Background
Methods
Data Sources
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Study Selection and Data Extraction
Results
Application for Healthcare Professionals
Disease Diagnosis Applications
Drug Reference Applications
Medical Calculator Applications
Literature Search Applications
Clinical Communication Applications
HIS Client Applications
Medical Training Applications
General Healthcare Applications
Applications for Medical and Nursing Students
Applications for Patients
Application Distribution
Discussion
Limitations
Conclusions
Appendix A
Appendix I: Smartphone Platform Overview
OS Platform → | Symbian OS[158] | Windows Phone[161] | ||||
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Version
| 3 | 2.3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4.0 |
App Store
| Ovi Store | Palm App Catalog | Marketplace | BlackBerry App World | App Store | Android Market |
Developer
| Nokia | Hewlett Packard (HP) | Microsoft Corporation | Research In Motion (RIM) | Apple INC. | Google INC. |
OS Feature
| ||||||
Multitasking
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓l
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Notifications
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
System Bar
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tool Bar
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Customizable Home Screen
| ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Recent Apps
| × | × | × | × | ✓ | ✓ |
Text Selection, Copy & Paste
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
App folders
| ✓ | × | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Universal Search
| × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Adobe Flash
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ |
Live Streaming
| RTSP | RTSP | RTSP | RTSP | HTTP | HTTP, RTSP |
Widgets
| ✓ | × | ✓ | × | × | ✓ |
Encryption
| ✓*
| × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓*
|
Remote Wipe
| × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
WiFi Security
| WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 | WEP, WPA, WPA2 |
Multilingual
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Accessibility
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
OS Platform → | SymbianOS[158] | WindowsPhone[161] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Touch screen
| ✓*
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multi-touch UserInterface
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Virtual Keyboard
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
External Keyboard
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Camera
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Video Recording
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Video Calling
| × | × | × | × | ✓*
| ✓*
|
USB Interface
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Voice Command
| ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Tethering
| ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Multicore ProcessorSupport
| × | ✓*
| × | × | ✓*
| ✓*
|
Accelerometer
| ✓*
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Gyroscope
| × | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
Switch ScreenOrientation
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓*
| ✓ | ✓ |
GPS
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Bluetooth
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Built-in BluetoothHealth Device Profile
| × | × | × | × | × | ✓ |
WiFi
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
3G/4G
| 3 G | 4 G | 3 G | 3 G | 4 G | 4 G |
Smartphones
Smartphone Platforms
Symbian OS
Palm Web OS
Windows Phone
BlackBerry
iOS
Android
Smartphone Applications
Appendix II: Healthcare Applications for Smartphones
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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1.10.4 ($39.95) | iOS, Android, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry | An application to help clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. | Includes information on anti-microbial agents, infectious diseases, and commonly-encountered pathogens; provides expertrecommendations, evidence-basedrecommendations, drug lists, and drug-druginteractions. | |
2011 ($99.95 – 1 year) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile | The handheld version of the 5-Minute Clinical Consult (5MCC) guide. | Includes information about diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and associated conditions for 900-common medical conditions; treatment algorithms such as Acromegaly, Swine Flu (H1N1), etc.; flowcharts of related algorithms and protocols; drug therapy section in each topic; ICD-9-CM code index. | |
