Mobile Device Applications

Licensed Applications (free to Yale University/YNHH affiliates)

Application Name/Basics

Description

Platform

. Get the UCentral App through Apple's App Store or   Android Google Play

This is the institutional gateway from Unbound Medicine. All content is installed by default including:

• 5 Minute Pediatric Consult, Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, Essential Evidence/POEMS, Clinical Evidence (BMJ), Emergency Medicine Manual, Harrisons' Manual of Medicine, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Journal Tables of Contents.
• First Time Users - You must be on the Yale or YNHH network to create your mobile account username and password.  Either Register for Mobile Download online or download the App and then click on "Learn more/Support" to complete your registration on your mobile device.  It is asks for a serial number then you are not connected to the Yale/YNHH network.

Follow the link to the full version and click on the Mobile link to go directly to the Apps store or Android market

Includes condensed information derived from online Micromedex Health Series products.

Android and iOS versions of the Micromedex Drug Information database are available for free. For Apple iOS users only, there is an App for Drug Interactions and another for IV Compatibility. Note: Interactions and IV Compatibility are free only to institutional subscribers (which includes YSM and YNHH). You will need a special institutional code to activate these Apps. Go to the Web version of the full Micromedex , click on the "mobileMicromedex" link and scroll down to find the codes to activate your subscriptions. Note that the codes for Internations and IV Compatibility are different.  Codes change quarterly so you will need to go back and get a new code periodically.

ePocrates

• Request a certficate or discount code

Premium versions are available for iPhone/iPodTouch, Blackberry, WindowsMobile and Android

This popular drug resource is the single most used medical PDA application. Free basic version available for all devices. Other versions require annual subscription fee.
*** Yale University affiliates can purchase premium versions of Epocrates at a discount. Complenmentary certificates are available for Yale Medical and PA students. For details....

Stat!Ref Mobile

   Hybrid App/web-based

  Apple App Store

  Android Google Play

Stat!Ref Mobile uses a special application to access an online version of this Ebook collection optimized for handheld devices. As with MDConsult Mobile, you first must create a personal account before you can access the content:

• Access the online STAT!Ref site, click the “My Stat!Ref” link in the upper right corner and create an account.
• Then click the “Temporary Login Account” tab and select “Activate/Renew” . This will authorize the password for the online mobile application for one year. This is the username/password you will use when prompted by the Stat!Ref Mobile App.
• All Stat!Ref resources are available through the mobile application including: ACP PIER (Physicians' Information Education Resource) with ACP Journal Club DSM-IV-TR AHFS Drug Information Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses ... and a collection of nursing Ebooks

MDConsult Mobile

Web-based application

This online resource features a subset of the AccessMedicine suite of ebooks and resources optimized for handheld mobile devices.  You must be on the Yale network (or remotely connected with VPN) to use this resource. Among the resources available on the mobile site are:

• Harrisons Online
• Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
• Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas
• Diagnosaurus

VisualDx is a diagnostic decision support system designed by clinicians to aid medical professionals in the diagnosis of visually identifiable diseases. The Mobile version is available for iPhone, iPad and Android Devices.    Go to the VisualDx webpage and click on the "Get VisualDx Mobile" to create an account. You MUST be on the Yale network to create your account.  The go to the App store or Play store to download the free VisualDx Mobile App.

Note: you must have an active Internet connection (cellular of WiFi) when using the app.  The data is not resident on your device.

Selected Free/Inexpensive Applications

The Electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) is an application designed to help primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients.

The ePSS is available both as a web application and a mobile application. Information is based on the current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

‘Calculate’ is a clinical calculator and decision support tool for iPhone, iPad, Android and BlackBerry, freely available to the medical community. Focused on highlighting tools which are actually useful in clinical practice and serve to impact diagnosis, treatment or determining prognosis..

Medscape Mobile

     Registration Required

Medscape Mobile contains selected information from WebMD's Medscape and eMedicine online sites. This free product for the iPhone/iPodTouch, iPad and Android includes:

• Drug reference with interaction checker
• Multimedia clinical reference with over 4,000 diseases, conditions and procedures
• Clinical Procedures database [most unique features compared with other apps]

The Blackberry version is limited to the drug database and interaction checker

mobileMerckMedicus

For Blackberry users this is an ONLINE application. For other devices, this is a download and local install.

This free application includes Pocket Guide to Diagnostic test and MEDLINE journals from our UCentral platform although there are some unique resources including The Merck Manual, Professional Edition and Harrison's Practice - Answers on Demand. If you already have UCentral, you can choose not to include the Pocket Guide which is already included in that package..

This program is free for healthcare profesionals. Registration required.

STUDENTS: you'll be asked to enter a student number in the State License # field during online registration. Simply enter any number in this field.

(aka 'Medline Database on Tap"; formerly known as "PubMed on Tap")

MD on Tap is an experimental application for PDAs that retrieves MEDLINE® citations directly from the PDA through a wireless connection to the Internet. MD on Tap features include:

MedCalc is a medical calculator popular since the Palm OS days. It is designed for rapid calculation of common equations used in clinical medicine (including anesthesiology, pediatrics, emergency, intensive care and internal medicine).

Price:  $1.99 for iPhone app.  $4.99 for iPad Pro version.

Medical Eponyms

Medical Eponyms lists over 1,700 common and obscure medical eponyms (e.g., Rovsing's sign, Virchow's node) with descriptions.

Price: $1.99

Diagnosaurus

Free (for Palm and WindowsMobile) medical and surgical differential diagnosis tool from McGraw-Hill. Based on content from Lange series.

Now a 99 cent paid App for the iPhone/iPodTouch and Android

Selected Specialty Applications

Shots 2013 is a quick reference guide to the Childhood Immunization Schedule from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Cost: FREE (also low cost premium versions)

Kidometer for iPhone is a reference of age-based normals, providing immediate access to the information you need while caring for pediatric patients. Tap in the patient's age and gender, then browse through over 200 elements of age-specific data, including vitals, labs, developmental milestones, nutritional guidelines, and other essential

Cost: $4.99