apps for health professionals (final)
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Powering Your Clinical Practice By
Going Mobile
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Your namePosition
Tania Gottschalk, Education Services LibrarianNeil John Maclean Health Sciences Library
Which mobile device?
The case for iPhone/iPad:
Most high quality applications (apps) created for these devices
Choice of Manitoba service providers offering data plans has increased
Multimedia tools of great value enable:• Finding information on the Net• Taking a photo or video• Sending/receiving email• Listening to a podcast• And more!
Which Mac mobile device?
iPhone
Phone, camera, MP3 player, email, web browser & mini computer
Fits easily in your pocket
$$$ for plans
iPad Ditto iPad but not a phone Mobile but not handheld Larger screen = improved
image viewing, reading & data entry
Use Keynote (like Powerpoint) & Pages (like Word)
Purchase stylus for writing Purchase separate wireless
keyboard Purchase dongle for projection $$ for plans or tether to your
iPhone & use its plan
Problems & limitations?
No USB port, mouse support, or true multi-tasking
Not resistant to dust or liquids
Apple refuses to support Flash - many instructional videos are rendered in Flash and cannot be viewed on iPhone/iPad
No Winnipeg (Manitoba?) hospitals providing a facility-wide wireless network
Access to patient records (EHR) not widely available in Winnipeg (Manitoba?) hospitals
Useful apps
Healthcare app categories:
Point of care tools
Drug reference
Medical calculators
Other reference tools
Patient & personal health
Point of Care
FreeMedscapePaidUptoDate $$$First Consult $$$
What are they?• Current evidence
syntheses of diagnoses, tests & treatments
• Designed for rapid consultation at the point of patient care
• Evidence-based, link to relevant literature & practice guidelines
Try it on the iPad!
Open First|Consult
Tap Topics - Enter Gout
Choose Acute Gout
Choose Diagnosis
Scroll down to see:• Signs & symptoms• Differential diagnosis• Bibliography of guidelines • Questions to ask• Summary & order of tests
Drug Reference
FreeMicromedexEpocrates
PaidDavis’s Drug Guide $$Lexi-Comp $$$
What are they?• Concise drug
overviews • Include drug
interactions, pill identification, contraindications & dosages
Try it on the iPad!
Open Micromedex
Select Class then go to Antibiotics • Choose Amoxil• Review Drug Interactions (Major)
Select Drug – Enter Oxycontin in Search Box• Select Toxicology • Choose Treatment
Medical Calculators
FreeQxMD CalculatePaidMedCalc $MediMath $$MEDCalc 3000 $$$
What are they?• Enter medical
information then apply defined formulae
• Include dose/unit converters, decision tree tools, clinical criteria sets
Try it on the iPad!
Select All Formulas – pick Child-Pugh Classification• Serum Albumin = 18 g/L• Serum Bilirubin = 11 μmol/L• INR = 1.5• Ascites = Mild• Encephalopathy = None
Have a look at:• Teeth Numbering• Spirometric Values
o Age = 62 yro Height = 170 cmo Gender = Male
MedCalc
Other Reference Tools
Free
Eponyms
UMMC Medical Encyclopedia
Paid
Medical Abbreviations $
Taber’s Medical Dictionary $$
Try it on the iPad!
Select all Eponyms• Tap S • Scroll to Sturge-Weber
Syndrome Eponym
s
Other Reference Tools
FreePubMed On Tap (Lite)Unbound Medline
PaidPubMed on Tap $
• The U.S. National Library of Medicine search interface to the MEDLINE database
• Search references to articles in key medical, nursing, dental,& public health journals (1950-present)
Try it on the iPad!
Open PubMed On Tap
Select PubMed (Upper left corner)
Tap on Search box and then choose Advance Search
Enter Lyme Disease into Any Field
Change Full Text to Free Full Text
Choose Review for Publication Type
Choose Human for Species
Tap Search button
Patients/Personal Health
FreeMediBabbleWebMDMedline Plus
Lose It Run KeeperMy Medical
Try it on the iPad!
Tap Introductions & Explanations
Use button on top right side to adjust volume
Play around with tapping various introductory sentencesMediBabbl
e
Try it on the iPad!
Open WebMD
Tap Symptom Checker
Enter age, postal code, gender
Tap on the right chest of the body
Review symptoms, select pain or discomfort
Answer the sequence of questions as you prefer
Review possible conditions
Getting apps
Refer to handout “Apps for healthcare professionals”:
These resources require a subscription from the publisher of the product
• For those affiliated with the UM access through the Library is free. Some of the resources to which the Library subscribes are also available to WRHA staff
• For those who do not have access through the University of Manitoba, individual subscriptions are available
• Once an account has been created for a subscription resource, accessing the mobile version will involve one of the two options below
App available from Apple iTunes App Store
Internet website
How to add a website to ahome screen
Example to add: Medline Plus
Tap Safari
Into the Google search box enter Medline Plus Mobile
Select Medline Plus Mobile from list of websites retrieved
To add to the home screen of iPad:• Tap Arrow key at bottom of the screen• Tap Add to Home Screen• Modify name to suit your needs (e.g. MedlinePlus)• Tap Add• Icon displays on your desktop like an app
How to keep up?
http://www.imedicalapps.com
Reviews healthcare apps for all mobile platforms
Reports latest trends & innovations in mobile device use in healthcare settings
Questions?