Last November, MobiHealthNews compiled a list of Apple’s top apps for doctors, nurses, and patients. Since then, Apple has added some new apps to its list and taken off many others.
In September 2011, Apple added a new section to its AppStore for healthcare professionals that included about 50 apps designed for iPad and iPhone users. A little more than a year later the section was slightly reworked: Apple added a new subsection for nurses, changed the name of its “point of care” section to “patient education” and added a few new apps to most of the existing subsections. Apple now recommends 118 apps for healthcare professionals.
In the pages to follow is MobiHealthNews’ guide to Apple’s list along with a few screenshots and a short description. Skip ahead to app categories using these links: Reference Apps; Medical Education Apps; EMR & Patient Monitoring Apps; Nursing Apps; Imaging Apps; Patient Education Apps; Personal Care Apps.
Reference Apps
Our definition: Medical reference apps provide information about medications, diseases, conditions, and other medical topics.
Most reference apps haven't changed since the last roundup. No apps have been removed, and the only new apps on the list are Echocardiography Atlas by Epocrates and Read by QxMD.
NEJM This Week/NEJM iPad Edition
"The latest medical research findings, review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice, from The New England Journal of Medicine."
Medscape
"WebMD’s physician app had the distinction of being the most downloaded free medical app of 2010. It includes a drug interaction checker, procedure reference, and daily medical news updates."
Epocrates
"Healthcare professionals worldwide use Epocrates routinely to review drug prescribing and safety information for thousands of brand, generic and OTC drugs and checks for potentially harmful drug to drug interactions among up to 30 drugs at a time." In May, Manhattan Research found that Epocrates was the most popular app for physicians, used by half the doctors the firm surveyed.
Echocardiography Atlas by Epocrates
"View examples of normal and abnormal echocardiograms, access 250 annotated images and 189 videos, zoom and pan echocardiograms and search for specific diseases."
Micromedex Drug Information
"Drug Information is a free resource for on-the-go access to clinical drug reference information. An internet connection is not required to access the information."
The Merck Manual - Professional Edition
"The Merck Manual’s iOS app is a digital version of its reference text. Users can browse the app by section and by symptom, and the app automatically logs what sections users have read."
Doximity
Doximity, the medical communications platform headed up by Epocrates co-founder Jeff Tangney, "offers a HIPAA-secure medical directory and communication tool that includes 180,000 doctors already in the network."
LabGear Medical lab reference guide
"Medical lab reference app LabGear is a pocket tool for medical laboratory tests and now includes integration with MedCalc."
Reference Apps (cond.)
Journal of Clinical Oncology
"Readers can now access Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) articles optimized for viewing on the iPhone and iPad. Users can view the current issue of JCO, plus the five most recent back issues, in text and PDF formats."
PubMed On Tap
"PubMed On Tap searches scholarly database PubMed to find and display reference information. Users can store references (with pdfs) in a personal and searchable library, retrieve pdfs from the web, and e-mail references from within the application."
Medicine Central
"Medicine Central is an integrated mobile and web reference built specifically for physicians, residents, students, and nurse practitioners. It includes 5-Minute Clinical Consult, A to Z Drug Facts, Drug Interaction Facts, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, and Medline Journals."
Unbound Medline - PubMed, Journals, and Grapherence Access
"Unbound Medline connects you to over 20 million journal citations and abstracts from PubMed via your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Perform searches and link to the publisher’s full text articles. Visually explore the literature using Grapherence to find related and relevant articles."
Johns Hopkins Guides (ABX, HIV, Diabetes)
"The official Johns Hopkins Guides from Johns Hopkins Medicine and Unbound put authoritative, need-to-know information that is easily accessed, promptly applied, and frequently updated on the web and iOS devices to help you raise the standard of care. Johns Hopkins guides include antibiotic guide, diabetes guide, and HIV guide."
AHRX ePSS
"The ePSS application was developed by HHS to assist primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients. The ePSS information is based on the current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and selected behavioral risk factors."
Read: Personalized Medical & Scientific Journal
Read by QxMD provides an interface to search academic database PubMed, reformatting it into a "personalized digital journal." It also includes topic reviews and sharing features.
DocbookMD
"DocbookMD is a mobile-based, HIPAA-compliant physician-to-physician communications platform. The company recently teamed with MedWeb to introduce Docbook Gateway, which lets physicians access secure medical images through the app as well."
VisualDx
"Covering more than 1,200 pediatric and adult conditions represented by over 25,000 images, VisualDx combines expert medical knowledge, standardized terminology, intelligent search, and the best medical images to deliver concise and accurate answers. Designed to assist physicians and enhance patient care, VisualDx aids in the identification of dermatologic, infectious, genetic, metabolic, nutritional and occupational diseases, benign and malignant growths, drug-induced conditions, and other injuries."