($89.95 – 1 year) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile | An application for clinical diagnosis, laboratory testing, and appropriate therapy of infectious diseases. | Includes more than 500 topics; topics are arranged alphabetically. | |
2011 ($29.99) | Palm OS, Windows Mobile, iOS, BlackBerry. | The pocket edition of the Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy. | Home, back and search buttons; four rapidreference categories; diseases and clinicalconditions are organized by site of infectionand organism; drug information is organizedby type; activity spectra comparison table(color coded) for bacteria, fungi and viruses;internal links for efficient navigation. | |
Rx Pro ($99.00 – 1 year) | Palm OS, Windows Mobile, iOS, BlackBerry, Android | An infectious-disease applicationfor smartphones; part of ePocrates Rx Pro. | Provides information on more than 300 infections, 350 pathogens and 250 drugs;alphabetical list or search of anatomic location,infection, bug or drug; information onpathogen specific drug therapy, history anddiagnosis of infection, drug interactions,adverse reactions, basic pharmacologicalinformation, and drug cost; references toreview articles; ability to record personal notes. | |
Infectious Diseases Notes URL6[47] | ($39.99) | Palm OS | An application to help clinicians in infectiousdisease treatment. | Includes organisms and treatments, prophylactic therapy, antimicrobial spectra index, and normal flora index. |
($495 – 1 Year) | iOS, web-enabledsmartphone | An online tool providing evidence-based clinical information (e.g. answering clinical questions, making treatment recommendations) | Includes more than 9,000 physicians topics, about 5,000 drug topics, patient information,“what’s new” alerts, practice-changingupdates, abstracts, CMEa credit accrual,search filters (adult, pediatric, patient),auto-completion of search terms. | |
Pocket Medicine InfectiousDiseases URL8[46] | 3.0 ($50.00) | Palm OS, Windows Mobile | An application that answers questions about diseasediagnosis. | Suggestions for therapy; subjects arecategorized as history and physical, tests,differential diagnosis, management, specifictherapy, follow-up, complications, andprognosis; “what to do first” guidance. |
Palm LabDX [44] | Prototype | Palm OS, Windows CE | An application containing information on 193 common laboratory tests. | Displays alphabetical listing of tests; searchby test name; display test information such as reference range; causes for increased and decreased values, descriptions of tests,and notes on interpretation and related tests. |
Normal LabValues URL9[26] | 1.4 ($1.99) | iOS | An application to help interpret laboratory testresults. | Shows reference values both in traditionaland SIb units, visualizes labs by categoriesor alphabetical list, search field. |
Lab Unit Converter URL10[26] | 1.2 ($4.99) | iOS | An application to convert lab values between conventional and SIb units. | 250 common lab tests; quick access tofrequently used conversions; search lab tests. |
Labs 360URL11[26] | ($49.95 – 1 year standard subscription) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS,Palm OS, Windows Mobile. | A laboratory guide edited by a practicing clinician. | Includes all common laboratory tests, providing high and low values;cross-reference all skyscape resources;updates every 4–6 weeks. |
Davis’s Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests URL12[26] | ($49.95) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS,Palm OS, Windows Mobile. | A nursing-focused laboratory and diagnostic test reference. | Provides test procedure information on over 400 labs; patient care before, during, and afterthe test; RSS feeds of clinical lab-product news;list of drug-test interactions; sub-specialtyinformation. |
($39.95 – 1 year standard subscription) | Android, BlackBerry, iOS,Palm OS, Windows Mobile. | A diagnostic and laboratory test reference designed for medical, nursing and other health professional students. | Includes laboratory procedures in clinicalsettings; laboratory tests, diagnostic imagingtests, costs and risks of various procedure;flowcharts of complex algorithms; colorimages; cross-reference to all other Skyscapeapplications. | |
