Productivity Apps

Pre-Clinical

Clinical

DynaMed:

Clinical referenced database with over 3,000 entries.

Biomedical Library page for DynaMed (contains download instructions)

Epocrates:

Drug reference.

Epocrates on iTunes

First Consult:

A good reference for evidence-based answers to clinical questions at the point of care. Please see the instructions on How to access the First Consult App on iTunes store.

First Consult on iTunes

PubMed:

Reference application––available in various forms.

PubMed+ for handhelds

3D Brain:

Brain atlas.

3D Brain on iTunes

3M Littmann SoundBuilder:

Generates heart sounds with drawn-out sound waves (makes slightly more sense than just hearing them).

3M Littmann SoundBuilder on iTunes

AHRQ ePSS:

The Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) is an application designed and developed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Nation's lead Federal agency for research on health care quality, costs, outcomes and patient safety.

AHRQ ePSS on iTunes

Brain Tutor HD:

Brain atlas.

Brain Tutor HD on iTunes

Calculate (Medical Calculator):

Free medical calculator.

Calculate (Medical Calculator) on iTunes

drawMD:

This gives you a few anatomy pictures for each system to draw on for sitting with patients and educating them about their condition. Available for the following specialties: Cardiology; ENT; Urology; Orthopedics; General Surgery.

drawMD website (scroll down for iTunes links for each specialty)

Diagnosaurus DDx:

Generates Differential Diagnosis.

Diagnosaurus DDX on iTunes

Instant ECG:

ECG examples of all types of ECGs movies of arrythmias.

Instant ECG on iTunes

Lab Tests Online-M:

Online List of various laboratory tests used in clinical care.

Lab Tests Online-M on iTunes

Mediquations Medical Calculator:

Medical calculator.

Mediquations Medical Calculator on iTunes

Micromedex

Good reference for drugs.

Micromedex on iTunes

Medpage Today:

Medpage Today is an online news service for physicians that provides a daily clinical perspective on the breaking medical news that their patients are reading. Co-developed by MedPage Today, LLC and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, each article, headlined in a daily email, alerts the reader to breaking medical news published in journals or presented at National conferences, presenting that news in a context that meets their educational practice needs.

Medpage Today website

Medscape:

Medscape from WebMD is the leading medical resource most used by physicians, medical students, nurses, and other healthcare professionals for clinical information.

Medscape on iTunes

Nerve Whiz:

Peripheral nerve atlas.

Nerve Whiz on iTunes

SonoAccess:

Heart sound application.

SonoAccess on iTunes

Omnio (formerly Skyscape Medical Resources):

The Omnio app is used by more than 1 million healthcare professionals (HCPs) to access the medical resources they know and trust at the point of care. This valuable decision-support tool helps physicians, nurses, students, and other HCPs find the right answers, right away.

Omnio on iTunes

VisualDx:

Shows disease variations with multiple images (requires Penn subscription).

VisualDx on iTunes