Mobile Medical Apps: iOS
General Medical Reference & Tools
American Red Cross First Aid - Videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice for first aid. Ahora disponible en español.
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary - Definitions for terms used in all the health sciences, including anatomy, physiology, diseases, drugs, tests and procedures. The standard for over 100 years, includes illustrations, in context explanations and audio pronunciations.
Medscape – Medical news, drug information and tools, disease and condition information, medical calculators,CME/CE, and podcasts.
Merck Manual - Provides clear, practical explanations for thousands of conditions in all major medical and surgical specialties; covers etiology, pathophysiology, and options for evaluation and treatment
PubMed - Database with over 21 million citations for biomedical articles and life science
Touch Surgery - An interactive mobile surgical simulator that guides you step-by-step through every part of an operation, and every decision that’s made along the way
Physicians Weekly CME - download course material for offline viewing, complete the assessment and evaluation, and receive your certificate on your phone.
Visual Body Human Anatomy Atlas - includes 3d models of the human male and female, cross section, MRI scan, cadaver images, 3D moving models of muscles and bones, and more. Link is to the UB Libraries product description page which has links and instructions for downloading the app.
Medical News
Doximity - HIPAA-secure communication, electronic faxing, reading custom curated medical news, and career management
Medscape – Medical news, drug and disease information CME/CE, and podcasts. (NOTE: MedPulse was retired and is now part of Medscape.)
Read by QxMD - New medical & scientific research, read topic reviews and search PubMed
Dental Tools
ToothSOS - Information for both patients and professionals on emergency steps and treatment of traumatic tooth injury.
Clinical Tools
AccessMedicine - Provides point of care solutions for clinical practice
Ada Check your Health - complete a few simple questions to learn about a possible diagnosis and next steps.
Canopy Speak - Communicate quickly with patients using translated medical phrases in Spanish, Chinese, French, Arabic, Russian, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and more. Show phrases with written translations and play with audio
ClinicalKey - A clinical search engine for peer-reviewed evidence-based information, including medical textbooks
Doximity - HIPAA-secure communication, electronic faxing, reading custom curated medical news, and career management
Epocrates - References & tools for healthcare providers including drugs, dosing, interactions, guidelines and medical calculators. A web based subscription version is also available, however at this time we do not subscribe.
Figure 1 - Photo sharing network for medical and nursing professionals to safely share clinical cases and discuss treatment.
ICD 10 Consult - Updated ICD-10-CM resource with flexible search and instant ICD9 to ICD10 conversion.
MTBC ICD9 to ICD10 - Converts ICD-9 diagnostic codes to ICD-10 version
Medscape – Medical news, drug information and tools, disease and condition information, medical calculators,CME/CE, and podcasts.
UpToDate - evidence-based point of care clinical solutions. INDIVIDUAL OR INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED. Individual subscribers and registered UpToDate Anywhere users may install the UpToDate Mobile App on up to two devices. The UpToDate Mobile App for iOS works with any iPhone® or iPad® running the latest two versions of iOS.
VisualDx - a decision support and clinical reference tool focused on skin diseases of all types. Mobile access is included in our institutional license. Specific instructions: Step 1: From an IP-authenticated clinical computer go to visualdx.com/visualdx. Step 2: create a personal account. Step 3: Click Get the Mobile App and then click on the iOS bar code or App store link.
Pharmaceutical Reference
Epocrates - References & tools for healthcare providers including drugs, dosing, interactions, guidelines and medical calculators. A web based subscription version is also available, however at this time we do not subscribe.
UpToDate Lexidrug - formerly Lexicomp. Provides point-of-care drug information, including dosing, administration, warnings and precautions, as well as clinical content, such as clinical practice guidelines, IV compatibility. Account is required - one month free trial offered.
"New individual users will receive a one month free trial to UpToDate Lexidrug Hospital Pharmacist Package... [after which] users will automatically be billed $29.99 per month via their iTunes Account... must cancel their free trial at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period. Users can manage settings, cancel subscriptions, or turn off auto-renewal anytime during the subscription period via iTunes Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited on purchase..."
Micromedex Drug Reference - Contains concise information on 4500+ search terms, covering common needs such as: adult and pediatric dosage, adverse effects. Free version only to Micromedex subscribers; others pay $2.99/year.
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