Medical Education Apps
Our Definition: Education Apps in this section include a number of anatomy-focused apps that offer visual diagrams for parts of, or the whole of, the human body. At least one continuing medical education (CME) app is featured in this group currently and one aggregator of physicians' blogs. Many medical apps could be considered clinical consultation apps, but those contained in the group typically do not provide any particular guidelines for care – only reference materials.
In a year's time, the Apple-featured medical education app section has undergone only slight changes. The missing apps include Pocket Body and 3D Muscular Premium Anatomy. The new apps added are Pocket Anatomy and Essential Anatomy 2. A few apps have changed names as well.
Learn Muscles: Anatomy Quiz & Reference
A reference, testing and education tool. Includes 141 muscle images with name, action, origin, insertion and comments, plus audio pronunciation guide, a quiz maker, an action viewer and six short videos to create a rich learning experience.
Heart Pro III
The new version of the Heart Pro III includes 360 degree rotation of any body part, 19 free animations, 64 audio pronunciations of every label, and the ability to draw on any screen image and share it on Twitter, Facebook and email.
Muscle System Pro III
"The Muscle System Pro III is used by most universities and is now the standard learning/reference tool for students and medical professionals. Now with 215 movement animations, 425 audio pronunciations, 548 isolated muscles and 548 muscle Insertion and Origin maps (You can toggle between muscles and their attachment points on the bone).”
MedPage Today Mobile
“MedPage Today Mobile puts breaking medical news and CME/CE credits at your fingertips, with daily coverage of over 30 specialties and annual coverage of over 60 meetings and symposia. Features breaking medical news, audio reports, and video reports.”
Pocket Anatomy
"Eleven visually stunning layers of musculoskeletal, neurovascular and internal organ content. Now also containing cranial and plantar views. All content resides in the app, including 100,000+ words of detailed anatomical and clinical content and intuitive 3D navigation."
Eponyms (for students)
This app brings a short description of more than 1,700 common and obscure medical eponyms to your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The iTunes store labels it a "perfect tool to quickly look up the meaning of any eponym."
Skeleton System Pro III
"The new Skeletal System Pro contains various improvements, a few of which are 360 horizontal degree rotation of any body part - with a swipe of your finger, the ability to rotate vertically for inferior and superior views, 94 animations of every movement of each articulation (e.g. flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, etc), 596 audio pronunciations, for every label and ability to draw on any screen image and then share it through email, Facebook or Twitter."
Epocrates CME
"Epocrates CME [continuing medical education] offers a wide variety of interactive CME activities across numerous specialty topics, with new activities added frequently. Activities are accredited by AMA, ACPE, ANCC and others and supported by an advanced personal CME toolset. The app is powered by RealCME."
Heart Murmur Pro - The Heart Sound Database
"Heart Murmur Pro is the ultimate heart sound learning tool." It includes 23 different heart sounds and information for each including location where the sound is heard best, brief description, etiology, pathophysiology, physical examination findings, treatment options, and links to Wikipedia, Google, and Medline Plus.
Essential Anatomy 2
"Essential Anatomy 2 represents the latest in groundbreaking 3D technology and innovative design. A cutting edge 3D graphics engine, custom built by 3D4Medical from the ground up, powers a highly-detailed anatomical model and delivers outstanding quality graphics that no other competitor can achieve."
Medical Education Apps (contd.)
Netter's Anatomy Atlas from Elsevier
“This iPad app is the complete set of the 531 Netter Plates from the fifth edition Atlas of Human Anatomy, illustrated by master medical illustrator Frank H. Netter, MD, enhanced with a suite of quizzing and customization features.”
Anatomy 3D: Organs
“Expand your knowledge of the organs with this robust application that combines 3D models, video, audio lectures, quizzes and text to create a rich learning experience.”
CARDIO3 Comprehensive Atlas of Echocardiography
“A reference/learning tool for cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, internists, other physicians, and sonographers evaluating echocardiograms for ultrasound diagnosis.”
Atlas of Pancreas Pathology
“The Atlas of Pancreas Pathology is comprised of three modules: an interactive teaching algorithm, a searchable image atlas, and an image-based quiz. Viewing multiple examples of the same entity or feature from this large, rich image atlas will strengthen your diagnostic skills.”
Muscle & Bone Anatomy 3D
"An amazing reference for anyone interested in the human musculo-skeletal system. Featuring five different ways to learn about the body: The VIEWER, ACTIONS, 3-D MODELS, six types of QUIZZES, and MEDIA."
