1. Medical Applications for Mobile Devices
Felasfa Wodajo, MD
Virginia Telehealth Summit
April 5, 2011
2. Disclaimers
Senior editor & partner, iMedicalApps.com
mobile medical app and technology reviews & commentary
Co-Founder, Touch Consult LLC
www.theList.MD : web based signout software for medical and surgical residents
Board of Advisors, Doximity
physicians’ private network, directory & secure messaging
7. Future Growth of Platforms
Epocrates surveyed medical students in 2010 (that use Epocrates - bias)
42% of respondents stated they are planning on buying a new device in the
next year
of these, 64% were planning on purchasing iPhone (iOS) device, 24% Android
and only 4% Blackberry
9. “The core goal of the iPad initiative is to improve
the student learning experience.”
17. Demand for Mobile Medical Content
iMedicalApps.com
• November 2009 - March 2011
• <50,000 views/month March 2010
• 400,000 views/month February 2011
23. Monthly pricing
Pricing & Editions
All versions include software hosting, data back-ups, maintenance, support,
and upgrades at no additional charge.
BEST VALUE!
Prescribing Edition Clinical Edition Practice Edition
A powerful electronic prescribing A comprehensive EMR and Integrated scheduling, billing,
application whether in the o ce electronic prescribing solution and EMR solution for the entire
or on the go. for today’s busy physician. medical o ce.
$ 99
per provider/per month
$ 399
per provider/per month
$ 499
per provider/per month
Includes Nimble interactive Includes Nimble interactive EMR Includes Nimble interactive EMR
electronic prescribing for the for the iPad. for the iPad.
iPad and iPhone.
Diagnosis-driven prescribing Includes all Prescribing Edition Includes all Prescribing and Clinical
29. Airstrip
• FDA approved
• recently announced partnership
with Physio-Control (Medtronic)
to integrate with LIFEPAK
defibrillator/cardiac monitors to
send strips from EMS
35. Epocrates Rx Sample Features
Free Version:
Drug Interactions
Pill Identifier – Pill pictures
Drug Info – Information on thousands of drugs
MedMath
Epocrates Rx Pro – $99 per year:
Infectious Disease Treatment Guide
Brand Name OTC drug products
Alternative Medicine
IV compatibility checker
36. Epocrates Essentials
for Android
Drug Information
OTC Medications
Drug Interactions
Disease Information
Infectious Disease
Diagnostic/Lab Tests
Alternative Medicines
Pill ID
Tables/Calcs
38. One of the best free apps
Top 20 Free iPhone Medical Apps
for Health Care Professionals
39. Medscape
Free app
Huge amount of content
7,000+ drug references
3,500+ disease clinical references
2,500+ clinical images and procedure videos
robust drug interaction tool checker
CME activities
and more
44. MedCalc Pro
• Reviewed by
iMedicalApps.com ( Amit Patel,
MD, 09/17/10)
• iOS only
• Pro version upgrade to free
version and superior ($7.99)
• can create a “patient
database”
• iPad support
http://dev.imedicalapps.com/2010/09/medical-
calculator-medical-apps-medcalc-pro/#more-7102
45. MedCalc
• 800,000 downloads
• Niche
• Small developmental team
56. Health 2.0 Apps Accelerator
• “light-weight open framework”
• non-profit and vendor neutral
• “Removing integration barriers
that limit mutually beneficial
collaborative business
opportunities”
57. EHR app stores
• EHRs releasing APIs to allow
developers to build extensions
and new interfaces
• Help patients report health data directly to their
• Practice fusion alone had 24 doctors and their medical charts in real-time
developers participate in its
Developer Challenge • Give medical providers access to real-time patient-
driven health data within their EHR system
• Build additional analysis, data visualization, alerts,
patient education and health-improvement features
utilizing the health data
58. Thank you
Felasfa Wodajo, MD
Senior editor, iMedicalApps.com
Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery
Virginia Hospital Center