Smart phones make for easier physician work flow

Just ask Jay Parkinson of HelloHealth or Natalie Hodge of Personal Pediatrics.

An article from HealthLeaders Media today reminds us how smart phones are helping make doctors smarter on the job.

Many physicians have heard of and use Epocrates (heck, I still use it 12 years after leaving practice!) but what about:

uHear: "A mobile hearing loss screening test that lets you test hearing to determine if it is in normal range"?

or

Relax with Andrew Johnson Lite: "A stress reducer that teaches relaxation techniques that can help with pain control, insomnia, post traumatic stress disorder, and other stress symptoms"? Such as those induced by being on call with 5 to go in the ED!

or even

MedCalc: "A medical calculator that contains a wide array of medical formulas and scores"? No more worries about figuring out the dreaded anion gap or serum osmolality!

Here's another image, borrowed from The Efficient MD, that highlights just how many apps are being churned out to help docs do the best job:

(image thanks to The Efficient MD)

Comments

[Gabriel Celibataire]

I am a doctor from so long and these programs on my iPhone make my work so easier, I recommend it to all my colleagues :)

[Philippa Kennealy]

Thanks for your endorsement of the concept, Gabriel. It's making me feel an urge to invest in an iPhone, even though I no longer practice medicine.

What I am sensing is that the iPhone (and possibly its competitors the Pre and the G1) have the potential to be major productivity enhancers when used wisely (and non-addictively!!)

[maneface]

i like your site just stumble up on it through Infusionsoft. im not a doctor but i think apps like those would make any one life at ease.