Human Anatomy Atlas (was Visible Body 3D Human Anatomy Atlas 2)
“3D Human Anatomy Atlas 2 is the most robust human anatomy learning and teaching app on the market. It includes male and female models, each with over 3,400 anatomical structures. All the structures in both models are rendered in true 3D. The user can view any combination of anatomy, rotate freely, and adjust the zoom area.” Now includes animations as well.
Anatomy and Physiology Revealed: All Systems
"A virtual cadaver dissection app from McGraw-Hill. As of last November, the app only included muscular and skeletal systems, but it now includes all major systems of the body."
BoneBox: Skull Viewer
“The BoneBox Skull Viewer is a real-time 3D medical education tool that features exceptionally detailed anatomical skull models and unique interactive elements.”
DDS GP Yes!
“DDS GP is designed for dental professionals to improve presentation of dental conditions and treatment to patients. It makes treatment plans easy for patients to understand, thus leading to greater case acceptance.”
JACC iPad Edition
The IPAD version of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
EMR and Patient Monitoring Apps
Our Definition: Electronic medical records apps provide healthcare professionals access to their facility’s medical records system either in part or in full. Patient Monitoring enables clinicians to check in on patients or review their vital signs from their mobile device without having to be at the bedside.
This section also kept all the apps from last year, but added Medisoft, AliveECG, HPF Mobile Deficiency, and Lytec.
Epic Haiku
“Haiku provides authorized clinical users of Epic’s Electronic Health Record with secure access to clinic schedules, hospital patient lists, health summaries, test results and notes. Haiku also supports dictation and In Basket access. Haiku works on both the iPhone and iPod touch.”
Medisoft
Medisoft Mobile enables you to electronically capture your charges and diagnoses using an electronic superbill. Easily transmit charges, diagnosis codes, and notes to your biller or front desk -- on the go or in the office -- from anywhere with an Internet connection. Medisoft and Lytec are both practice management software companion apps from McKesson.
Cerner Physician Express
“Physician Express is a Cerner solution that enables quick access to review clinical information and submit orders. From a patient list, the provider can quickly view the patient’s current and outstanding orders, as well as access comprehensive clinical information such as problems, diagnosis, allergies, medications, vitals, and more.”
AliveECG
This app is intended to be used with the AliveCor Heart Monitor and without the monitor you will not be able to produce ECG readings with the app. "Our clinical-quality, single-channel ECG recorder leverages the power, display, and communication capabilities of the iPhone."
HPF Mobile Deficiency Completion
The app makes completion of work assignments associated with the medical record more convenient for physicians and clinicians. By delivering powerful functionality to the physician’s mobile device, all McKesson Patient Folder (MPF) work assignments can be completed wherever and whenever it is convenient, greatly improving on turn-around times and work backlogs.
AirStrip OB
"AirStrip OB allows you, the obstetrician, to securely log on to a hospital’s Labor and Delivery unit and see virtual real-time waveform data as well as other patient information on your iPhone.”
Sunrise Mobile MD
This enterprise level system must be installed along with specialized mobile enablement software in order for it to provide patient data. With few exceptions, the user must be a practicing physician to download this app. The application allows physicians to view, analyze and act upon patient information with the touch of a finger using a single mobile device.
Lytec
Lytec Mobile enables you to electronically capture your charges and diagnoses using an electronic superbill. Easily transmit charges, diagnosis codes, and notes to your biller or front desk - on the go or in the office - from anywhere with an Internet connection. Lytec and Medisoft are both practice management software companion apps from McKesson.
drchrono EMR
“drchrono is certified as a complete EHR (Electronic Health Record) in accordance with ONC-ATCB stage 1 meaningful use criteria. Our iPad EHR will qualify you for meaningful use EHR incentives. Use the certified iPad EHR and EHR platform to qualify for $44,000+ under the economic stimulus plan incentives under the HITECH Act – for free.”
EMR and Patient Monitoring Apps (contd.)
AirStrip Cardiology
AirStrip Cardiology allows clinicians to review the extent of a patient’s ECG history. It can receive 12-lead ECG waveforms and other data wirelessly from Emergency Medical Services (i.e. an ambulance) and the hospital ECG management system.
AirStrip – Patient Monitoring
“AirStrip is a robust remote patient monitoring solution for clinicians. AirStrip connects you to your patients anywhere you have a cellular or Wi-Fi connection. No matter where you are, AirStrip can greatly reduce and even eliminate time delay in the clinical assessment and treatment of patients. AirStrip pulls information from hundreds of different types of patient monitors and ECG machines, and a variety of other clinical information coming from your facility’s EMR.”
