Oct 4
2016
3 Free Medical Apps You Need to Be Using Right Now
Guest post by Kathy Finsterle, editor, Remington College.
Whether you’re a student in school to become a medical assistant or already working in the field, we can bet that you’ve had a question or two that wasn’t easily answered by an instructor or coworker. The beauty of education and training today is that when that happens you needn’t spend hours flipping through books and manuals to find the information.
While it’s always best to have your questions answered “from the horse’s mouth,” these free medical apps can help put your mind at ease and get you an answer in a pinch.
Epocrates is the #1 medical reference app and go to mobile tool for U.S. physicians and medical providers. It’s hard to believe that it’s free with all of the features it offers. Through the app you can:
- Look up OTC and name/brand drug information
- Identify potential drug interactions
- Access news and up to date research
- Perform drug calculations
- athena text messaging
athenatext messaging might be the most interesting feature of this app. You can set up a texting service within your care group to share images and communicate with people in your office about patients while still adhering to HIPAA laws.
Medscape is a similar alternative to Epocrates that has many of the same features in an easy to use design. One thing that sets it apart from Epocrates is that it is not just one app but a family of three that each serves a slightly different purpose.
Medscape
- Look up OTC and name/brand drug information
- Identify Interactions
- Perform Drug Calculations
Medscape Medplus News App
- Get up to date news related to your field of specialty
- Follow medical trends and share information with your followers
- Search topics and personalize what’s shown to you
Medscape CME and Education App
- Earn CME/CE credit directly from the app
- Train with a variety of formats including video and audio
- Track your continuing education progress