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Friday, March 19, 2010

Sneak Preview of Dr Nano X Game for iPhone

Mission Critical Studios, makers of DR Nano iPhone game that we covered previously, is about to release the next version of the nanomedicine inspired video game.

Here's what a company rep tells us about the new version:

Dr Nano was basically a tunnel game in one environment. We took a different approach when creating Dr Nano X we treated as though we were creating a console game.
Dr Nano X has new characters, new worlds to explore in the Nano Verse on foot, sub and swimming.
New weapons... even a jetpack.

Dr Nano X is all about the mission. Using the Nano Shrink Ray and the Mysterious Osmotic Effect move through the NanoVerse on a mission to save your patients (s). Battle defective Nanobots, Parasites, Viruses and more.

Link: Mission Critical Studios...

Flashback: Dr. Nano Nanomedicine Video Game Comes to iPhone

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

GE Healthcare Releases Clinical IMAGES iPhone App for Radiologists

GE Healthcare has released an iPhone app aimed at radiologists which shows off sample images and videos from GE Healthcare imaging systems. It was demonstrated recently at RSNA 2009. Currently almost a hundred images and videos from the OPTIMA450W MRI system are included, and the app will be updated periodically adding image sets from other products including x-ray, ultrasound and PET systems.

Although GE boldy states "Radiologists, there is an iPhone app for you too!", we suspect it will be of more use in the hands of sales representatives. From the press release:

"There are times when you could only meet the radiologist at the hallway of the hospital for 30 seconds. Now with this application we can show them right there more than 100 clinical images and videos".

Nevertheless it is a nifty marketing tool and it might come handy the next time you are shopping for a new MRI system for your hospital.

See the following video for a demonstration of the app:

Press release: Radiologists, There Is An iPhone App For You Too!

Link: Clinical IMAGES in the iTunes app store...

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

WebMD Embracing Social Networking With "Health Exchanges"

WebMD Health Corp. finally bought into the hype of social networking and has integrated its own community platform into WebMD.com. WebMD Health Exchange allows consumers to connect to others that have similar conditions and health concerns, and to discuss these matters with the help of a physician moderator that can keep the service from becoming a medical rumourville.

From the announcement:

WebMD Health Exchange is being integrated throughout each of the core content areas of WebMD.com, giving members the ability to safely and easily connect with others on topics that are most relevant to them. In addition to expert-led communities, members are empowered to create their own communities and to exchange information with other users. Communities can be created for public access- which are searchable on WebMD and the Internet, or members can create their own private communities to securely exchange information with friends and family by invitation.
Expert Health Exchange communities will take advantage of the knowledge and credibility of leading specialists from renowned health and medical organizations and patient advocacy groups. Physicians from Duke Medicine will provide expertise for communities ranging from asthma to rheumatoid arthritis. Experts from the National Health Council, National Osteoporosis Foundation, American Gastroenterological Association, North American Menopause Society, and the American Veterinary Medical Association will lead related community discussions, as will Dr. Pamela Peeke on diet, Dr. David Colbert on skin and beauty, Dr. Robert Harrington on heart disease, Dr. Susan Evans on skin problems and treatments and bestselling author Richard M. Cohen on living with health issues.

The WebMD Health Exchange will also enable third party sponsors to create branded exchanges and to host consumer discussions on specific health and wellness topics most important to them.

Link: WebMD Health Exchange

Press release: WebMD Announces New Health Social Networking Platform on WebMD.com ...

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Clinical Voice Recognition on Your iPhone Thanks to Dragon Medical Mobile

Nuance Communications (Burlington, MA), makers of the popular Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software, have unveiled new smart phone apps specifically developed for clinical professionals. The Dragon Medical Mobile package provides transcription, medical voice search, and voice recording capabilities. There's also a software development kit (SDK) available to allow other firms to integrate Dragon Medical voice recognition ability into their own applications.