Allscripts Remote+
Allscripts Remote+ offers healthcare providers access to real-time patient summary information, convenient ePrescribing to the patient’s pharmacy, the ability to securely capture charges while hospital rounding and also when providing care remotely outside of the practice, and ability to add a diagnosis when writing a prescription.
Care360 Mobile
This app will allow you to access medication history, lab results and more from your iPhone - ideal for when you’re on call or just on the go, easily complete tasks, such as prescription ordering or renewal requests, and view lab results, add notes for follow-up and mark as reviewed.
Sunrise Mobile MD II
“Sunrise Mobile MD II [from Allscripts] is intuitive and easy to use, allowing physicians to immediately realize the benefits of having rich patient data with them whenever they need it. The application allows physicians to view, analyze and act upon patient information.”
VitalHub Chart
Vital Hub offers easy access to your patient lists, quick summary views give you concise, relevant patient status at-a-glance, user-customizable for your medical specialty, and one-touch access to the full patient chart. The app also offers the ability to review lab results from multiple clinical systems, new critical results, result summaries and the actual Report of Record, historical lab results, orders and status, and medication history.
Epic Canto
Canto provides authorized clinical users of Epic’s Electronic Health Record with secure access to clinic schedules, hospital patient lists, health summaries, test results and notes. Canto also supports dictation and In Basket access. Canto works on iPads running iOS 5.0 or greater.
eClinicalTouch
eClinicalTouch, from EMR vendor eClinicalWorks includes the following features: create a new patient, telephone encounters, create a new encounter, view office visits screen, view and enter notes in the progress notes, enter vitals, CPOE, view patient hub and the ICW from anywhere within the app, review labs, imaging and procedure results, and refill prescriptions.
Nimble EMR
Nimble from ClearPractice is an EMR designed specifically for the iPad and iOS platform. It provides busy doctors with information and tools to provide optimal patient care, whether in the exam room, hospital room, or family room.
Allscripts Wand
Wand allows clinicians to add or update clinical information for a patient (vitals, allergies, history, immunizations, problems, medications), review an appointment list, and indicate current patient status and location, access patient summary information with drill-down access to details when necessary and experience a longitudinal, all-in-one timeline view of patient information (lab results, medications, vitals, and more).
Nursing Apps
Our Definition: Apps intended to be used by nurses, but many of the apps in the section appear to target other clinicians as users, too.
With very little changed, the nursing apps section no longer has MedCalc (medical calculator), while the two new apps are Epic Rover, NCLEX Mastery. A few months ago, MobiHealthNews compiled a list of Apple's top 11 nursing apps. Only two more names have been added for the featured list before from Apple's nursing-specific section, the same two that weren't on last year's top 80 apps for doctors, nurses and patients list.
Epic Rover
With Rover, authorized clinical users of Epic’s electronic health record have secure access to tools for clinical review, patient list management, medication administration, specimen collection, vitals, and I/O right on their iPhone or iPod Touch. The organization that uses this technology needs to have licensed Rover and be using Epic 2010 or a later version.
Voalte One
“Voalté One is designed to be a unified communications solution enabling phone calls across the hospital VoIP system, text messaging via the user directory, and user-friendly alarm management. With Voalté, caregivers can receive and respond to alarms dispatched by over 200 hospital systems and devices – optimizing workflow and improving patient satisfaction and safety.”
Nursing Central
“Nursing Central helps nurses and students find detailed information on diseases, tests, drugs, and procedures. The moment a question arises you can consult the automatically updating database of 5,000 drugs, find a definition in the dictionary with more than 60,000 entries, interpret hundreds of lab and diagnostic tests, and consult the latest disease information. You can also keep up with your favorite nursing journals with tables of contents, citations, and abstracts delivered directly to your device.”
NurseTabs: Fundamentals
“This app allows novice nurses and nursing students to access over 120 skills and procedures separated by topic areas learned through fundamental nursing courses. Once the user selects the skill, they will be presented with equipment they will need to perform the procedure and a step-by-step approach to performing the procedure safely. In addition, users will have access to basic information related to common subject matter learned in fundamentals courses to utilize in the clinical setting.”
PatientTouch
“PatientTouch is a Mobile Care Orchestration solution that enables you to orchestrate people, processes, and data in real time. By connecting frontline clinicians to their patients, care team, and existing EHR infrastructure, PatientTouch improves safety, quality, efficiency, and nursing satisfaction, while reducing costs. Ultimately, PatientTouch allows you to spend more time on direct patient care. PatientTouch delivers Positive Patient Identification (PPID) workflows, clinically contextual communications, and configurable care interventions.”