IDdx URL14[23] | 1.10 ($1.99) | iOS, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry | A decision support software tool to help medicalpractitioners to diagnoseinfectious diseases. | Explores 275 diseases in 15 categories;search by disease name or disease criteria(includes 119 signs and symptoms, 39epidemiological factors, 16 regions of theworld); examples of epidemiological factors;access diseases worldwide; drill down to theinfections associated with compromised hosts or bioterrorism. |
eRoentgen RadiologyDx URL15[23] | ($19.99) | iOS | A smartphone application that helps radiologists to identify the most appropriate radiology exam for a patient. | Identifies most appropriate radiology examfor a patient; informs choice of the best testthe first time around; searches by diagnosisand symptoms. |
iSeismometer URL16[48] | 1.3 (free) | iOS, Windows Phone | A tool for rapid measurement of tremor frequency using the iPhone accelerometer. | Measure and display of movement in X, Y, Z axis and their predominant frequency band. |
Video LaserLevel URL17[49] | 1.0 ($1.99) | iOS | Positions virtual red horizontal lines over the live video. | Allows oculoplastic surgeons to evaluate alignment and misalignment of canthalposition during surgical planning, execution,and follow-up. |
EyeChart URL18[41] | 1.1 (free) | iOS | An application for visual acuity tests. | Includes the Snellen eye chart that is usedby eye care professionals to measure visualacuity. |
EyePhone URL19[42] | 1.0 ($25.00) | iOS | An application for visual acuity test. | Distance E-test, near visual acuity test,fixating, flash light, color test, Amsler grid,and pupil diameter test. |
DizzyFIX URL20[41] | 1.3 ($14.99) | iOS | Assists clinicians in correctly diagnosing and treating vertigo due to BPPVc. | Assists in doing Epley Maneuver, which isrecognized as the primary treatment ofBPPVc, assists clinicians in guiding patient through the correct series of precise headand body positions; video tutorial is availableat http://www.youtube.com/v/nDTDRocgFKQ&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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Skyscape’sRxDrugsURL21[39] | 1.1 (free) | Android, BlackBerry,iOS | An application that providesdosing guidelines for drugs. | Includes thousands of brand-name and genericdrugs and dosages; drug-drug interactions withmulti-drug analyzer tool; access medications byindication, pharmacologic class or by generic orU.S. or Canadian brand name; integratedweight-based drug dosing calculators. |
3.18 (free) | Palm OS, WindowsMobile, iOS,BlackBerry, Android | A drug database application thatis part of Epocrates Rx, which is afree product. | Provides clinical information on thousands ofprescription medicines; formulary information;identify pills by entering physical characteristicsand imprint code; multi-drug interaction checker. | |
Medscape URL23[39] | 2.4.1 (free) | iOS, BlackBerry,Android | A drug reference applicationfor smartphones. | Includes comprehensive drug reference, druginteraction checker, disease and conditionreference and treatment guide, proceduresreference, daily medical news and alerts,physician, pharmacies, and hospital directories. |
SafeMedPocket URL24[52] | 2.0 | Windows Mobile | An application that providesaccess to data on allpharmaceuticals that are soldin Sweden. | Contains drug listings from the FASS(an encyclopedia that is equivalent to AmericanPhysician’s Desk Reference, containing detailedinformation of the medicines that are licensed forsale in Sweden), ICD-10 codes, medical literature,and pharmaceuticals interactions. |
FDA Drugs URL25[39] | 1.8 ($2.99) | iOS | A tool that provides authoritativeinfo for FDAc drug approvals. | Includes 16,466 approvals for 25,881 drug productssince 1939; free monthly updates; search genericdrugs for brand name drugs and vice versa; searchdrug name and active ingredient; covers all drugsfrom the Orange Book; strength, manufacturer,FDAc approval date, package inserts(description, clinical pharmacology, etc.). |
DrugDoses.net URL26[39] | 2.0 ($19.99) | iOS, WindowsMobile, Android,Palm OS | A smartphone version of FrankShann’s booklet on drug dosagesfor children and adult. | Contains more than 2000 drug dosages for bothchildren and adults; search by drug name; integratesPedCalc (pediatric score and formula calculator) andresuscitation dose calculator for children. |
