Medical Apps Articles

Asthma is a disease without a cure, affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. People with asthma, their doctors, and families use different methods and tools to manage this condition, including mobile apps.

Unlike other healthcare providers, surgeons don't rely on mobile technologies too much, mostly due to potential interference with complex devices in the operating room. Still, many begin to embrace mobile apps and introduce them in their daily workflow.

Taking care of others is a demanding job that can be overwhelming at times. Many caregivers are using mobile smartphone apps as a necessary aid that makes caregiving more manageable and effective.

Staying fit and healthy has never been easier thanks to the numerous mobile apps that help you track your fitness activity, count the calories you consume and burn, and lose weight.

Mobile apps have become an integral part of medical training and practice in the hospital and clinical setting, including among orthopedic providers.

Sometimes formal counseling sessions are not enough, and over-medicating the patient is not an option. We need to provide people professional tools that they can use themselves, to cope better independently.

Anxiety and depression affect large percentage of population of all age groups. These conditions usually require treatment, but in less severe cases they could be self-managed with the help of various techniques, many of them provided on mobile apps.

Forming a differential diagnosis, i.e. a list of possible diseases or causes, based on vague to specific symptoms could be a lot easier with mobile medical apps.

Making important clinical decisions is what healthcare providers do every day. Many use medical calculator apps available for mobile devices that make decision making process a bit easier.

Mobile apps and online resources are gaining in popularity among Family Physicians, whether they use them for reading textbooks, or learning about complex procedures.