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Lexi-Comp in the Palm App Catalog - finally!

After a brief foray following which it was withdrawn, Lexi-Comp On Hand makes it’s appearance in the Palm App Catalog. This is another major medical software application hot on the heels of Pepid which made it’s WebOS debut not long ago.
The download is free and comes with 30-days of access to Lexi-Drugs & Lexi-Interact. After [...]

Procedures: a new iPhone and iPod touch App

Meistermed has come out with a new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Called Procedures: Hospital Collection it comprises the following:
15 inpatient procedures, 80+ minutes high res video, 150+ photos. X-rays. Step-by-step instructions. Everything you need to know about thoracentesis, paracentesis, bone marrow biopsy, central lines of every flavor, lumbar puncture, [...]

New clinical decision support iPhone app launching at HIMSS 2010

Mary Kay Rossi wrote in to inform us about this new app:

Making its official launch at HIMSS 2010, VisualDx Mobile for the iPhone and iPod Touch aids physicians in their decision making efforts by increasing diagnostic accuracy, helping to reduce health care costs associated with unnecessary return visits, referrals, and tests– all of which increase [...]

MedicMate price cut

MedicMate is a Windows Mobile Touchscreen application for busy hospital doctors which helps you track patients, keep job lists, perform hand overs wirelessly and also maintain e-guides.
Tim from MedicMate writes in that for a limited time only, a full license is available for £29.95
The application runs on Windows Mobile operating system 2003, 5 or 6; [...]

Pepid comes to WebOS

Pepid has announced a Beta for WebOS

In 2009, we released two new platforms—the first was in March, when we released our application for the iPhone. We also announced a beta release this month for the Palm Pre smart phone. PEPID is the first to create a medical software application specifically designed for this device.
Along with [...]

Daily Dose of Medical Knowledge (Free Promo Code!)

Brian has written in to let us know that his company , Brim LLC has an iPhone app called Daily Dose of Medical Knowledge.
Daily Dose delivers a medical dose a day straight to your iPhone or iPod touch. Past doses can be accessed for up to a week.
Doses range the gamut of medical knowledge, [...]

Attention Physician coders - Project Ares (beta) has been launched!

Ares is the first ever browser based development environment for mobiles which Palm has created, making it easy to develop applications for WebOS which powers the new Palm Pre and Palm Pixi devices.
Creating applications will be made much easier with a drag and drop interface. I am checking out their “FlickrSearch tutorial” right now.
I predict [...]

New iPhone apps from Meistermed

Andrew wrote in to say he’s got a couple of new medical apps for the iPhone in the App Store:
STDMeister is a guide to diagnosis and treatment of STD’s and includes a photo atlas with more than 200 images. More info, screenshots, and a demo video on the website here: www.stdmeister.com
It’s a super-charged version [...]

Epocrates looking for WebOS Beta Testers

We did mention that Epocrates for WebOS is set to materialise by the end of this year. Now it has in the form of a beta test which is open to WebOS users in the Bay area.

As you may know, we are working on an Epocrates application that runs on the Palm webOS platform. [...]

Modality: USMLE Steps 1, 2 and 3 Question Bank Apps

USMLE press release:
Modality, Inc. and McGraw-Hill Professional today announced that Lange Q&AÔ USMLE Step 1 is now available on the App Store. This app brings the total number of United States Medical Licensing Examination question bank apps created by Modality in partnership with McGraw-Hill to twelve, spanning the publisher’s bestselling First Aid, Lange and PreTest [...]