Apps for Healthcare Professionals

Lexicomp app is probably the best and the most comprehensive medical reference app that provides clear and concise drug information, including dosing, administration, warnings and precautions, as well as high quality clinical content.

QuickEM app created by Dr. Bill Dirkes is a rapid reference tool for interns and medical students rotating through Emergency Medicine, providing them with the information about the most common chief complaints present to the emergency room.

The IMIR (internal medicine in-review) app is a medical application that offers the most comprehensive board certified questions and answers relating to the medical discipline of internal medicine.

Gas Guide by Dr James Lamberg gives students and residents a quick and easy access to anesthesia information, operative safety checklists, and other useful guidelines and recommendations required in the operating room and during anesthesiology rotations.

5-Minute Clinical Consult (5MCC) app is developed by Unbound Medicine with a goal to provide healthcare providers with quick access to the information on how to diagnose and treat various conditions, and follow up with patients.

The Medscape App is an application made available on smartphone and Android™ devices by WebMD, which is a medical resource database used by healthcare professionals to access information regarding drugs, procedures and medical conditions.

Dr Joshua Steinberg put together several published guidelines for treatment of pneumonia, primarily the ATS and IDSA guidelines for both adults and children, creating very useful point of care app called Pneumonia Guide.

The NBSTSA CST Exam Prep app is the official app by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA), created to help future surgical technicians and technologists prepare for their CST exam.

One of the first medical apps for mobile devices was Epocrates. Some questioned its relevance, while other even predicted its impending doom in the ever-growing app market. However, Epocrates still remains as one of the best medical reference apps around.

With the help of Atmosphere Apps, Dr Scott Moses, a Family Practitioner from Minnesota turned his Family Practice Notebook website into a mobile point-of-care medical reference for primary care and emergency clinicians.