Part of CE course for HSLANJ Spring 2014

1. Top Mobile
Apps
For Clinical
Cases
Courtney Mlinar
HSLANJ 2014

2. How I got started:
 Medicine is Mobile Initiative Fall 2009
 Morphed into iPad Initiative Fall 2010
 LibGuides created Summer 2010
 Faculty Development Spring 2011
 New leadership OIIT Spring 2011=more
support!
 HPD Library purchased iPad2s Summer 2011
 Macs in Library Information Commons Fall
2011
 HPD Library purchased iPad3s Winter 2011

3. iPads in Programs:
Fall 2013: New Students in the Programs
 College of Osteopathic Medicine
 College of Dental Medicine
 College of Pharmacy
 College of Optometry

4. Residents:
Training for Apps
 Summer 2013
Medical Missions
 Winter 2012, Summer 2013

5. All Apps are not equal…
 Abridged versions of databases
 Native apps: use device features such as
camera,
 GPS
 Hybrid apps: combo native app and
mobile-optimized
 web site
 Pure mobile-optimized web site with app
portal

6. Mobile-optimized Apps:
 Hybrid apps- native app platform plus
mobileoptimized
 database
 Pure mobile-optimized apps
 Require wi-fi or internet access

7. Mobile Apps at HPD:
http://nova.campusguides.com/content.php?pid=1
04950&sid=835769

8. App Gaps:
 Unreliable reviews
 Cross-platform operability
 Usefulness

9. How do you Evaluate an App?

10. Evaluating Information
CRAAP (Chico State) Test:
 Currency
 Relevancy
 Authority
 Accuracy
 Purpose

11. Dehydrated Water
Hoax web site:
http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/hom
e.html

12. RYT Hospital
Hoax web site:
http://rythospital.com/

13. Evaluating Apps:
CRAPPIES
 Currency
 Relevance
 Authority
 Purpose
 Proven (Accurate, Useful)
 Intuitive *
 Easy
 Stable Interface
 *Spool, J. M. (2005). What makes a Design seem ‘Intuitive’? Retrieved
 Jan. 20, 2012, from http://www.uie.com/articles/design_intuitive/

15. Library site and subscriptions:
 Access Medicine
 EBSCO
 GALE
 StatRef
 Science Direct
 Clinical Key
 OvidMD
 Psych Online
 Access Pharmacy
 Red Book Online
 Web of Knowledge
 UptoDate
 First Consult
 Visual Dx

17. Skyscape Apps:
 Look for free ones, plus-
 DynaMed
 Natural Standard
 Outlines in Clinical Medicine
 Rx Drugs

19. More Drug Apps:
 Clinical
Pharmacology
Mobile
 Medical Letter
 Sanford
Antimicrobial
 PEPID (free version)
 Pharmacy Pro
 Epocrates
 Pill Finder
 LactMed
 Micromedex Drug
Info
 Micromedex Drug
Interaction
 Lexicomp

20. Top Productivity Apps:
 Dropbox
 Evernote
 SlideShark
 Mighty Meeting
 Adobe Connect

21. Top Virtual Meeting:
 Facetime
 Skype
 Google Hangout

22. Reading Apps:
 iBook
 Kindle
 Stanza
 Inkling
 Kno Textbooks
 Vital Source
 Bluefire Reader
 Nook
 Audiobooks
 OverDrive
 CourseSmart
 Pearson eText
 Merck Manual
 eBrary
 Taber’s Medical
Dictionary
 Kobo

23. Browser Apps:
 Puffin
 Dolphin

24. PDF Apps:
 iAnnotate
 Noteability
 PDF Expert

25. NEW: Microsoft Office
 Nearly a GB in size
 Requires a one year subscription to Office 365
($100) to edit and create- do you have
Outlook.com, Xbox accounts?- can install on 5
desktops, 5 tablets
 Free version is Read only
 Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note
 Backs up your work on Microsoft One Drive (7GB
free storage)
 How to Print documents not intuitive, does not
“open with…”such as Printer Pro
 Some gaps such as Charts in Word

26. Plans for Businesses:
Start at $5 per month, $60 per year for up to 25 users
 Business-class email,
 online conferencing,
 public website,
 file storage and sharing and office online.
The step-up program is $12.50 per month or $150 per
year and adds
 access to the desktop versions of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, OneNote and several other titles
 requires a one-year contract and costs $15 per
month, but can be used by up to 300 people and it
adds Active Directory integration self-service business
intelligence.

27. 2 ways to get Office 365:
 Inside MS Office app – use iTunes
 Go to office.microsoft.com = pay $99 or
$9.99 monthly (Skip downloading iTunes
apps step if you already downloaded the
apps- can be confusing)
Login with Microsoft account to have app
activate paid features

29. Alternatives:
 iWorks
 Pages
 Numbers
 Keynote
(some quirky formatting when switching
back and forth from MS Office to iWorks)

30. NLM Apps:
 PubMed on Tap
 WebMD
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile/

31. What are using?