Monday, January 24, 2011

Mobile Medical Apps: Reviews and Commentaries


Check out this review article on ~
"The Top 20 Free iPhone Medical Apps for Healthcare Professionals" .

In fact, check out this whole website iMedicalApps.com ! It is great for keeping up on the latest mobile apps in medicine and healthcare.
What about their latest article ~
"The Top 15 Free Android Medical Apps for Healthcare Professionals" !

Or perhaps you have wondered about the role the iPad could play in the push for the adoption of electronic health records?
Check out iPad EHR.

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Sunday, April 04, 2010

Enhancing Mobility! Go Ahead ~ Try This at Home!

Now you can browse the holdings of the Anne Ross Library on your mobile device with the added feature of a new mobile-friendly interface!
Library World has added this new interface option to give you the flexibilty of browsing the physical and electronic resources of our library from wherever you happen to be.
To login:
1) Click on the post title.
2) Enter our Library's name ~ AnneRoss Library ~ [no space between Anne and Ross].
3) No password is required so leave it blank!

NOTE: Online materials that have been added to the catalogue include seamless linking to the full text ~ just click on the field 'Electronic Location and Access' in the item record.

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

MedlinePlus on the Move!

The #1 starting point for consumer health information has just gone mobile!
Mobile MedlinePlus is an optimized version for use on the various mobile communication devices. It includes a subset of content from the full MedlinePlus site; such as summaries for over 800 diseases, conditions and wellness topics, latest health news, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, and information on prescription and over-the-counter medications.

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Human Factors Evaluation of PDAs and Smartphones in Nursing Practice

Looking to upgrade your PDA or smart phone?
Before you buy, click on the title to see the results of this recent study.

Objective:
To determine which design features of popular mobile devices are supportive of various nursing tasks. Device usability was determined via performance and user perceptions of the following five mobile devices:
◦Nokia N810
◦Blackberry Bold
◦Apple iPhone 3G
◦Palm Treo 680
◦HP iPAQ 210

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The iPod Touch is winning over in Healthcare


This week on Dr. John Halamka's award-winning blog, he outlines 5 arguments in favor of the iPod Touch for healthcare applications, labelling it "the mobile clinical data viewing and educational device of the future".

Click on the title to read how Dr. Halamka backs up this claim...

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