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Health Sciences Resources for Mobile Devices
The following health and medical applications and mobile resources are for use with PDAs, smartphones and other mobile devices.
| General Medical Resources l Anatomy l Drug Reference l Calculators l Clinical Decision Rules & Clinical Practice Guidelines l Patient Tracking l Databases, Journals, Current Awareness l Books l Find More Health & Medical Software | |||
| Anatomy | Description |
Platform |
Cost |
| Features a fully anatomically accurate human character with nine layers of musculoskeletal, neurovascular, and internal organ visual content plus over 30,000 words of learning material. Available for download through iTunes. | iPad, iPhone | $$ | |
| Visible Body | Visible Body for iPad 2 and iPhone 4/4S consists of highly detailed, anatomically accurate, 3D models of all human body systems. The models were developed by an extensively trained team with decades of experience in medical illustration and biomedical visualization. Available for download through iTunes. |
iPad, iPhone | $$ |
| Essential Clinical Anatomy by Inkling | With over 300 interactive diagrams, Essential Clinical Anatomy allows you to strip away the labels on anatomical diagrams to test your knowledge and take USMLE-style quizzes that provide feedback on the spot. Available for download through iTunes, by chapter or the full textbook. | iPad | $ - $$ |
| The Muscle System Pro III (The Nova Series) | The Muscle System Pro III gives users an in depth look at the muscle system allowing them to view, zoom & rotate parts of the muscle system as well as watch animations, reveal layers, create notes, share screenshots and more. It is ideal for students, educators and professionals. Available for download through iTunes. | iPad, iPhone | $ |
| General Medical Resources | Description |
Platform |
Cost
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| DynaMed | DynaMed™ is a clinical reference tool created for use at the point-of-care. With clinically -organized summaries for more than 3,200 topics, DynaMed provides the latest content and resources with validity, relevance and convenience, making DynaMed an indispensable resource for answering most clinical questions during practice. Email Dynamed with your Mac ID to obtain a serial number. Then follow the instructions for installing on iPhone, iPod, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Other. |
Any mobile device. |
 Library Resource |
| UpToDate | UpToDate is an clinical information resource available via the Web and mobile devices. Provides detailed answers to your clinical questions. Over 80 million patient-related problems are researched each year. You need an individual subscription to UptoDate and the app can be downloaded through iTunes. | iPhone Coming soon - Android™ and optimized iPad |
$$ |
| Medical Eponyms | More than 1700 common and obscure medical eponyms with descriptions, featuring more of the medical terminology used in over 20 of today's fastest growing health profession areas. Must be downloaded and installed. | Any mobile device. | $ |
| Medscape | Drug reference and drug interaction checker which also includes medical news. Must be downloaded through iTunes. | iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad | Free |
| Drug Reference | Description |
Platform |
Cost
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| The Johns Hopkins POC-IT Guides | Authoritative information now available in 3 separate guides - the ABX, diabetes and HIV guides. Must be downloaded and installed. | Any mobile device. |
$ |
| Lexi-Comp On Hand | Provides portable clinical information including the Lexi-Drugs database at the point-of-care. Must be downloaded and installed. |
Any mobile device. | $ |
| ePocrates RX | Over 2,800 branded and generic drug monographs and formulary information. Includes adult and peds dosing, interactions, adverse reactions, contraindications, off-label indications, mechanism of action, and pricing/packaging. Must be downloaded and installed. | Any mobile device. |
Free |
| ePocrates RX Pro | Full version of eProcrates. Includes alternative medication, clinical tables and guidelines, drug database, med tools, and formulary information. Must be downloaded and installed. | Any mobile device. |
$ |
| Calculators | Description |
Platform |
Cost |
| Archimedes | Archimedes provides you with over 130 preprogrammed formulas that include specialties such as Cardiology, Pharmacology, Hematology, FEN, Pediatrics, Pulmonary and Renal. Must be downloaded and installed. | Any mobile device. | Free |
| MedCalc | MedCalc is a medical calculator designed for rapid calculation of common equations used in medicine (including anesthesiology, pediatrics, emergency, intensive care and internal medicine). Must be downloaded and installed. |
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad |
Free |
| Clinical Decision Rules & Clinical Practice Guidelines | Description |
Platform |