Medigram
“Medigram for iPhone is the easiest way for healthcare professionals to share information and collaborate anytime, anywhere. Medigram is a HIPAA-compliant group communication app.”
NurseTabs: MedSurg
Second app on the list in the NurseTab series. Here’s what this one offers: “This application allows novice nurses and nursing students to search for over 340 common diseases and disorders, separated by body system. Once the disease/disorder is selected, the user will be able to have useful information right at their fingertips, including a nursing process approach to managing client care. There are simple explanations of what each of the diseases/disorders are and common assessment findings associated with them. In addition, useful information is included that incorporates priority assessments needed for clients with the selected disease/disorder.”
Nursing Apps (contd.)
Lab Values Reference
This app provides coverage of 375 of the most commonly performed laboratory tests. Organized by body system and lab panels, and presented in a consistent format with normal findings, indications, test explanation, test results and clinical significance, as well as an overview of order of draw.
NCSBN Learning Extension
“Preparing for NCLEX [the National Counseling Licensure Examination]? Discover a simpler way to master drug information as part of your NCLEX review. Study thousands of drugs grouped into manageable categories, all with common actions and effects. Quickly access interesting facts about medications that will stick with you as you prepare for NCLEX.”
The Merck Manuals for Mobile + Web
“The Merck Manuals deliver trusted disease management information to any iOS device and the web. Choose The Merck Manual for Mobile and Web standalone app or bundle it with the Merck Manual of Patient Symptoms and Davis’s Drug Guide to create a versatile point-of-need solution.”
Shots by STFM
“SHOTS by STFM is an up-to-date digital immunization reference. Perfect for clinicians, teachers, and health care providers or for anyone who need quick answers to tough vaccination questions.”
Lexicomp
“In addition to detailed monographs on drugs and other clinical topics, Lexicomp’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch software provides access to hundreds of images, charts, tables and calculators, all available without a cellular or wifi connection, so you’re never stuck for answers again.”
NCLEX Mastery
The benefits of our full version include 1600 digital flashcards with rationales and pictures, 350 pharmacology questions, content based on past NCLEX questions, NCLEX mnemonics on the market, practice quizzes, detailed test taking and study strategies, in-depth statistics that display your strengths and weaknesses, a built-in timer so you know how long you are taking per question, and retina display graphics.
Imaging Apps
Definition: Imaging apps include diagnostic imaging apps and other applications that enable clinicians to view and/or transfer their patients’ clinical images. Some imaging reference apps are mixed in here, too.
This year's roundup of imaging apps has only one new app and all of the apps from last year's.
Mobile MIM
The Mobile MIM software is the first cleared by the FDA for viewing images and making medical diagnoses based on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and nuclear medicine technology, such as positron emission tomography (PET). "Mobile MIM provides wireless and portable access to medical images. This device is not intended to replace full workstations and should be used only when there is no access to a workstation.”
Siemens syngo.via WebViewer
The WebViewer mobile client is an extension to the syngo.via solution and cannot operate without the syngo.via product from Siemens AG, Healthcare. Product features include, work list: recent study list and search and 2D/3D viewing.
Centricity Radiology Mobile Access (International)
Centricity Radiology Mobile Access helps you support secure, efficient healthcare delivery with true anytime, anywhere access to images and reports from Centricity PACS. The AccessNOW application supports a broad range of modalities with 2D, 3D, and MIP/MPR capabilities.
Fujifilm Synapse Mobility (Global)
“Synapse Mobility provides access to Fugifilm's Synapse product suite using hand-held mobile devices, providing Radiologists and Physicians with on-the-go access to the images and information stored within Fugifilm systems. The Synapse Mobility application provides interactive three dimensional images for iPhone and iPad allowing images to be manipulated using the 2D, 3D, and MIP/MPR feature sets within the app.”
CTisus iQuiz
“One of the classic formats for learning radiology has always been the quiz. In this application we provide you with our latest innovation in CT education taking advantage of the iPad and iPhone. Unique capabilities allowing us to provide an easy to use environment that combines images, text and sound to enhance the learning experience.”
Radiopaedia Vol 1: Brain Radiology Teaching File
“Radiopaedia.org is a free radiology resource written by and for the global radiology community. We provide these Radiology Teaching Files to further your learning, help in preparation for board exams, and as a quick reference. You can squeeze in learning in a few spare minutes no matter where you are. This volume contains 70 cases, with over 220 individual images.”
Siemens syngo.via WebReport
“The syngo.via WebReport application provides access anywhere to written diagnostic reports and image data using standard viewing tools on your mobile device. The client-server architecture does not require DICOM image data or confidential patient information to be retained on the device, providing clinicians with instant access while ensuring data security.”
