iPhone Medical Information

STD Meister for iPhone and iPod Touch

Adarsh Gupta — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:41:41 +0000

Every physicians encounters patient who have Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) every now and then. Many of them are treatable easily with the right diagnosis and treatment. CDC has an extensive treatment guidelines for the STDs. This little app provides you all that information in simple to use format.

You can either look up the STD in the Topic index or easily search it. Image atlas is also provided with pictures of all the STD in this small app. Treatment algorithms are the best. It takes you through a series of questions. Based on your answer, the next question comes; ultimately providing you the treatment option with antibiotic dosage.

Features

Includes all sexually transmitted diseases from the common (gonorrhea, chlamydia, Candidal vaginitis, herpes) to the rare (lymphogranuloma venereum, tertiary syphilis, granuloma inguinale)
Clearly details everything you need to know about diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment follow-up, and management of sexual partners.
Atlas of clinical images containing more than 200 photos from the Center for Disease Control’s Public Health Image Library illustrating the varied presentations of STD’s to help you make the right diagnosis.
Never seen live Trichomonas swimming under the microscope? You will in STDMeister (and there’s a rocking musical soundtrack to back it up too)
Step-by-step treatment algorithms help you choose the safest and most effective treatment customized for your patient
Full text from the Center for Disease Control’s current guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections is included
Entirely self-contained on your iPhone or iPod touch. No Internet access required.
Add bookmarks to your favorite pages
Add your own notes to any page in STDMeister
Expanded from a popular handheld reference in use by clinicians since 2007

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iZel – Innovative Stand for Hand-free Viewing of your iPhone or iPod touch

Adarsh Gupta — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:21:26 +0000

Here comes the most innovative stand for hands-free viewing of your iPhone or iPod Touch. Its remarkable design offers support for holding your iPhone or iPod in multiple positions. It has a clever method for adapting its shape to landscape or portrait orientations and it is easily adjusted to position your screen for the optimal viewing angle. Best of all, it folds flat and travels easily. The iZels is durable and is made of a sophisticated slip-resistant elastomer that helps to keep your device in its place and looking new. Use the iZel when you want to watch a video, make a hands-free call, monitor your email, surf the web, or to simply use your device as a digital picture frame.

iZel is built to accommodate a variety of uses including:

Watching movies and videos hands-free
Viewing new email and text messages
Using your device as digital picture frame
Holding your device while charging
Traveling – folds flat for easy transport

Purchase your iZel Innovative Hands-free Stand Here

New iPhoneMedicalinfo Store

Adarsh Gupta — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:03:29 +0000

Now we have new iPhoneMedicalinfo Store in collaboration with Amazon. The items are well selected for all iPhone and iPOD touch lovers. Hope you like this store.

Click here to access the store

Top 3 Must-Have Apps for Medical Professionals

Adarsh Gupta — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:33 +0000

There was time when there were very few medical applications were available for iPhone, but it has changed tremendously. We now have so many apps that now we have difficult time choosing which one we should have on our iPhone or iPod touch. The following Five apps are very important for all medical professionals who are seeing patients. These apps serve the most common information needs of a clinician.

Epocrates. This application has evolved a lot since it started. It not only provides most up-to-date drug information but it also provides information on diagnostic test, symptoms, diseases and antibiotic guide. The Fee Rx app is good but the Epocrates Essentials offers a lot more.
ICD Meister. It is an app for practicing physician and healthcare professionals who needs to look up ICD-9 codes during billing process. Now you have this search capability as well as option to look up frequently searched codes right in this small app. This app will not only allow you to search the ICD-9 codes but allows you to bookmark the frequently searched codes in your favorite for quick reference later.
Medscape from WebMD. This app is new in the block but it free and offers Medical News, CME credits, Drug information, Drug Interaction informations, Physician / Pharmacy / Hospital directory with options to make call directly from the app. The Medical news is customizable to your specialty and interests.

ECG Guide for iPhone and iPod Touch

Adarsh Gupta — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:16:22 +0000

There are many ECG pocket books, guides and rulers available for quick reference but nothing is better than this small to-the-point quick reference app for iPhone or iPod Touch. The guide contains topics that covers basics to complex details. First topic covers the basics of ECG – from the leads placement to basic interpretation. Other chapter topics are focuses various components of ECG.

At the end there are samples ECGs which are sharp, clear and very informative. There is also an option of quizzing yourself.

Each cardiac arrhythymia includes description of condition and its appearance on ECG along with the possible etiology and causes for that arrhythymia.

