J Korean Med Assoc.  2014 Dec;57(12):1027-1033. 10.5124/jkma.2014.57.12.1027.

Valuable mobile applications for medical practice

• Kwon OH

• KMID: 1736631
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2014.57.12.1027

Abstract

While the invention of computers has caused the rapid development of technology and civilization, the marriage of computers with mobile technology has continued to greatly change our daily lives in every aspect. We use smartphones to tell the time instead of watches, and we utilize mobile applications (apps) to communicate by emailing, messaging and social networking, to take, edit and share photos and videos, to navigate, to conduct commercial transactions, and to perform many other everyday routines. Similarly, in the medical field, there are apps that provide medical and drug information, medical practice guidelines, continuing medical education, and many other services. In this article, several selected mobile apps are briefly reviewed from a personal point of view on their utility in daily medical practice.

Keyword

Cellular phones; Tablet PC; Mobile applications

MeSH Terms

Cellular Phone
Civilization
Education, Medical, Continuing
Electronic Mail
Humans
Inventions
Marriage
Mobile Applications*

Figure

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  Figure 1 (A) In this aggregated search page of KIMS Smartphone app, you can find the information such as drug information, drug identification, drug-drug interaction etc. (B) In this drug identification page you can identify the unknown drugs from their physical appearances.

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  Figure 2 (A) Medscape application's home shows the three sections of News, Reference, and Education. (B) In this Medscape News section, you can get the latest medical news for the previously selected category. (C) Medscape Reference provides extensive information about drugs, diseases and procedures along with several useful tools.

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  Figure 3 Grapherence™, Unbound's new interactive search tool, graphically shows the influence and interrelationships among journal articles [22].

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