If you are a doctor or in the medical profession you know that the patients and their loved ones trust you in the hour of crisis. Medical science has been on a continuous journey of self-discovery that has led to innovations in why people are treated. Naturally smartphones have also become a great tool to render better services to the patients. Here we shall take a close look at some of the Android apps which are a must use if you are in this profession.
It is a leading medical app that is most used by physicians, medical students, nurses and other healthcare professionals for clinical information. Over 2 million people around the world have downloaded it. It offers you news and articles on 34 specialties in the field of medical science. You can also access information on more than 8000 branded and generic drugs, OTC drugs, and herbals and supplements. You will also get to see more than 600 step-by-step videos on different medical procedures.
Using this app you shall have access to International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) at your fingertips. It has an objective and fast interface that allows you to make queries by name of the diseases and your code. The app doesn’t require you to be connected to the Internet to access basic information.
Many medical professional consider this to be an essential drug reference tool. It has easy-to-learn features like the pill identifier, several medical calculators, and drug interaction checker making it a must have in anybody’s Android-powered smartphone. It also allows users to check the most common usage of the drugs and their doses cutting across different age groups.
This aesthetically designed app has a smooth user interface and boasts of a collection of different medical calculators that is wide enough to satisfy any generalist and specialist. It is a essential tools in General Practice, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery, Obstetrics, Nephrology, Hematology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Respirology and many more.
If you are looking read medical research papers there isn’t a better option than PubMed Mobile which boasts of more than 21 million citations for a wide range of articles and journals, with a main focus on the bio-medical and life science journals. Searching for a topic or diseases in this app is easy as users can easily narrow down their search queries based on their needs.
For many doctors around the world The Monthly Prescribing Reference (MPR) is one of the best drug reference apps. Here drugs are classified by treatment category and come along with prescribing notes and drug monographs outline useful information for clinical practice.
Apart from these there are many more apps on Android (or you can also get developed your customized android application by professionals) that are helpful for the medical practitioners. They are growing in popularity with time. In this day and age of smartphones help and suggestions are available at fingertips that allow medical practitioners render better services.
Author Bio:
This post has been contributed by Ms. Sakshi Bhardwaj, who is working as an Associate – IT at Daffodil Software Ltd. Apart from application development for android platform and writing about android’s latest developments, she is fond of movies and hanging out with friends. You can get in touch with her on Facebook here.
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