PediDoser for iPhone and iPod Touch

Adarsh Gupta — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:00:26 +0000

Dosing medications for a pediatric patient is unique to each patient. It depends on their age and weight. We know what dose is recommended for what age and weight size but the formulations of those drugs are extensive. After selecting the formulation (x mg/5ml), one need to calculate how much ml or tsp of the medicine is appropriate for the pediatric patient. There are many calculators out there to help you do that. The PediDoser is one of those calculators but it is very intuitive and quick. You can get your dose in no time.

PediDoser lists most commonly use drugs in pediatrics in alphabetical and categorical format. Once you find the drug you are looking for, select the formulation and then you can either select the age or Weight and you have your answer in no time (See the screenshots).

It is made by MeisterMed who has developed many other applications for iPhone or iPod touch.

MeisterMed has provided us some FREE Coupon code to get this app free. These are very limited in number. If you are interested, please email us for the code at contact@iphonemedicalinfo.com.

Mini Microphone for iPod Touch

Adarsh Gupta — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:25:34 +0000

Mini Microphone for iPod touch

iPod touch offers many features that are similar to iPhone except the microphone and phone. Now with this Mini Microphone you record your voice in your iPod touch. This is particularly useful when you are conducting an interview or taking lecture notes, or simply capturing the sounds of life happening around you.

This is really easy to use. Push your Mini Microphone into your 3.5mm headphone jack and your iPod will automatically turn into a voice recorder.

Features

Plug and Play.
High quality microphone, fine sensibility.
Small and portable.
No need for battery.
Compatible with 2nd Generation iPod Touch and 4th Generation iPod Nano

Buy Mini Microphone for iPod touch here.

Lange Pathology Flash Cards for iPhone and iPod Touch

Adarsh Gupta — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:15:04 +0000

Flash cards works great for iPhone and iPod touch. Modality Inc’ s Pathology Flash Cards are an excellent tool for any medical student who is studying for board exams. It provides concise, portable and comprehensive review of high-yield pathology congent for board exams. This app has two modes:

Disease Index mode. All the cards are categorized by organ system. For each disease, the card provides a case vignette, etiology, pathology, clinical manifestation, treatment and additional notes. Important points are bolded or italicised.
Flash Cards mode. This mode is customizable and allow users to study all aspects of each disease. You can choose which specific aspect of the disease they want to study – clinical vignette, etiology, pathology, clinical manifestations, treatment and notes. The flash card mode is very interactive. You also get option to bookmark certain cards for future quick reference. You can also add your notes to each card.

Features include:

More than 250 diseases covered
Clinical vignette presentation
Concise coverage of pathology
Unique and interactive flash cards interface
Search functionality
Ability to bookmark cards for future quick refence
Ability to add personalized notes
All major body system covered.

iCPR is better than nothing

iansolorossini — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:14:21 +0000

iCPR Lite
The importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for survival of cardiac arrest patients has been demonstrated and the quality of CPR performance has also been demonstrated influences the outcome. D-sign built a software “iCPR” for iPod designed specifically to CPR training.
iCPR lite is a software specifically dedicated to self-directed learning CPR through a tutorial.
Full version will include a simple feedback module dedicated to CPR training for lay persons and healthcare professionals.

Link: http://www.dsign.it/en/archive/2009/icpr-lite/

Netters Musculoskeletal Anatomy Study Aid for your iPhone or iPod touch

Adarsh Gupta — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:40:29 +0000

Anyone who has attended a medical school, have read Netter’s Anatomy textbook. Now we have the same pictures available on iPhone in an interactive format. This study aid developed by Modality Inc. had about 210 cards. The pictures are very sharp and clear. You also have an option to zoom in and out. It allows you to “flip” the image over to review concise text on areas of origin, insertion, action, innervation, anatomical relevance, and clinical significance.

You can browse the pictures by selecting the Body section. It then given you option to select Bony anatomy, Radiographic anatomy, Ligaments, Muscles, Arteries, Nerves, Physical axamination and Conditions. Once a card is opened, you have an option to simply click on each “Pin” and see the answer OR select the Quiz mode and test yourself. It will then ask to identify certain part and if you get it write, you will get green signal and if you get it wrong, you will get red signal with option to try again.

Another great feature on each card is that when you select a pin, it will first display the name associated with pinned item. After that when you click on the displayed name, it will tell you that on which other cards this particular structure appears in and also an option to search Google for this particular structure.

You also have an option to bookmark certain cards for furture quick reference under bookmarks.

This app should be not be considered as alternative to Netter’s Textbook because it is not as detailed but it is an excellent study tool. It is still very comprehensive and will definitely replace any Anatomy Flash Cards.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.0 or later
Cost: $39.99