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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3.18 (free) | Palm OS, WindowsMobile, iOS,BlackBerry, Android | A medical calculator applicationthat is part of Epocrates Rx andavailable for free. | Provides useful medical formula calculatorincluding pregnancy wheel, and basalenergy expenditure etc. | |
2.3 ($0.99) | iOS | An application that providesmedical formula calculator. | More than 200 medical formulas, scores,scales, and classifications, detailed informationand bibliographic references for each formula,,support for U.S. and SIe units, search forequations by name or keywords, customizablelist of favorite equation. | |
1.9 ($0.99) | iOS | An application that computeuseful medical formulas andequations. | Includes common formulas and equations,supports U.S. and SIe units. | |
Calculate URL30[26] | 1.3 (free) | iOS, BlackBerry,Android | A medical formula/equationcalculator and decision supporttool. | Supports SIe and imperial units, detailedreferences with PubMed integration, navigatecalculators by specialty. |
(free) | Android, BlackBerry,iOS, Palm OS,Windows Mobile | Smartphone version ofArchimedes online medicalcalculator. | This application includes more than 150commonly used medical formulas, calculatorselection through multiple indexes, useconventional (U.S.) or SIe units, and formuladetails and explanations. | |
uBurn Lite URL32[56] | 3.1.2 (free) | iOS | An application to calculate percentburn of body surface area. | Calculate percent burn of body surface areafor adult and children, and parkland formula. |
Softforce’s AntobioticDosage Calculator URL33[39] | 1.2($1.99) | iOS | A drug dosage calculator forthe treatment of patients withrenal failure. | Calculation based on cockroft-gault formula,dosage required for a particular drug, anddosage adjustment. |
Paeds ED URL34[41] | 1.0.7 (free) | iOS | A drug dosage calculator tobe used by the Pediatrician. | Use guesstimate formula to calculate weightof children from their age in years, calculatecorrect doses of various drugs based onchildren’s weight. |
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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PubSearch URL35[51] | 1.6 (free) | iOS | An application for medical literaturesearches from PubMed. | Searches PubMed; display search results; sort byauthors, title, journal or year; display article’sabstract; bibliographic entry. |
2.6 ($2.99) | iOS | A medical literature search toolfor iPhone. | Searches and displays reference information fromPubMed; store references in a searchable personallibrary; email references from within the application;advanced search specifying search field and usinglogic operators; links to full text articles; rememberrecent searches; navigation between references. | |
2.1 (free) | Palm OS,Windows CE,Windows Mobile | An application that retrieves MEDLINEcitations through Internet connections. | Searches using 3 search engines: PubMed, Essie,and Google; previous query history; save citationsas text file; take notes; cluster search results; relatedarticles; auto spell check; links to full-text article. | |
(free) | Web-enabledsmartphone. | A natural language query tool forPubMed/MEDLINE developedby the NLMf. | Searches PubMed by entering natural languagequery; spell checker; handles query in the form ofquestions or complex phrases; MeSH spelleravailable in “MeSH Speller + askMEDLINE” programthat is an extension of askMEDLINE. | |
(free) | Web-enabledsmartphone. | A Patient, Intervention, Comparisonand Outcome (PICO) search interfacefor PubMed/MEDLINE developedby the NLMf. | Includes 4 text fields: problem, intervention,compare to, and outcome. | |
DiseaseAssociations URL40[45] | (free) | Web-enabledsmartphone. | A search interface for case reports andreview of reported cases inPubMed/MEDLINE developed by NLMf. | Includes three text entry fields: (1) two text fieldsfor sign, symptom, disease, condition, or procedurejoined with AND operator, (2) one text entryassociated with that disease, condition, or procedure. |
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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Voalté One URL41[51] | 1.3.3 (free, but must purchaseand install Voalté server) | iOS, BlackBerry | A communication tool within thehospital to simplify communicationamong clinicians. | Combines phone calls, text messaging,and prioritized alarm alerts in a singledevice; PBXg integration over VoIPh; logand retrieve all alarms. |