Radiology 2.0: One Night in the ED
"This teaching file is designed to introduce you to the CT appearance of basic Emergency Room pathology. Currently, this volume contains cases of common acute thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic pathologies. Each case is presented as a complete CT scan that you can scroll through as if at a PACS workstation. Each case is then discussed in an interactive format. Important findings are highlighted with arrows, circles, and colorful schematics. Multiple examples of each type of pathology are presented so you can learn by repetition."
AIRP Syllabus 2012/2013
"This free app allows users to purchase the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology’s 2013 Syllabus lecture materials. The 6500+ images and 150+ lectures are updated weekly with revised and new material."
Aycan Mobile
"Aycan Mobile is an iPad app which allows to display DICOM images. With this app you can receive DICOM images in an easy, secure and fast way. There is no need for a VPN tunnel. You can run it with a preview account with different DICOM studies in order to use the app."
Radiopaedia Vol 6: Head and Neck
"Radiopaedia.org is a free radiology resource written by and for the global radiology community. We provide these Radiology Teaching Files to further your learning, help in preparation for board exams, and as a quick reference. This is the first volume to be remastered for the iPad. It contains the same 50 cases as the iPhone version, however a number of additional features have been developed."
Patient Education
Definition: Patient education apps are used during patient visits and most of those listed below are intended to help care providers communicate better with their patients by providing rich visual aids or breaking down language barriers, for example.
Apple added Medical Spanish to its app list, featured alongside Medical French. KneeDecide MD is the only app no longer on the list.
EyeDecide MD
App Store named EyeDecide the best iPad / iPhone Medical app in App Store Rewind 2011 in the US. EyeDecide is divided into three sections: Anatomy, Condition, and Find a Specialist. Using medical images and annotations which are specific to each eye condition, the app describes each condition, shows what it looks like, discusses symptoms and findings and gives treatment recommendations based on best practices. EyeDecide also provides a directory of specialists based on the user's location.
FINR Brain Atlas
“Explore the anatomy of the brain and common brain injuries in a 3-dimensional model. Detailed descriptions include the function of normal structures, related structures, common injuries to those areas, and resulting deficits due to damage.”
Heart Pro III - iPhone Edition
“This app’s primary use is as a learning tool but can also be used as a fast and innovative reference tool by utilizing the index function which allows the user to select an item and the app will automatically zoom in and identify it. Additionally, this app is ideal for physicians, educators or professionals, allowing them to visually show detailed areas of the heart and / or animations to their patients or students – helping to educate or explain conditions, ailments and injuries.”
Medical Spanish (with audio)
Written by physicians, and designed by an iPhone and Mac software engineer, this eloquent and thorough phrasebook is like having a personal interpreter on call 24/7 in your pocket. The goal of this app is not only to assist you in obtaining a full SOAP note with "yes or no" questions, but to help you become more independent and confident using your Spanish.
Medical French
“Communicate with your French speaking patients quickly and easily with Medical French, the premier French phrasebook for healthcare professionals. Created by and for healthcare professionals, this app is well-organized and easy to use, allowing you to effectively gather a history & physical on nearly any patient.”
Muscle Trigger Points
“A Reference for the most common trigger points and referral patterns for over 70 muscles. Features 100+ trigger points with their corresponding referral patterns. Each muscle includes the visual referral pattern and point location, plus a written muscle action, referral and comments for each muscle. You can choose to view each muscle individually, or use the zones view to see all the muscles that refer into a specific area, a great help in discovering the source of pain.”
MediBabble Translator
“MediBabble, a free, professional-grade medical translation tool. MediBabble is a robust history-taking and examination application designed to improve the safety, efficiency, and overall quality of care for non-English speaking patients. A timely and accurate history is the cornerstone of medical diagnosis and treatment; the relative difficulty of obtaining one with non-English speakers is a significant barrier to care.”
Patient Education Apps (contd.)
HealthTap MD - for US Doctors
“HealthTap MD is for doctors to find new patients, enhance their reputation with colleagues and patients, learn practical clinical wisdom from other renowned doctors, earn more revenue, and help those in need — all by sharing their expertise to real health questions.”
Muscle System Pro III
"Muscle System Pro III’s primary use is as a learning tool but it can also be used as a reference tool by utilizing the index function that allows the user to select a muscle and the app will automatically zoom in and identify it. Additionally, this app is ideal for physicians, educators or professionals, in helping to locate a muscle and/or explain its relevance for certain conditions, ailments and injuries."
