iPhone Clinical

MedCalc for iPhone and iPod Touch is a free and open source App that is available in English, French, German and Spanish.
Website link.
The Framingham Cardiovascular Risk formula is included.

A free trial of the Epocrates Essentials suite for the iPhone and iPod Touch is available. You will need to register with Epocrates.
Website link.

Epocrates Rx free software is available on the iTunes App store and you can activate the free trial from the App. You can upgrade to Epocrates Essentials for the discounted price of $127.20

Epocrates Installation Tutorial Video

EyeChart v1.1 is a free App.
Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch.
Website link.

It is an image of the Snellen Eye Chart.

uHear is a free App to screen and test for hearing loss for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Website link.

uHear Demonstration video:

Skyscape Medical Resources for the iPhone and iPod Touch include the following free Apps:

• Outlines in Clinical Medicine®,
• Archimedes™ – Medical Calculator
• RxDrugs™: Drug Dosing Tool
• MedAlert™

Website link.

Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch.

Green Radiology Professional RX – Version 2.4.4 released July 24, 2009.

This 224+ radiology are with High Resolution, include some cases, and basic Rx-abbreviations, of course instructions to use the application.

Website link

Growing

was developed by a pediatrician to help you track and measure your child’s growth. After entering basic information such as your child’s date of birth, height and weight, the application will calculate various percentiles such as weight-for-age to help you assess if your child’s growth is above or below average.

Apple’s App Store turns one year old this week. See the new birthday page on iTunes App Store.

I don’t see any medical apps among  Our Favorite Apps and Our Favorite Games.

Maybe next year…

Stat Immunization by StatCoder.com

is the full updated 2009 CDC schedule for both children and adults including the schedule for birth to six years, seven to 18 years, and catch-up schedule formatted for your iPhone and iPod Touch. All footnotes are included.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Immunization Schedules can be found onlline here. This App has the same information in an iPhone friendly format.

I would like to see a Canadian version of this app.

A Zebra is a rare diagnosis that is part of the differential diagnosis, but it should not be the immediate first answer in the diagnostic process.

When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.

Your next patient has Waldenström Macroglobulinemia? A Google search via Safari on the iPhone yields hits at cancer.gov and Wikipedia.

What about the medical suites?

Epocrates – No entry.
Pepid – No entry.
Skyscape – Yes, a detailed entry.

A low grade lymphoid malignancy which produces monoclonal IgM….