Amcom MobileConnect URL42[51] | 2.2 (free, but requires aconnection to supportedAmcom Web/Console callcenter system) | iOS, Android,BlackBerry | A messaging and alerting applicationfor use in healthcare. | Separates critical email and SMSi messagesfrom less important ones; audit trail thatlogs time and date along with all messages;acknowledgement of messages. |
mVisum URL43[20] | (free, but must purchaseand install mVisum MedicalCommunication System) | iPhone, Android,Windows Mobile,Blackberry | A cardiology communicationapplication for cardiologist’s thatreceive patient data on smartphone. | Receives monitor data, alarms, ECGsj, labresults, echocardiograms*, MRIsk,*, dischargenotes and other reports. [* These have notyet received FDAl clearance as ofJune 2011.] |
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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2.0.2 ($29.99) | iOS | A DICOMm viewing program thatis the client application for OsiriX PACSn. | Standard DICOMm query and retrieval; views andprocesses DICOMm images; zooming, panning,rotation, windowing, and leveling; calibrateddistance measurement; Oval ROIo measurementsof area and density/signal intensity; image transfer. | |
MEDITECH URL45[20] | N/A | Web-enabledsmartphone. | Access patient record from MEDITECHEMRp system securely on smartphoneusing a Web browser | Accesses clinical data including lab results, vitalsigns, intake and output, allergies, activemedications, and documents (reports and notes). |
PatientKeeperMobile ClinicalResults URL46[20] | N/A | Web-enabledsmartphone. | Provides access to patients’ clinicaldata from PatientKeeper EMRp usinga Web browser | Accesses patient list, patient summary, lab results,test results, medication list, clinical notes, problemlist, vital signs, allergies, order status etc.; customizesworkflow based on each physician’s requirements. |
AirStrip OB URL47[23] | 1.6(free, but needsto purchase andinstall AirstripOB system) | iOS,Android | Provides access of hospital’s Labor andDelivery unit in the EMR to theObstetricians from smartphone. | Displays real-time and historical waveforms,HIPAAq complaint authentication login, displaysthe fetal strip and maternal contraction patterninformation for an individual patient, accesspatient data, and zooming and scrolling chartimages. |
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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iCPR URL48 (D-Sign.it,Bologna, Italy) [71] | Lite-1.3 (free),Full-1.1 (free) | iOS | An application for CPRr training, based onboth American Heart AssociationandEuropean Resuscitation Council guidelines. | CPRr tutorial; measures chest compressionrate; gives audiovisual feedback. |
iResus URL49[70] | 1.41(free) | iOS | Provides access to UK’s resuscitationguidelines algorithms. | Includes adult and pediatric algorithms; displaysalgorithms in an intuitive and interactive format;pulls latest algorithms from a central server. |
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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HCSIT URL50[72] | 2.0 (free) | Palm OS, WindowsMobile | An application to assist clinicianswith smoking cessation counselingof patients at the point of care. | Includes Public Health Service guidelines onsmoking cessation; smoking cessation drugprescribing information; FTNDs questionnaire forscoring nicotine dependence; recommendpharmacotherapy for highly dependent smokers. |
Borboleta URL51[73] | 1.0.2 (free) | Palm OS, SymbianOS, WindowsMobile, Android | A mobile telehealth system forprimary homecare. | Registration of patient home visits; presentspatient data, patient caregiver data, patientsocioeconomic data, scheduled visits, newvisit registration, visit history of the patient,disease catalog, and medication catalog. |
LIFe-reader [52] | Not Found | Windows Mobile | A smartphone-based CDSStapplication with a barcodereader designed for nurses ingeriatric homecare. | Scans EANu codes on drug packages; obtainspatient’s medication profile; checks forinappropriate drugs, drug-drug interactions,therapeutic duplication, and warnings forunsuitable drugs for elderly people. |
MultimediaPaging BasedClinical Alarm [75] | Prototype | Web-enabledsmartphone | A real-time clinical alarm systemto monitor intensive care patients. | Color-based severity indicator; displays thealarms for an intensive care unit; displays vitalsigns at the moment of alarm; displays allalarms for a patient bed. |