By utilizing Nuance's advanced, cloud-based Dragon Medical speech recognition technology, clinicians can dictate and capture information via a smartphone in real-time without having to return to the desktop or rely on the keyboard or touch screen. With Dragon Medical Mobile Dictation, all of the speech recognition is performed in the cloud using advanced real-time streaming capabilities.
Utilizing the same cloud-based speech recognition technology as the Dragon Medical Mobile Dictation app, the Search app will allow clinicians to simply speak a request to conduct fast and easy searches on various medical websites. A unique display carousel will show search results simultaneously from popular websites, including MedScape, MedLine, Epocrates and Google.

Once recorded, the clinicians' voice file is forwarded through Nuance's background speech recognition technology and onto transcription where a high quality draft document is created and then is sent back to the clinician for review and sign-off. The Dragon Medical Recorder app is designed for healthcare organizations that leverage either of Nuance's enterprise-wide speech-enabled dictation and transcription solutions, eScription or the Dictaphone Enterprise Speech System.

Press release: Nuance Extends Power and Experience of Mobile, Voice-Enabled Documentation and Search to the Healthcare Industry; Unveils Dragon Medical Mobile Apps for Smartphones ...

Product page: Dragon Medical Mobile Technologies for Smartphones ...

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

PEPID Clinical Assistant Now for Android Powered Devices

PEPID, one of the big names in clinical information for mobile devices, is gearing up to release an Android version of its popular software suite. To that end, PEPID is signing up doctors and nurses that are Android users to become beta testers of the new app. We somehow think that our readers are just a perfect audience to do the beta thing.

From the announcement:

We need your help to test the latest version of our software, designed specifically for the Android scheduled to be released in March. You don't need a current subscription to PEPID to become one of our beta testers, just a current mobile data plan so you can download the product and use certain modules and features.
PEPID contains the most extensive drug database on the market today, along with thousands of disease profiles and medical conditions, medical and dosing calculators, a drug interactions checker, illustrations, laboratory values, and a differential diagnosis generator, all of which are available on the Google Android PEPID beta application.

Link: PEPID Android Medical Software Beta Test...

Press release: PEPID® RELEASES BETA APPLICATION FOR THE GOOGLE ANDROID PHONE ...

Flashbacks: PEPID Is Embracing iPhone Platform ; PEPID Expands Support to The Palm Pre

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Mayo Clinic Releases Symptom Checker iPhone App

Mayo Clinic has released a new iPhone app to help consumers address symptoms of potential underlying conditions. Essentially, you click through Symptom Checker's menus to narrow down to what is bothering you, and in return the app shines a bit of light on what the meaning of the symptoms may be.

Features of the Symptom Checker:

Guidance on self-care strategies, as well as information on when to seek care for more than 40 symptoms

Relevant links to MayoClinic.com, Mayo Clinic's award-winning consumer health information Web site, for more in-depth information on each symptom

Easy access to information on thousands of additional health topics from MayoClinic.com

Information on receiving care at Mayo Clinic, including the ability to inquire about an appointment at Mayo Clinic locations in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota

Product page: Symptom Checker ...

Mayo Clinic Introduces Two Consumer Mobile Applications ...

(hat tip: ScienceRoll)

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Medscape Releases Mobile 2.0 App for iPhone

Medscape has released a new version of its popular Medscape Mobile app for the iPhone platform. The free reference and medical news resource is the most downloaded medical iPhone app, and provides much of what is found on the famous mother page.

Features of Medscape Mobile:

Clinical reference with continually-updated information on over 3,000 diseases, conditions, and procedures; peer-reviewed evidence-based content authored by leading experts, articles enhanced with multimedia including over 2,500 images and more than 150 videos, and step-by-step instructions on clinical procedures.

Drug reference with over 6,000 generic and brand name drugs, over 1,000 generic and brand over-the counter (OTC drugs), and over 1,000 herbals and supplements.

Drug information with adult and pediatric dosing, adverse effects, and pregnancy and lactation guidelines.

Drug interaction checker that quickly shows interactions for a combination of up to 30 drugs, herbals and/or supplements with detailed information from minor to contraindicated interactions.

