Smartphone healthcare

Health
Oriented AppsSMARTPHONE HEALTHCARE
Muhammad Adeel Javaid

Downloadable App
for
IPhone, IPad, Androi
d
Commercial, Ad
Supported
Features:
Symptom Checker
Drugs & Treatments
Pill Identification Tool
Local Health Listings
WEBMD

 Mobile Optimized Website
(http://m.medlineplus.gov/)
 So you can use it on any device
with a browser!
 Free; Medline Plus is
produced by the National
Library of Medicine
 Search on:
 Health Topics
 Drugs
 Medical Terms
 Also available in Spanish
 Tip: On IPhone, I Pod
Touch, Add to Home Screen
for icon on your device.
MEDLINE PLUS

Downloadable App
for IPhone, IPad
Free
Features:
Searchable dictionary
of over 6,000
definitions provided by
the National Cancer
Institute
LIVESTRONG ENGLISH-SPANISH
DICTIONARY OF CANCER TERMS

 Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad, Android, Blac
kberry
 Free
 Features:
 RXDrugs – information on
thousands of Brands and
Generics including interactions
and dosing calculators
 Archimedes – medical
calculator with 200 interactive
tools
 Outlines in Clinical Medicine –
Evidence Based clinical
information on hundreds of
diseases and symptom-related
topics.
SKYSCAPE MEDICAL RESOURCES

IPhone, IPad, Android, Bl
ackberry, Kindle Fire
 Free App from
WebMD, more oriented
toward healthcare
professionals.
 Features:
 Medical news & alerts for
34 specialty areas
 Can find, save, and email
articles from the app.
 Includes drug information
on over 8000 drugs
 Drug Interaction Checker
 Can save searches
MEDSCAPE

Downloadable App for
IPhone, IPad, Android
Free from Weight
Watchers
Features:
 Monitor and track food
and activity points
 Check point values for
favorite foods
 Includes social
networking functions
WEIGHT WATCHERS MOBILE

IPhone, Android, Blac
kberry, and Windows
Phone
Free for basic version.
Maps your workout
with built-in
GPS, tracking your
progress by
distance, calories
burned, speed, heart
rate, etc.
RUNTASTIC

Downloadable App
for IPad, IPhone.
Free
Calorie Counter, Diet
Tracker
1.1 million foods in
database
Fast data entry
MY FITNESS PAL

IPhone, IPad, Blackberry,
Windows Mobile.
 $2.99 from ITunes Store
 Features:
 Includes database of food &
restaurant items
 Personalized Daily calorie
intake based on goals
 Weight tracking and charts
 Can track water intake
 Daily reminders to help stay
on goal
CALORIE TRACKER

Mobile-optimized
website:
(http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/mobile/i
ndex.cfm)
Free
Features:
 Search on over 36,000
drugs
 Quality information from
National Institutes of
Health, National Library
of Medicine
DAILYMED

Downloadable
App, available for
IPhone, IPad, and
Android.
Free
Features:
Includes barcode
reader, scan UPC
codes and learn about
food before you buy.
FOODUCATE

IPhone, IPad, Blackberry
and Android
 Free
 Features:
 Food & calorie tracker with
more than 1 million foods in
the database
 Daily meal plans customized
for your goals
 Weigh in page that graphs
weight and progress over time
 Boasts the most detailed
weight and calorie reports of
any IPhone food tracker
 Track calories and workouts in
one app.
FOOD & FITNESS TRACKER FOR
SPARKPEOPLE

Downloadable App
for IPhone, IPad
Free
Features recall
information from:
FDA
USDA
CPSC
EPA
NHTSA
RECALLS

IPhone, IPad, Android,
Blackberry, Palm, and
Windows Mobile
Free download
included with
Skyscape
Features:
 Over 200 interactive
tools, organized by
specialty
ARCHIMEDES FREE MEDICAL
CALCULATOR

 Downloadable app
for
d.
Free
download, commerci
al product
Features:
Can set how length
and weight are
measured
Strong user ratings
BMI CALCULATOR

