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Health Sciences Mobile Devices Resources
Resources for mobile devices in health sciences.
Featured Resource
- Using Mobile Technology To Enhance CareToolkits & resources on using technology to assist care coordination.
Choosing an App
- How to identify, assess and utilise mobile medical applications in clinical practiceFrom editors at iMedicalApps, a guide on mobile medical applications.
- SDN: Medical Apps, iOS, Android, medical devices, and moreFrom the Student Doctor Network & iMedicalApps, a forum for discussing medical apps.
- The Journal App Wars (Docwise, Docphin, Read, and Browzine)A review of 4 journal browsing apps.
Reviews & Other Sources of Apps
- iMedicalAppsThe leading online publication for medical professionals, patients, & analysts interested in mobile medical technology & health care apps.
New Apps
For COVID-19-related apps, please see the Overview page of this guide.
WHO Surgical Safety Checklist: Takes complex procedures (surgery) & systematically breaks them down into key tasks.The app walks users through questions using checkmarks &/or voice prompts until the checklist is complete. The app is passcode protected so that individual patient checklists can be stored in the app.
Epi Info Vector Surveillance: Can save critical time in the field, improve data quality, & standardize data for better operational decision-making.
Prevention TaskForce: Includes all of the current recommendations from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Formerly called AHRQ ePSS.
Tox-App: Search for industrial facilities that reported releasing certain chemicals into the environment to the US EPA TRI program. Tox-App includes a subset of about 100 TRI chemicals for the most current TRI year.