Orthopedic Patient Education
"This app is an animation based patient education app for healthcare professionals to effectively communicate anatomy, conditions and treatments to patients. The app covers a variety of conditions such as joint diseases and disorders, as well as joint physiology."
drawMD Orthopedics
"drawMD Orthopedics enhances doctor-patient communication by offering a new paradigm for explaining the complex issues surrounding Orthopedic clinical and surgical care. In order to improve patient understanding of medical problems, drawMD utilizes the iPad's interface to allow anyone to sketch, stamp, or type directly on the detailed anatomic images included in the application."
drawMD Urology
"drawMD helps clinical professionals clearly and efficiently explain medical conditions and procedures during patient conversations. drawMD combines professional medical artwork with drawing and presentation tools to allow clinicians to create a personalized experience for their patients."
Knee Pro III with Animations
"Knee Pro III gives users an in depth look at the knee, allowing them to cut, zoom & rotate the knee. Knee Pro III provides multiple cross sections (Sagittal, Coronal and Transverse) as well as the ability to cut away different layers revealing the muscles, blood vessels, nerves and connective tissue down to the skeleton."
HeartDecide
"HeartDecide is divided into four sections: Anatomy, Conditions, Solutions and Find a Specialist. Using medical images and annotations which are specific to each heart condition, the app describes each condition, shows what it looks like, discusses symptoms and findings, and gives treatment recommendations based on best practices."
FootDecide
This app was created by Orca MD, maker of HeartDecide and EyeDecide. "FootDecide is divided into three sections: Anatomy, Condition, and Find a Specialist. Using medical images and annotations which are specific to each foot condition, the app describes each condition, shows what it looks like, discusses symptoms and findings, and gives treatment recommendations based on best practices. FootDecide also provides a directory of specialists based on the user's location."
Personal Care Apps
Definition: If you think this section muddies the waters, we tend to agree. These were the handful of consumer apps found in the “Apps for Healthcare Professionals” section. As best we can figure it, Personal Care Apps are a list of suggestions that physicians and nurses might consider recommending to their patients. That’s great since it drives awareness of a few consumer health apps, but it seems to defeat the point of the section, right?
By far the largest category, personal care apps cater to patients' needs. Apple's list didn't lose any apps in this section. The new apps include MyRA and iMuscle 2, an update to last year's iMuscle. Withings Health Companion from last year's roundup is now Withings Health Mate. While WiScale is still in the iPad section of the personal care apps list, the description now says the app will soon stop being supported by Withings and asks users to download Withings' new app, Withings Health Mate.
MyChart
MyChart, created by Cleveland Clinic and Epic, gives you access to your lab results, appointment information, current medications, immunization history, and more on your mobile device.”
Patient
“The Mayo Clinic Patient app, which is available to everyone, allows access to the latest news, publications, and health information from Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic patients also have access to their personal medical record, appointment schedule and other services using their Patient Online Services account.”
Withings Health Mate
The Withings app stores history of your data, helps you understand it and improve it over time. You can log this data manually or use one of our many compatible tracking devices and apps to automatically track your health.
First Aid by American Red Cross
“Accidents happen. The official American Red Cross First Aid app puts expert advice for everyday emergencies in your hand. Get the app and be prepared for what life brings. With videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice it’s never been easier to know first aid.”
MyRA
MyRA lets you track your Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), create visual snapshots of data, and communicate about RA like never before. With MyRA, you can generate a visual summary report of tracked data so the patient and his or her doctor can see how the patient is doing and how things have changed since his or her last doctor visit.
Diabetes Nutrition and Diet Tracker by Fooducate
“Control your carbs, lose weight, eat real food. Fooducate grades your groceries, explains what’s really inside each product, and offers healthier alternatives for people living with diabetes. Brought to you in cooperation with Sanofi Diabetes U.S.”
iBGStar Diabetes Manager
“The iBGStar Diabetes Manager app combines the latest in interface design, data management, and mobile technology to help you better manage your diabetes information. With it, you can record, track, manage and share your data — anytime, anywhere. This app also seamlessly integrates with the iBGStar Blood Glucose Monitoring System, the first meter designed to directly connect to iPhone 3G / 3GS / 4 / 4S or iPod touch 2 / 3/ 4.”
HealthTap
HealthTap gives you answers and tips from 40,000 U.S. doctors. Get health answers and healthy tips on any symptom, condition, medication, health concern, or even wellness topics from over 40,000 of the best U.S.-licensed doctors from the comfort of your mobile device.
Pillboxie
“Pillboxie is the easy way to remember your meds. Other med reminder apps are either too complicated or just downright boring. Pillboxie is easy because it lets you visually manage your meds. Scheduling a reminder is as easy as dropping a pill into a pillbox.”