IPhone, IPad
Free from The
National Institute of
Health’s National
Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute
Features:
 Can toggle between
English/Metric
measurements
 Includes normal ranges
NHLBI BMI CALCULATOR

IPhone, IPad
Free
Features:
 Monitor pulse by tapping
the screen or counting
heart beats
 Calculates heart rate
zones and where which
zone you are in
 Works with heart rate
straps, eliminating the
need to count your heart
beats.
HEART RATE MONITOR BY LOGYOURRUN

IPhone, IPad
Free
Features:
 Calculates 10 year
Cardiovascular Disease
Risk, based on:
 Age
 Cholesterol level
 Blood Pressure
 Smoking
STAT FRAMINGHAM HEART AGE

Downloadable App
for IPhone, IPad
Free
Features:
Provides a convenient
way to log, graph, and
store glucose readings.
GLUCOSE BUDDY

Downloadable App
from National Breast
Cancer Foundation
Free
Features:
Content to help users
learn more about the
condition
Hear stories from
women
Ask questions
BREAST CANCER: BEYOND THE SHOCK

IPhone, IPad
Free
Features:
 Track asthma
symptoms, triggers, pea
k flow, medications
 Visualize asthma activity
on a color graph
 Map PFM to severity
zones
 5 star user rating
ASTHMA MD

 Downloadable App
available for
IPhone, IPad, Android
 Free
 Features:
 Monitor moods on six pre-
loaded
scales, anxiety, stress, dep
ression, brain injury, post-
traumatic stress, general
well-being
 Custom scales can be built
 Can add notes to
document daily
events, medication
changes and treatments.
T2 MOOD TRACKER

EMERGENCIES, DISASTE
R SAFETY & PUBLIC
HEALTH

IPad, or available as
mobile optimized
website: (http ://apps.usa .go v/ce nt ers -
for -disease -con tro l -a nd- pre v en t ion /)
 Free from Centers for
Disease Control
 Features:
 Data & Statistics
 Information on diseases &
conditions
 Disaster safety
 Environmental health
 Healthy living.
CDC APP

Downloadable App
for
d
Free
Features:
Mapping of disease
outbreaks near you
HEALTH MAP MOBILE

IPhone, Android, Blac
kberry, and as mobile
optimized website
(http://apps.usa.gov/fema-mobile/)
Features:
 Information on
preparedness
 Contact information for
FEMA
 Where to go for help
FEMA APP

IPhone, IPad
 Free App Developed by
American Association
of Poison Control
Centers
 Features:
 Free, confidential access
to poison control experts
 Keeping the app on hand
means never having to
worry about where to find
the number in an
emergency.
POISON CENTER HELP

Downloadable App
for IPad, IPhone
Free
Features:
Real-time, location-
specific reports
Current air quality
Air quality forecasts
for ozone and fine
particle pollution
EPA AIRNOW

Downloadable App
for
IPhone, Android, Bla
ckberry, and as a
mobile optimized
website
(http://apps.usa.gov/uvindex/)
Free
Features:
UV Index
Air quality ratings
wherever you are.
UV INDEX FROM EPA

Downloadable App
for
IPhone, IPad, also
accessible from your
web browser.
Free
Features:
Securely store files
online.
Share files with other
users
DROP BOX

IPhone, IPad, Android.
 Free
 Also available as a Mobile-
optimized website:
h t t p : / / m . w u n d . c o m / c g i -
b i n / f i n d w e a t h e r / g e t F o r e c a s t ? b r a n d = m o b i l e & q u e r y = 3 7 9 2
0
 Features:
 Users can set up their own weather
station, to add their readings to
the Weather Underground network.
 Over 22,000 personal weather
stations report data
 Interactive Wundermap
 Temp, ‘feels like’ temp, wind speed
& direction, humidity, dew
point, visibility, pressure, gusts
and severe weather covered.
WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Note: Not an
App
Search
engine
designed
specifically
for apps
https://www
.quixey.com/
QUIXEY

Mobile-optimized
website
http://apps.usa.gov/
Free from USA.gov
Directory of US
Government Apps
TIP: Browse this for
mobile apps
USA.GOV MOBILE APPS DIRECTORY

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