From the June 2016 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
Produced by: Philips Healthcare
Price: Free (subscription)
OS: Android
Lumify is not technically a stand-alone app, but an app-based ultrasound system deserves a spot on this year’s list. By inserting a transducer into an Android charge port, a smart device can become capable of performing ultrasound. The subscription service is being developed and Philips hopes to create a highly customizable catalogue of Lumify apps, such as one for automatic bladder volume calculations, for users to choose from, based on their own imaging needs. Two transducers are currently offered, including one for abdominal and obstruction imaging and another for vascular, thyroid and breast imaging. Although Lumify may add credence to the notion that ultrasound will displace the stethoscope, the real potential for app-based ultrasound to improve care may be in bringing access to rural patient populations.
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Quick ICD 10
Produced by: Nth Technologies
Price: Free
OS: Apple, Android
Like the popular translation apps that help people travel in countries where they don’t speak the language, Quick ICD 10 offers a simple and quick way to search and convert ICD 9 codes to
ICD 10 codes and back. The app allows users to search codes numerically or by description and, to speed up the process of redoing the same conversion, it remembers searches and allows the user to bookmark “favorite” codes.
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UpToDate
Produced by: UpToDate Inc.
Price: $499 a year for an individual physician
OS: Apple, Android
Since 1982, UpToDate has been linking health care professionals with evidence-based resources. The service offers more than 9,000 evidence-based and graded recommendations as well as more than 140 medical calculators, 5,200 drug entries, 27,000 graphics and almost 1,500 patient topics. The UpToDate app can be downloaded for both iOS and Android devices. However, it’s not cheap. While downloading the app is free, in order to tap into the wealth of content within, a subscription to the UpToDate database is required.
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Spok Mobile
Produced by: Spok Inc.
Price: Monthly subscription fee
OS: Apple and Android
In order to utilize Spok Mobile you need tobe a Spok customer. Spok Mobile is a critical messaging/ alerting application that simplifies communications and strengthens care by using smart-phones and tablets for receiving critical communications: code alerts, patient updates, test results, consult requests and more. A mobile API allows interoperability with third-party mobile applications, enabling secure patient discussions via an EMR app, communication with proprietary hospital apps and access to content on a cloud-based drive. It also allows for the encrypted delivery of third-party alerting/alarming systems such as telemetry monitors, nurse calls and critical results from the RIS and LIS.
