Developer: Skyscape Medpresso Inc.
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January 2023Operating System: Android
Cost/Subscription: Free; in-app purchases
Diagnostic Apps
Diagnosaurus DDx
This quick-reference tool helps healthcare professionals quickly perform differential diagnosis at the point of care. There are more than 1,000 diagnoses organized by organ system, symptom or disease, and a See Related DDx feature within each entry offers alternative diagnoses for consideration. Users can highlight and create custom notes within entries.
Developer: Unbound Medicine, Inc.
Operating System: iOS and Android
Cost/Subscription: Free; in-app purchases
Epocrates
Epocrates allows users to identify superbugs in their communities and make more accurate point-of-care prescribing decisions to treat bacterial infections. Drug prescribing and safety, adult/pediatric dosing, adverse reactions, drug interaction, contraindication, and pharmacology information for thousands of brand name, generic, and over-the-counter drugs is included. CME and CE credits are available through articles, videos, podcasts and more based on specialty. COVID-19 resources and news are also included.
Developer: Epocrates, Inc.
Operating System: iOS and Android
Cost/Subscription: Free; in-app purchases
Mobile Airway Card
This reference tool was designed for residents, fellows, and attending physicians in pediatric otolaryngology to help calculate the percentage of obstruction in an airway. The app gives the sizes of tracheotomy tubes, provides examples of a normal airway, and can help with balloon dilation sizing.
Developer: Joseph Alward
Operating System: iOS and Android
Cost/Subscription: Free
Skyscape Lab Values Mobile App
Skyscape Lab offers information on what a given laboratory test is, its clinical significance, what a high or low value might mean, and how the test can aid in patient diagnosis and treatment. Tests covered include blood chemistry, nasal testing, and sputum testing. Information is edited by a practicing clinician and updated every four to six weeks. Users can leave rich text notes in entries.
Developer: Skyscape Medpresso Inc.
Operating System: iOS and Android
Cost/Subscription: Subscription required ($49.99)
UpToDate
Registrants and individual subscribers can answer their clinical questions anytime, anywhere. This clinical decision support resource offers evidence-based clinical information, including drug topics and recommendations that clinicians rely on at the point of care. Users can easily search clinical topics by specialty. Users can bookmark topics, use mobile-optimized medical calculators, and print or email topics/graphics to patients and colleagues.
Developer: Wolters Kluwer Health | UpToDate
Operating System: iOS and Android
Cost/Subscription: Individual or institutional subscription required