Question

What cellphone apps are useful in healthcare and what are their use? Please include references

Answer 1

A. Apps for healthcare professionals and students:

1. Medscape

An Android app.

It is a comprehensive medical application. It includes 7,000+ drug references, 3,500+ disease clinical references, 2,500+ clinical images and procedure videos. It has included a robust drug interaction tool checker, CME activities, and more relevant topics.

2. Epocrates

It is referred to as an essential drug reference. It has features like the pill identifier, medical calculators, and drug interaction checker.

3. Skyscape

Skyscape is available on all versions of the Android operating system.

It provides an opportunity to access a wide selection of medical calculators, periodically updated medical news alerts, important practice guidelines. It also provides access to paid textbooks and the solid drug reference. Disease monographs are also included in it.

4. Harvard School of Public Health

It is the application by Harvard school. The app is simple with a best user interface, and solid functionality.

It displays news articles from the School of Public Health.

5. Monthly Prescribing Reference (MPR)

It is the most widely used drug reference by healthcare personnel. The highlighted features are the drug classification by treatment category.

6. USPSTF ePSS (electronic preventive services selector)

This app is designed by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for health care professionals. The app subject matter is based on the suggestions made by the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF). It supplies with the link to the screening calculators and reference tools available on the web.

A.1. Social network apps:

7. Doximity

It is a social network app for doctors. 70% of U.S. physicians are members as per the claims. It has both iOS and Android versions. The physicians can communicate with other doctors on the network, HIPAA secure faxes can be sent, the news and trends in the speciality can be followed etc.

8. Figure 1 screenshots

Figure 1 allows viewing and shares medical images with other doctors. Has both iOS and Android apps. Figure 1’s visual database is used by hundreds of thousands of users. They can send, give feedback on, and search through medical images. It is especially useful for physicians looking for the opinion of others on clinically uncommon conditions.

A. 2. Medical journal apps

9. Case.

It is a medical journal app used by physicians and researchers. Both Android and iOS versions are available. The app allows reading medical journal articles on the phone. It also permits to subscribe to a speciality or set of journals.

10. Read

Read is another medical journal app and has both iOS and Android versions. It allows locating all medical literature and journals needed. It permits to read and download studies, journals, and articles from different sources.

References:

• https://iims.uthscsa.edu/sites/iims/files/Top%2015%20Free%20Android%20Medical%20apps%20for%20Healthcare%20professionals.pdf
• https://blog.capterra.com/top-7-medical-apps-for-doctors/
• https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/list/20-notable-apps-for-provider-organizations
• https://www.agileinfoways.com/medical-apps-for-healthcare-industry/why-medical-apps-are-gaining-importance-in-the-healthcare-industry/