believe. The press release unfortunately does not give a detailed breakdown other than Blackberry at 25% so it begs to question what of the remaining 31%? It may be that some are still holding on to their venerable PalmOS devices or using Windows mobile since these two platforms have useful applications for healthcare professionals. The Palm Pre is just over 1 year old and relatively new in the market. I think it is opportunity for HP Palm to make a push into the healthcare sector – they need to market themselves as a tool which healthcare workers can use. There are already enough basic medical applications which we shall cover in our ongoing WebOS Medical App Roundup series and I expect more to come since Palm is making available tools such as Ares which makes developing applications for WebOS very easy (check out our Creating your own medical apps for WebOS series). On top of that, tablets or slate devices play very nicely in the healthcare niche so if the WebOS powered HP Hurricane has features which make it superior to the iPad (like USB connectivity, slick multitasking, Flash, cameras etc) that would make it a serious competitor to the iPad. In the meantime, the competition is stiff and Apple cannot afford to sit on its laurels.
Statcoder’s famous StatCholesterol application has just been released for the iPhone/iPod Touch. It is a handy app to calculate the Framingham Risk Score (from the ATP III Guidelines for treatment of high cholesterol) and also provides other CVS tools.
You can download this freebie here from iTunes.
Just a quick blog to mention that ICD-9 and DSM-IV apps are being developed for WebOS (i.e. the Palm Pre/Plus and Pixi). At the moment they are in PreCentral. The ICD-9 app has been uploaded to the repository and is already available via Preware (don’t know what Preware is? You should learn how to Install Preware as there are lots more goodies not available in the Palm App Catalog). The DSM-IV app is in an earlier stage of development but you can download the app (in zipped form) from the Forum and install it using WOSQI (which you would have if you have installed Preware via WOSQI).
Anyway to whet your appetites, here are some screenshots :
They’ll eventually find their way into the App Catalog, but if you can’t wait, jump onto the Preware bandwagon now!
I recently discovered your blog, and I have become a frequent reader. My name is Ken with. Nursingschools.net and we recently published an article “15 Most Forward-Thinking iPhone Apps for Doctors & Nurses” that dovetails well with your audience. Perhaps you would be interested in sharing with them?
Thanks again for the great content, and I hope the article I’ve linked primes your interest.
Regards,
Ken Martin
Thanks for writing in Ken. The list is a useful one for any medical or nursing student who has an iPhone or iPod Touch. It also gives ideas for WebOS developers as to what else is needed for medical WebOS users