Continuing Medical Education from MedscapeCME across 30 specialty areas in formats created specifically for a mobile device.

Medscape Medical News with up-to-date, specialty-focused medical content across more than 30 specialties. News articles that can be saved for quick access.

The WebMD Health Directory featuring contact information for over 400,000 physicians, 57,000 pharmacies, and 6,000 hospitals in a convenient search format.

Ability to easily email WebMD Health Directory information, including contact and location information with a map, directly to a patient or colleague.

Product page: Medscape Mobile...

Press release: WebMD Launches New Version of Free Mobile Application for Physicians ...

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

GoMeals iPhone App Makes Food Management Easier for Diabetics

sanofi-aventis recently released an iPhone app to help diabetic patients with meal management. GoMeals, as it's called, provides handy access to nutritional information, and serves as a tracker of ingested food. The app can also help you find a restaurant in your vicinity, and with a database of menus and nutritional info built in, you can quickly spot where to have your delicious and nutritious lunch.

Product page: GoMeals ...

Press release: New GoMeals™ iPhone Application from sanofi-aventis U.S. to Help People with Diabetes Eat Healthy Anywhere, Anytime ...

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A Collection of Common Medical Procedures on iPhone

iMedicalApps has released a review of an iPhone app that helps students and residents learn how to conduct common clinical procedures. The app named "Procedures: Hospital Collection", from a firm MeisterMed, offers videos, instructions, and guidance on stuff like jugular line placement and endotracheal intubation.

Procedures covered by Hospital Collection app:

• Arterial line placement
• Bone marrow aspiration and core biopsy
• Chest tube insertion
• Femoral line placement
• Glidescope intubation
• Internal jugular line placement
• Laryngeal mask airway
• Lumbar puncture
• Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (BiPap, CPAP)
• Orotracheal intubation
• Paracentesis
• Pulmonary artery catheter placement
• Subclavian line placement
• Thoracentesis
• Ultrasound-guided internal jugular line placement

Demo of the app:

iMedicalApps: Hospital Collection App: 15 Procedures Taught With Extensive Multimedia...

Product page: Procedures: Hospital Collection ...

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Monday, February 22, 2010

Thinklabs iPhone App Pairs Up With Electronic Stethoscope

Thinklabs Medical, maker of the electrostatic ds32a stethoscope, has released an iPhone app that can record, playback, and visually display auscultation sounds. Basic editing and visualization options are built into the app, along with ability to save and email recordings.
There's also a prerecorded library of sounds that can be used as a teaching aid or for general reference when listening to a patient.

Features of the app:

Record and Display waveforms and spectrogram in real time.

Scroll and Zoom In/Out using multi-Touch user interface.

Edit Sounds on-screen.

Save Recorded sounds.

Email Sounds and Images, along with notes.

To listen to heart sounds, an electronic stethoscope is required. The Thinklabs Digital Stethoscope ds32a has been tested with the iPhone and iPod Touch. An external Made for iPod / Works with iPhone audio input device with audio input jack is required in order to connect the stethoscope to the iPod. We recommend the Belkin TuneTalk.

Product page: Thinklabs Stethoscope App ...

Flashback: Thinklabs ds32a Stethoscope with Electromagnetic Diaphragm

(hat tip: TMCnet)

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Friday, February 12, 2010

Browse Nature via New iPhone App

The journal Nature has released an iPhone app to bring its scientific news and articles to the mobile platform. The app provides full text of all articles, search and reference tools, as well as access to abstracts at PubMed. To promote the app, Nature is making all the news and articles available for free until April 30.

Product page: Nature.com iPhone app ...

(hat tip: ScienceRoll)

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A Paramedic's Toolbox Inside an iPhone

Ivor Ković, an EMT physician out of Croatia and former Medgadget editor, gave a lecture at a Mobile Monday Amsterdam event where he spoke about how he uses iPhone applications in his clinical practice. Besides using apps available for download, Ivor created his own app and special iPhone carriage that makes for a powerful CPR assistance device.

Ivor Ković's blog...

