Apps for health professionals (final)

Powering Your Clinical Practice By

Going Mobile

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Tania Gottschalk, Education Services LibrarianNeil John Maclean Health Sciences Library

tania_gottschalk@umanitoba.ca

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?