GoMeals
“Sanofi's GoMeals is three applications in one: a database full of nutritional information on your favorite foods and restaurant menu items, a food tracking tool to record your meals, and a restaurant locator. Powered by the CalorieKing nutritional database, GoMeals allows you to search thousands of foods and dishes from popular restaurants, grocery stores and the items you have in your own kitchen to easily see the nutritional value (i.e. calories, carbohydrates, fats, protein, etc.) of the foods you eat.”
VueMe
“VueMe is intended to be used by patients for the non-diagnostic viewing of medical images. Image data can be transferred to the device by using MIMcloud. MIMcloud is a secure, Internet-based medical imaging service that provides a central, easily accessible resource for storing, sharing, and viewing. Visit www.mimcloud.com to learn more and create an account.”
Proloquo2Go
“Proloquo2Go provides a full-featured augmentative and alternative communication solution for people who have difficulty speaking. It provides natural sounding text-to-speech voices (currently American, British and Indian English only), high resolution up-to-date symbols, powerful automatic conjugations, a default vocabulary of over 7000 items, advanced word prediction, full expandability and extreme ease of use.”
Personal Care Apps (contd.)
Walgreens/Wallgreens for iPad
"The Walgreens App featuring Refill by Scan and QuickPrints, makes your life easier. Refill prescriptions faster, get photo prints in about an hour and know the deals before you shop."
WebMD/WebMD for iPad
“WebMD helps you with your decision-making and health improvement efforts by providing mobile access 24/7 to mobile-optimized health information and decision-support tools including WebMD’s Symptom Checker, Drugs & Treatments, First Aid Information and Local Health Listings. WebMD also gives you access to first aid information without having to be connected wirelessly – critical if you don’t have Internet access in the time of need. Personalize your app by saving drugs, conditions and articles relevant to you — through secure access and easy sign-in.”
WebMD Baby
“The new WebMD Baby app has quick access to trusted and physician-approved baby health and wellness information anytime, anywhere. Personalized for a baby’s specific age, the WebMD Baby app delivers timely physician-approved guidance, helping parents stay informed and one step ahead of their baby’s growth and development.”
Cardiograph: Heart Rate Pulse Measurement
“Cardiograph is an application which measures your heart rate. You can save your results for future reference, keep track of multiple people with individual profiles, add notes and locations, and even print out your measurements for sharing or safe keeping.”
WebMD Pain Coach
“Offers a holistic approach to balancing lifestyle with chronic pain conditions to help inspire a better day. WebMD’s new app is a mobile companion to help you through daily health and wellness choices so you can better manage your chronic pain. Enjoy a personalized experience as physician-reviewed tips related to your specific condition are delivered daily to you. WebMD Pain Coach puts you in control of your lifestyle choices so you can review personal patterns to understand triggers, set goals, and easily share progress with your physician.”
ZocDoc - Doctor Appointments Online
Find & book doctor appointments with ZocDoc in three simple steps: Enter your zip code & insurance, see a list of doctors & their available times, click to book an appointment!
iBlueButton Veterans
"Under the user's control, the app provides automated, secure download and exchange of Blue Button records anytime, anywhere. With the app, you can “Push” in real time these records (along with other records) to a doctor’s iPad running the iBlueButton Professional App who will be able to send you back other important health information for you to keep and share with other health care providers. "
iMuscle 2
"iMuscle 2 provides users with the ability to zoom into an area on our 3D human body and tap on a muscle to reveal exercises and stretches targeted to the development and/or rehabilitation of that specific muscle. Once identified, just add it to a workout. The app also features our unique animations which provide direction on how to properly perform each exercise."
Diabetes App - blood sugar control, glucose tracker and carb counter
"Diabetes Buddy is built to help you manage your diabetes by tracking the factors that influence your blood sugar level, monitoring the fluctuations, planning ahead accordingly, sharing your data with your doctor."
Cancer.Net Mobile
"Cancer.Net Mobile includes up-to-date guides on 120 types of cancer, with information about treating cancer, managing side effects, managing the cost of care, and living with cancer. Use interactive tools to keep track of questions to ask doctors and record voice answers. Save information about prescribed medications, including photos of labels and bottles (on camera-enabled devices). Track the time and severity of symptoms and side effects."
Food Diary and Calorie Tracker by MyNetDiary HD
Food Diary offers a food entry journal with over 510,000 foods at your fingertips, a built-in barcode scanner (on the new iPad and iPad Mini), a PhotoFoods service -- if a food is not in the database or out-of-date, send its photos from the app and we will enter or update the food for you, saving your time and works offline without Internet connection, and syncs to the "cloud" - MyNetDiary.com when Internet is available.