Cost |
| ACP Clinical References | Short, clinically useful resources from the American College of Physicians. Must be downloaded and installed. | Any mobile device. | Free |
| Diagnosaurus | A differential diagnosis tool; explore by disease, symptom, or organ system; adapted from Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment. Must be downloaded and installed. | Palm, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, Windows Phone 7 |
Free and $ |
| National Guideline Clearinghouse (United States) | All National Guideline Clearinghouse(NGC) Guideline Summaries are available in a text format downloadable to mobile devices. In addition, links to some full text guidelines are available from the guideline developer organization. Must be downloaded and installed. | Any mobile device. | Free |
| Shots | A quick reference guide to the 2005 Childhood Immunization Schedule, a collaboration of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the 2004-2005 Adult Immunization Schedule, recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). No download required. Available through the internet. | Palm
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Free |
| WISER | Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. It provides information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice. Must be downloaded and installed. | Palm |
Free |
| Patient Tracking | Description |
Platform |
Cost |
| Patient Tracker | Patient charting application that includes data such as vitals, lab and test results, medication lists. Must be downloaded and installed. | Palm Windows Mobile |
$ |
| Databases, Journals, Current Awareness | Description |
Platform |
Cost |
| Web of Science Mobile | Web of Science provides researchers, administrators, faculty, and students with quick, powerful access to the world's leading citation databases. No download required. Available through the internet, through LibAccess. | Any mobile device. | Library Resource |
| CINAHL Mobile | Premier database for the professional literature of nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and healthcare. No download required. Available through the internet, through LibAccess. | Any mobile device. | Library Resource |
| MD Consult Mobile | A subset of the full desktop version content that has been optimized for mobile usage. You'll need to create a personal login from a library computer to access the mobile site. No download required. Available through the internet. | Any mobile device. | Library Resource |
| PubMed for Handhelds | Offers PubMed searching as well as PubMed’s Systematic Reviews subset and the Clinical Queries filters.No download required. Available through the internet. | Any mobile device. | Free |
| The PICO feature is available on the main screen and uses a fill-in-the-blank and menu format.No download required. Available through the internet. | Any mobile device. |
Free |
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| PubMed on Tap Lite/not lite | Search Pubmed on your iPhone and link to full-text articles. Must be downloaded and installed using the AppStore. To use McMaster's Libaccess to get full-text articles setup EZProxy using the URL http://libaccess.mcmaster.ca/login?url= | iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad | Free/$ |
Unbound MEDLINE can be accessed over the Internet via a Web browser or via a wireless device such as a Treo, Blackberry, iPhone or cell phone that has a built-in Web browser.No download required. Available through the internet. |
Any mobile device. |
Free |
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| Books | Description |
Platform |
Cost |
| NCBI Bookshelf | Provides books such as Blood groups and cell antigens, Clinical methods, Genes and diseases, Medical Microbiology and Inflammatory Atherosclerosis for the PDA. Must be downloaded and installed. |
Palm Windows Mobile Symbian |
Free |
| Thieme Atlas of Anatomy | A free sampler of the popular Atlas of Anatomy. Available through modalityBODY app, which is available through the iTunes app store. | iPad | $ |
Find More Health & Medical Software:
- cma.ca - Free Medical References and over 70 on sale at the cma.ca store (discounts for CMA members)
- Medical Wizards
- Medical Software Advice -free online resource that reviews and compares medical PDA software systems
- mobihealthnews - a blog about the healthcare industry and mobile technology.
- CollectiveMed.com
- Palmdoc Chronicles - a blog with the latest in PDA news and medical updates
- pdaMD.com
- PEPID find a variety of resources for medicine, nursing and other allied health fields
- Skyscape - Hundreds of resources for a broad range of platforms.
- T-Res - allows medical residents, medical students and staff physicians to quickly and easily document their activities in order to enhance the effectiveness of medical education
- Unbound Medicine - products for iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile, and Palm devices.
Last Updated: January 2012