OutbreaksNear Me URL52[39] | 1.1 (free) | iOS (iPhone,iPod Touch, iPad),Android | An application for real-timedisease outbreak information. | Displays outbreak location in Google mapand outbreak details from HealthMap database,which utilizes medical email list services, news,media report, official alerts, etc. |
H1N1 SwineFlu Update URL53[39] | No longersupported | iOS | A newsreader application forSwine Flu (H1N1) outbreaks. | News feed on H1N1 outbreak from CDCv,WHOw and major news organizations. |
WISER URL54[74] | (free) | Windows Mobile,Plam OS, iOS,BlackBerry,Android | An application for EmergencyMedical Service Specialists thatidentifies chemical andbiological hazards on the basisof symptoms and signs. | Provides access to NLM’s Hazardous SubstancesData Bank (HSDB); radiological and biologicalsubstance report. |
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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I-SurgeryNotebook URL55[51] | 3.0 ($1.99) | iOS, Android | An application to keep alog of surgical cases andprocedures. | Stores data on surgeries including procedure,pre-operative diagnosis, post-operative diagnosis,name of surgeons involved, and type of anesthesiaused; search case log. |
Eponyms URL56[51] | 1.3.1 ($1.99, freestudent edition) | iOS, Android | Provides details ofeponymous signs anddiseases. | Includes eponym database fromhttp://www.eponyms.net/; browse eponyms. |
($76.95 – 1 year) | Android, BlackBerry,iOS, Palm OS,Windows Mobile | A smartphone-basedhuman anatomy toolfor medical educationpurposes. | Contains more than 532 colored anatomic illustration,radiographs, computed tomographic (CT) images, CTangiograms, and MRIs; three dimensional images ofhuman body; separate groups of anatomic illustration,i.e. head and neck, back and spinal cord, thorax,abdomen, pelvis and perineum, upper and lower limb. | |
($36.95 – 1 year) | Android, BlackBerry,iOS, Palm OS,Windows Mobile | A mobile applicationcontaining about 300interactive flash cards. | Images with hot-spot help identifying parts ofanatomy easily; clinical notes, separate groups ofanatomic illustration, i.e. head and neck, back andspinal cord, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and perineum,upper and lower limb. | |
Blausen EarAtlas URL59[41] | 2.11 ($2.99) | iOS, Android,BlackBerry | An application thatprovides a set of ear-related video animations. | Includes 6 video animations: cochlear implants, earpressure, ear tubes, hearing loss, hearing test, otitismedia. |
Oxford Handbookof ClinicalSpecialties URL60[41] | 1.5 (£34.99 – UK only) | iOS, BlackBerry | Handheld version of thelatest edition of OxfordHandbook of ClinicalSpecialties. | Includes twelve books, fully cross-referenced to theOxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, practicaladvice, cross-checked by authoritative subjectexperts, color illustrations and clinical photographs. |
Dissection URL61[41] | 1.3 ($4.99) | iOS | A human anatomyapplication that mainlyfocuses on headand neck. | This application displays human dissections; audioenabled annotations; tap-on identification feature;includes head, neck, and thorax. |
Cranial Nerves URL62[41] | 1.7 ($4.99) | iOS | A learning tool on cranialnerves and skull base. | This application includes the cranial nerves andskull base from high resolution CT scans; interactivevisualization; control the position and transparencyof the skull and each nerve along with theappropriate textual information. |
5.26 ($19.99) | Palm OS, WindowsMobile, SymbianOS, BlackBerry, iOS,Android | A document readerapplication on smartphone. | Stores text in a highly compressed format;password protected; categorization of documents;search text within a document or set of documents;copy and paste; navigation includes scrolling,jumping, and marks; maximizing screen by hidingscrollbar, title bar, toolbar, etc.; left-hand support;remember last view location; remember jumphistory for backtracking; local bookmarks. | |
MobipocketReader URL64[11] | (free) | BlackBerry,Windows Mobile,Symbian OS,Palm OS | An electronic bookreader on smartphone. | Customizable display; library view of all eBooksstored in local media; annotate, highlight, bookmarkany part of the eBook; search and lookup any wordin the dictionary. |
Instant ECG URL65[23] | 2.7 ($0.99) | iOS | A basic ECGj tutorialapplication. | Includes ECGj electrophysiology, myocardial actionpotential, associated waveforms, and intervals andsegments. |
