| According to the Manhattan Research firm, there are | | | | procedures, service rendered, as well as helps |
| approximately 1,500 apps for health care | | | | physicians stay on top of their billing so that no |
| professionals alone. In 2009 doctors owning smart | | | | patient is left unaccounted for. The purpose of the |
| phones surge 64% from the year before. That same | | | | iPhone app is to remove the paperwork from the |
| year the number of physicians owning iPhones | | | | doctor's daily rounds and support patients more |
| doubled. It estimates that by 2012, 81% of doctors | | | | effectively and efficiently with many advance |
| will have smart phones with medical apps installed. | | | | capabilities such as search, archiving, emailing, and |
| This market continues to flourish with many useful | | | | even data sharing. |
| medical mobile apps flying off the virtual iTunes shelf | | | | Compatibility: iPhone |
| every day. The creative and invaluable apps offered | | | | Price: $24.99 |
| leave the health industry and even health insurance | | | | Drug Trials gives doctors and health professionals |
| brokers in perpetual awe. Worth noting is that most | | | | information about clinical trials around a disease or |
| of these health apps are not regulated by the FDA, | | | | illness. It even brings up Google Map to provide them |
| but this may soon change. Below is a list of the top | | | | with locations of where these clinical trials are taking |
| mobile applications for physicians and medical | | | | place and also offers bookmarking capabilities. |
| professionals. | | | | Additionally, it provides eligibility criteria and even |
| Epocrates Rx is a clinical reference application that | | | | emailing capabilities. |
| provides information on drug, disease, lab, and drug | | | | Compatibility: iPhone |
| safety for physicians at the point of care. The mobile | | | | Price: Free! |
| app displays drug images that feature a multitude of | | | | Blausen Human Atlas provides 3D animation in video |
| information including directions, side effects, etc... | | | | and imagery form to help physicians communicate |
| alongside the image. A unique feature is the | | | | effectively with patients at the point of care. It is |
| multicheck whereby the software is able to give | | | | easier to show someone something, rather than tell |
| information on the adverse effects of the | | | | them and this does just that. This mobile application |
| interactions of a patient's drug cocktail. Another | | | | offers several features: 3D animation (360 rotation) |
| feature is the ability for the medical mobile app to | | | | that physicians can zoom in and out of, video, still |
| identify the drug given the doctor's description of the | | | | images, and a searchable medical glossary that they |
| medication (i.e. color, pill shape, and etc.). Epocrates | | | | can cross reference to related animation and images. |
| also offers a CME credits program on the medical | | | | Unfortunately, an internet connection is required to |
| iPhone app where everything from studying to taking | | | | view the videos, medical glossary, and still images. |
| the exams are done at the doctor's finger tips | | | | This app is offered in 10 different languages. |
| without any traveling hassle, not to mention that all | | | | Compatibility: iPhone |
| work is saved and tracked via the web app. | | | | Price: $19.99 |
| Compatibility: iPhone, Palm, Windows Mobile, | | | | Xprompt Multilingual Assistance is a translation tool to |
| Blackberry, and Android | | | | enable physicians and medical staff to communicate |
| Price: Four versions offered ranging from the free | | | | with their patients in situations where a translator is |
| Epocrates Rx to Epocrates Essentials Deluxe, which | | | | not present or a family member is unable to translate. |
| costs $199 on a one year contract and $299 on the | | | | The mobile app comes pre-installed in German, |
| two year contract. Group discounts are available. | | | | English, and Spanish. Features offered include |
| Medscape, which is part of WebMD, is similar in | | | | gestures, supporting communication, a general |
| features to Epocrates Rx, except Medscape touts an | | | | dictionary, and more. Health professionals can favorite |
| extensive library of clinical and drug references and it | | | | phrases. Translations are shown and spoken through |
| offers video to its portfolio of offerings. | | | | the iPhone audio. Two sign languages in German and |
| Compatibility: iPhone only for now but Blackberry | | | | British are offered in video format. |
| coming soon | | | | Compatibility: iPhone |
| Price: Free! | | | | Price: $3.99 with three languages pre-installed. |
| Medcalc is, you guessed it, a medical calculator. The | | | | Additional $2.99 per language (22 languages available, |
| mobile app supports US and SI units. The iPhone app | | | | 50 more languages in the works) |
| is able to compute medical formulas. The physician or | | | | For the OB-GYN |
| medical staff can search for formulas based on name | | | | Airstrip OB is essentially a mobile health monitoring |
| or keyword. They can look up a list of recently | | | | system. More specifically it is a portable ICU monitor |
| viewed formulas and they can archive favorite | | | | that tracks the mother-to-be and fetus's waveform |
| equations. | | | | data which includes heart rate, temperature, blood |
| Compatibility: iPhone | | | | pressure, maternal contraction patterns, and any |
| Price: Free! | | | | other vital signs all in real time during a woman's labor. |
| Medical Lab Tests provides a quick reference to | | | | Information is transferred from the hospital |
| normal lab values of common clinical lab tests. It | | | | monitoring system to the obstetrician and |
| offers a concise reference to over 100 blood tests. | | | | gynecologist's and nurse's mobile phones. This allows |
| Both search and recently viewed features are | | | | the OB-GYN and nurses to remotely keep an eye on |
| accessible. The reference values are in US and SI | | | | the mother-to-be anywhere and anytime. Other |
| units. | | | | information that's provided in the medical mobile app |
| Compatibility: iPhone | | | | includes the woman's documentation like current |
| Price: $5.99 | | | | medication, allergies, lab work, and notes. Personal |
| Dr. Rounds is a health mobile app that allows doctors | | | | information is not stored so the patient's identity is |
| to keep patient records all in a pocket size piece of | | | | safe. This mobile app is FDA-approved and compliant |
| hardware. This tool keeps track of visits, diagnosis, | | | | with HIPAA standards. |