From: A Systematic Review of Healthcare Applications for Smartphones
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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1.10.4 ($39.95) | iOS, Android, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry | An application to help clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. | Includes information on anti-microbial agents, infectious diseases, and commonly-encountered pathogens; provides expertrecommendations, evidence-basedrecommendations, drug lists, and drug-druginteractions. | |
2011 ($99.95 – 1 year) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile | The handheld version of the 5-Minute Clinical Consult (5MCC) guide. | Includes information about diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and associated conditions for 900-common medical conditions; treatment algorithms such as Acromegaly, Swine Flu (H1N1), etc.; flowcharts of related algorithms and protocols; drug therapy section in each topic; ICD-9-CM code index. | |
($89.95 – 1 year) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile | An application for clinical diagnosis, laboratory testing, and appropriate therapy of infectious diseases. | Includes more than 500 topics; topics are arranged alphabetically. | |
2011 ($29.99) | Palm OS, Windows Mobile, iOS, BlackBerry. | The pocket edition of the Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy. | Home, back and search buttons; four rapidreference categories; diseases and clinicalconditions are organized by site of infectionand organism; drug information is organizedby type; activity spectra comparison table(color coded) for bacteria, fungi and viruses;internal links for efficient navigation. | |
Rx Pro ($99.00 – 1 year) | Palm OS, Windows Mobile, iOS, BlackBerry, Android | An infectious-disease applicationfor smartphones; part of ePocrates Rx Pro. | Provides information on more than 300 infections, 350 pathogens and 250 drugs;alphabetical list or search of anatomic location,infection, bug or drug; information onpathogen specific drug therapy, history anddiagnosis of infection, drug interactions,adverse reactions, basic pharmacologicalinformation, and drug cost; references toreview articles; ability to record personal notes. | |
Infectious Diseases Notes URL6[47] | ($39.99) | Palm OS | An application to help clinicians in infectiousdisease treatment. | Includes organisms and treatments, prophylactic therapy, antimicrobial spectra index, and normal flora index. |
($495 – 1 Year) | iOS, web-enabledsmartphone | An online tool providing evidence-based clinical information (e.g. answering clinical questions, making treatment recommendations) | Includes more than 9,000 physicians topics, about 5,000 drug topics, patient information,“what’s new” alerts, practice-changingupdates, abstracts, CMEa credit accrual,search filters (adult, pediatric, patient),auto-completion of search terms. | |
Pocket Medicine InfectiousDiseases URL8[46] | 3.0 ($50.00) | Palm OS, Windows Mobile | An application that answers questions about diseasediagnosis. | Suggestions for therapy; subjects arecategorized as history and physical, tests,differential diagnosis, management, specifictherapy, follow-up, complications, andprognosis; “what to do first” guidance. |
Palm LabDX [44] | Prototype | Palm OS, Windows CE | An application containing information on 193 common laboratory tests. | Displays alphabetical listing of tests; searchby test name; display test information such as reference range; causes for increased and decreased values, descriptions of tests,and notes on interpretation and related tests. |
Normal LabValues URL9[26] | 1.4 ($1.99) | iOS | An application to help interpret laboratory testresults. | Shows reference values both in traditionaland SIb units, visualizes labs by categoriesor alphabetical list, search field. |
Lab Unit Converter URL10[26] | 1.2 ($4.99) | iOS | An application to convert lab values between conventional and SIb units. | 250 common lab tests; quick access tofrequently used conversions; search lab tests. |
Labs 360URL11[26] | ($49.95 – 1 year standard subscription) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS,Palm OS, Windows Mobile. | A laboratory guide edited by a practicing clinician. | Includes all common laboratory tests, providing high and low values;cross-reference all skyscape resources;updates every 4–6 weeks. |
Davis’s Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests URL12[26] | ($49.95) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS,Palm OS, Windows Mobile. | A nursing-focused laboratory and diagnostic test reference. | Provides test procedure information on over 400 labs; patient care before, during, and afterthe test; RSS feeds of clinical lab-product news;list of drug-test interactions; sub-specialtyinformation. |
($39.95 – 1 year standard subscription) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS,Palm OS, Windows Mobile. | A diagnostic and laboratory test reference designed for medical, nursing and other health professional students. | Includes laboratory procedures in clinicalsettings; laboratory tests, diagnostic imagingtests, costs and risks of various procedure;flowcharts of complex algorithms; colorimages; cross-reference to all other Skyscapeapplications. | |
IDdx URL14[23] | 1.10 ($1.99) | iOS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry | A decision support software tool to help medicalpractitioners to diagnoseinfectious diseases. | Explores 275 diseases in 15 categories;search by disease name or disease criteria(includes 119 signs and symptoms, 39epidemiological factors, 16 regions of theworld); examples of epidemiological factors;access diseases worldwide; drill down to theinfections associated with compromised hosts or bioterrorism. |
eRoentgen RadiologyDx URL15[23] | ($19.99) | iOS | A smartphone application that helps radiologists to identify the most appropriate radiology exam for a patient. | Identifies most appropriate radiology examfor a patient; informs choice of the best testthe first time around; searches by diagnosisand symptoms. |
iSeismometer URL16[48] | 1.3 (free) | iOS, Windows Phone | A tool for rapid measurement of tremor frequency using the iPhone accelerometer. | Measure and display of movement in X, Y, Z axis and their predominant frequency band. |
Video LaserLevel URL17[49] | 1.0 ($1.99) | iOS | Positions virtual red horizontal lines over the live video. | Allows oculoplastic surgeons to evaluate alignment and misalignment of canthalposition during surgical planning, execution,and follow-up. |
EyeChart URL18[41] | 1.1 (free) | iOS | An application for visual acuity tests. | Includes the Snellen eye chart that is usedby eye care professionals to measure visualacuity. |
EyePhone URL19[42] | 1.0 ($25.00) | iOS | An application for visual acuity test. | Distance E-test, near visual acuity test,fixating, flash light, color test, Amsler grid,and pupil diameter test. |
DizzyFIX URL20[41] | 1.3 ($14.99) | iOS | Assists clinicians in correctly diagnosing and treating vertigo due to BPPVc. | Assists in doing Epley Maneuver, which isrecognized as the primary treatment ofBPPVc, assists clinicians in guiding patient through the correct series of precise headand body positions; video tutorial is availableat http://www.youtube.com/v/nDTDRocgFKQ&hl=en_US&fs=1 |