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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Diabeo URL66[32] | Beta | WindowsMobile | A telemedicine solution for diabetesmanagement. | Includes bolus calculators using validatedalgorithms; takes into account carbohydrateintake, pre-meal blood glucose, and anticipatedphysical activity reported; plasma glucose targets;automatic adjustments of carbohydrate ratio andbasal insulin; data transmission to medical staffcomputers through GPRSx. |
Cardiomobile URL67[35] | Prototype | WindowsMobile | A real-time remote monitoringsystem for cardiac rehabilitation. | Sends ECGj rate, walking speed, heart rate, elapseddistance and patient location to a secure server viaGPRSx during exercise sessions; server-side softwaredisplays these data. |
PulmonaryRehabilitation [29] | Prototype | WindowsMobile | An application based on standardpulmonary rehabilitation program forself-management, consists of Bluetoothpulse oximeter and smartphone. | Select and start exercise program; set custompersonalized upper and lower heart rate; displayheart rate, time remaining in seconds andfeedback color (green: normal physical condition,amber: normal condition but near acceptablelimits, red: dangerous physical condition). |
PAL Calculator [82] | Prototype | Java-enabledsmartphones | Measures physical activity level (PAL)through questionnaire application onsmartphones. | Displays questionnaire; measures PAL. |
Asthma Peak FlowMonitoring [79] | Prototype | WindowsMobile | An application to monitor peak flow ofasthma patients. | Sends peak-flow reading through GPRSx networkto a secure server; receives asthma trend analysisfeedback from the server. |
eCAALYX [83] | Prototype | Android | A remote monitoring system for olderpeople with multiple chronic conditions. | Receives data from wearable health sensors in asmart garment; transmits data to the monitoringserver; identifies higher-level information such astachycardia and signs of respiratory infections basedon established medical knowledge; displays mostrecent medical details obtained from the sensors. |
Hearing Check URL68[86] | 1.0 (free) | iOS | A simple and confidential hearingcheck tool developed by RNIDy, UK | Calls a landline number to access a freehearing check. |
uHear URL69[41] | 1.0 (Free) | iOS | A hearing loss self-assessment test. | Three assessments: hearing sensitivity, speechin noise, and a questionnaire about commonlistening situations. |
iTinnitus URL70[41] | 1.51 ($4.99) | iOS | A sound therapy package for patientswith tinnitus. | Records tinnitus by frequency in Hertz andkeeps track of the tinnitus in a daily diary graph,supports full masking therapy that is some formof sound played at a volume around the samevolume as the patient’s tinnitus, also supportsresidual inhibition and habituation. |
Sleep Aid URL71[41] | 1.3 ($2.99) | iOS | A sleep apnea management application. | Records snoring; generates graph of snoring;plays back snoring sound; provides informationabout sleep apnea. |
Fall Detector [78] | Prototype | Smartphonewith camerasupport. | A fall detection system consisting oftri-axial accelerometer with embeddedprocessor and camera phone. | The embedded processor in the accelerometerprocess the data locally, sends data to thecamera phone through a Bluetooth connectionduring a suspected fall; phone generates arequest to the user for vocal or keypad response;automatically calls emergency services in serioussituations; sends data and video to emergencyservices through high-speed 3G network. |
Fall Detector [80] | Prototype | Wireless-enabledsmartphone. | A fall detection application consistingof a smartphone with wireless Internetconnection, tri-axial accelerometer, andmicrocontroller. | Detects a fall; sends data to the server forfurther analysis to determine an emergency. |
iFall [81] | Prototype | Android | An application for fall detectionand response. | Detects falls; determines false positives, requestuser’s attention by vibrating the phone, flashingLEDs and screen, playing an audio message;makes automatic emergency-services call. |
2.1.3 (free) | Palm OS | A human behavior monitoring tool. | Event-driven study design; the application generate abeep when an event is fired; displays question sets,sets do-not-disturb time during busy moments. | |
Mayo ClinicMeditation URL73[23] | 1.0 ($2.99) | iOS | An application that helps to practicemeditation. | Includes short training videos introducing keyconcepts; 15-minute meditation program and5-minute meditation program. |