7 Must Have Medical Apps for Doctors

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• 7 Must-Have Medical Apps for Doctors
• If you are a physician, nurse practitioner or
  other healthcare provider, your life is anything
  but relaxed. Between running your medical
  practice, caring for patients, keeping an eye on
  the bottom line, and staying up to date with the
  latest medical advancements, your already long
  to-do list may seem daunting and never-ending.
• Fortunately, increased access to smartphones and
  the rapid proliferation of healthcare apps allows
  you to streamline and improve your research and
  interactions with patients, often resulting in
  better medical outcomes and better patient
  experiences. You can have easy access to
  encyclopedic volumes of critical health
  information in the palm of your hand.
• According to the GreatCall Survey, 93 of doctors
  surveyed say that mobile health apps can enhance
  the quality of patient healthcare.
• Best Medical Apps for Healthcare Professionals
• According to Statista, there are more than 53,000
  iOS healthcare mobile apps currently available,
  including free and paid apps. With so many to
  choose from, how will you know which one is right
  for your unique personal requirements? To help
  you find the right app(s) for you, weve compiled
  a list of the eight best medical apps for
  doctors.
• Epocrates
• This is the gold standard of medical apps.
  Available for both Android and iOS users, this
  app has been downloaded millions of times.
  Healthcare providers use this app to lookup drug
  information, interact with patients, find peers
  for referrals and consults, and calculate patient
  measurements such as BMI.
• The free version of this hospital-oriented app
  has proven itself good enough as a trusted
  medical reference resource, while the paid
  version can act as a supplement that will help
  you interpret medication alternatives or lab
  results.
• While the app is free and most of its content is
  easily accessible, gaining access to premium
  information and functionalities such as disease
  data and lab guides requires an in-app purchase.
  You can upgrade to Epocrates Plus for 175.
• Download for iOS
• Download for Android
• Medscape
• Medscape is a robust app that provides news and
  educational support for physicians. It includes a
  visual pill identifier, a drug interaction
  checker, a dosage calculator, a physician and
  pharmacy directory, and a huge database of
  medical conditions with related information. Here
  youll find information on over 8,500
  prescription and OTC drugs and supplements plus
  over 6,200 reference articles for decision-making
  support.
• Medscape gives you a tailored newsfeed based on
  your specialty. It provides FDA approval alerts
  and other breaking medical news, commentary from
  experts in your field, late-breaking clinical
  trial data and key presentations from top medical
  meetings and conferences.
• Medscape is free to download and works with both
  Android and iOS devices. Youll find it in the
  Apple App Store and on Google Play.

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• Visual DX
• Thanks to its library of over 32,000 disease
  variation images, Visual DX can be extremely
  helpful when you are diagnosing a rare condition.
  The app acts as your trusted, virtual second
  opinion. You can view images of patients from
  different age groups, skin types, and more.
• This app costs 400 per year for a single
  subscription, but you can contract with your
  medical group or organization for a discounted
  rate if they are institutional subscribers.
  Youll find Android and iOS versions of Visual DX
  in Google Play and in the Apple App Store. You
  can even earn CME credits with every search.
• Download for iOS
• Download for Android
• Doximity
• Doximity is a very popular multi-purpose app that
  is currently helping over two million healthcare
  professionals doctors, nurse practitioners,
  physician assistants and pharmacists meet
  their unique daily challenges. It includes a
  social networking feature that allows you to
  network with other physicians, send faxes,
  exchange HIPAA-compliant information, compare
  salaries, and participate in continuing
  education.
• Additionally, the Doximity mobile app allows you
  to compliantly call patients from your cell phone
  without revealing your personal cell phone
  number. Calls will appear as though they are
  originating from your office number, while you
  have the convenience of calling from your cell
  phone and providing telemedicine video calls with
  one-tap connections to your patients. The iOS
  version of Doximity is free to download from the
  Apple App Store while the Android version is
  available from Google Play.
• Download for iOS
• Download for Android
• PEPID
• This is one of the best medical apps designed to
  help emergency room paramedics and physicians
  diagnose patients as quickly as possible. This
  app is equally beneficial for medical students,
  residents, interns, and nurses as an excellent
  source of medical information, and it could even
  enhance their continuing education.
• Medical practitioners can install this healthcare
  mobile app on Android and iOS devices. Providers
  will have access to a library of medical
  conditions, associated symptoms, and prescribed
  drugs or multi-drug interactions used in the
  treatment of those conditions.
• This app can help you diagnose patients based on
  their symptoms, exam findings, and lab results.
  It also includes videos showing clinical
  procedures and examinations, as well as push
  notifications for medical news, the latest
  research, and more.
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• Lexicomp
• This is one of the most intuitive hospital system
  apps available. It includes an impressive
  database of diseases, particularly oral diseases,
  infectious diseases, and toxicology. In addition,
  the app provides valuable information about
  drugs, uses, and side effects.
• You can also access medical dictionaries and use
  the calculators available in the app. Though the
  app is available for Android and iOS devices, it
  is not free. However, there are several
  subscription plans to choose from. You can choose
  the plan that best fits your budget and unique
  personal needs.
• Download for iOS
• Download for Android
• DynaMed
• DynaMed is a fantastic app for healthcare
  providers and a resource for clinical
  information. Doctors can request a free trial to
  ensure the app is exactly what they need before
  choosing the subscription plan that best fits
  their needs. The key features of this paid app
  are
• Disease information
• Drug recommendations
• Graphics images
• Accurate search results
• Specialty-specific content
• Accredited experts and reviewers
• Verified medical content
• This medical app is intuitive, easy to use and
  can be accessed through Android or iOS devices.
  If you are a medical student, you might even
  qualify for a discount.

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