Medical Applications for Mobile Devices

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Medical Applications for Mobile Devices

• Shikun (KK) Jiang, Technology Coordinator
• SCRCONNECTions Web Conference
• February 18, 2009

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Major Operation Systems on Mobile Devices

• Palm OS (by Palm, used on Palm PC)
• Windows Mobile (by Microsoft)
• iPhone OS (by Apple, used on iPhone)
• BlackBerry OS (by RIM, used on Blackberry)
• Android (by Google, used on T-Mobile G1)

these are the major mobile operation systems
used in the North American Market
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Which One to Own?

• iPhone 3G?
• Blackberry?
• Palm Treo?
• T-Mobile G1?
• Nokia E71?
• Other Smartphones or PDAs?

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Medical Applications for Smartphones and PDAs

• PubMed search (for mobiles including iPhone)
  http//pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/
• EPOCRATES Rx (for mobiles including iPhone)
  http//www.epocrates.com/products/rx/?cidGoogleB
  randgclidCITy9sfcvpgCFQ1jnAodQnVfaw
• QxMed applications (for iPhone and Blackberry)
  http//www.qxmd.com/home
• Mobile MerckMedicus (for Palm OS and Windows
  Mobile) http//www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/hcp
  _mobile_medicus.jsp
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (for
  mobiles including iPhone) http//www.skyscape.com
  /estore/productdetail.aspx?ProductId2509
• Consumer Health related applications
• My Life Record (for mobiles including iPhone)
  http//www.myliferecord.com/
• Medical Library mobile sites
• Yales Cushing/Whitney Library
  http//www.med.yale.edu/library/m/
• Boston University Medical Center Library
  http//medlib.bu.edu/mobile/
• Johns Hopkins University Welch Medical Library
  http//www.welch.jhu.edu/pda/index.html

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Medical Applications for iPhones

• iChart http//www.caretools.com/
• Eponym (for students) http//app-store.appspot.co
  m/?urlviewSoftware3Fid3D28602543026mt3D8
• DynaMed http//support.epnet.com/knowledge_base
  /detail.php?id3923
• Skyscape medical resources http//www.skyscape.co
  m/intro/iphoneintro.aspx
• Unbound Medicines applications
  http//www.unboundmedicine.com/iphone.htm
• WebMD Mobile http//www.webmd.com/mobile
• Netters Anatomy http//www.modalitylearning.com/
  netters-anatomy.asp
• Consumer Health related applications
• iFitness http//theappleblog.com/2008/11/22/ifitn
  ess-workout-smarter-with-your-iphone/
• Lose It! http//www.apptism.com/apps/lose-it
• Vision http//app-zap.com/2008/10/30/vision/

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Helpful Resources

• Medical Applications in iTunes App Store
  http//itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/
  viewGenre?id6020mt8
• PDA Resources Information by Yale University
  Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
  http//www.med.yale.edu/library/technology/PDA/
• Mobile Software Portal from LSUHSC Libraries New
  Orleans http//www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library/resource
  s/guides/pdadefault.html
• Medical iPhone http//medicaliphone.blogspot.com/
  
• Medical PDA Software for Palm and Pocket PC
  http//www.collectivemed.com/
• Mobile Medical Software for iPhone 3G
  http//www.drpenna.com/2008/06/22/mobile-medical-s
  oftware-for-iphone-3g/
• Medical Mobile Software http//tinyurl.com/bhkfx5
  
• iPhone in Medicine http//jeffreyleow.wordpress.c
  om/2008/06/10/iphone-in-medical-education/
• Medical Applications for Palm OS
  http//medicalpda.net/medapps.html
• Medical Software for Palm OS http//www.softlow.c
  om/palm-os/medical/