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Medpedia Launches Clinical Trials Service

Medpedia, the online medical collaborative project written and edited by clinical specialists, has announced a new service that helps patients and professionals keep an eye on clinical trials. Although it uses an already available source, the standard ClinicalTrials.gov, Medpedia promises to make browsing through trials easier and it provides automatic personalized notifications to patients and caregivers when new trials are announced.

Other online sources already allow for searching clinical trials, but the Medpedia platform allows clinical trial information to be "pushed" or fed automatically to appropriate contexts. For instance, trial information can show up alongside a Medpedia article covering the same condition, it can appear in a personalized feed of someone interested in that condition, or in a patient community related to that condition.
Medpedia Clinical Trials updates every 24 hours from the data on ClinicalTrials.gov, a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. The search results provide details on a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and contact information. The ClinicalTrials.gov database is overseen by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and is the largest clinical trials database, holding registrations from over 80,000 trials from more than 170 countries in the world

Press release: MEDPEDIA LAUNCHES NEW CLINICAL TRIAL PLATFORM...

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iOncolex: Cancer Info for Cancer Patients

The Institute for Medical Informatics at Oslo University Hospital has released an iPhone application that aims to provide cancer patients with comprehensive and easily accessible information on their disease. Using text, videos, and illustrations, iOncolex app can prepare patients for diagnostic procedures, educate about treatment options, and identify common medical terms.

The application currently covers the three most common forms of cancer: lung, prostate, and breast. It offers an easy-to-use interface, a handy glossary of medical terms, and a wide range of images, videos and illustrations. Patients can quickly access basic facts about the disease, find out what their treatment options are, and learn how their diagnosis may impact their lives. The application also makes it easy to understand even complex medical terminology by linking all medical terms to plain English definitions.

iOncolex leverages content from Oncolex.com, a widely used service that enables Norwegian medical professionals to stay up to date on the latest advances in cancer diagnostics and treatment. Continually updated, it offers a rich library of illustrations, images and videos to ensure that all patients in Norway receive state-of-the-art care. iOncolex extends this content by translating it into English and presenting it in a way that demystifies the experience of a cancer diagnosis.

Press release: IMI introduces iOncolex, a new iPhone application for cancer patients (PDF)...

Product page: iOncolox...

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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Relief Central Helps Medics Get Through a Disaster

Unbound Medicine just released a mobile app specifically developed to help disaster workers operating in the field. Relief Central, available for free on all the major mobile platforms, provides access to relevant reference material and supplies news feeds from government and private relief agencies.

Users can search The World Factbook from the CIA for detailed information on over 250 countries and territories or review disaster assessment and response guidelines in The Field Operations Guide from the USAID. Relief News gives you up-to-the-minute RSS feeds from trusted government, non-profit, and international resources such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Red Cross, ReliefWeb, and more. With Unbound Medicine's selected MEDLINE Journals users can link to the latest abstracts and articles in relevant scientific and medical literature.

Product page: Relief Central...

Press release: Unbound Medicine Releases Relief Central...

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Health Tweeder Hopes to Distill Medical Twittersphere

Twitter has in many ways become a major medium for discussion on just about any topic. Health and medicine certainly has its presence on Twitter and the folks at Pixels and Pills, a collaboration between two pharma marketing firms, have developed a visualization tool to give a perspective of what issues most concern people. The Health Tweeder scans for keywords from a large group of twitter posts and organizes them by "petri dishes". These are then clickable and lead to specific tweets within the given topic. Once more thoroughly developed, the tool may provide public health officials a better understanding of what the public is thinking and doing, such as during healthcare emergencies.

Link: Health Tweeder...

(hat tip: ScienceRoll)

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Recently on EchoJournal

We are very pleased with EchoJournal, our echocardiography video sharing community. We now have more than 200 user contributed videos, many members, and solid traffic stats. So, if you are a cardiologist, anesthesiologist, radiologist, medical student, or just a person interested in cardiac echoes (TEEs and transthoracic), you can browse through our video archives, upload your own clips, and discuss individual cases. The site is curated by David E. Winchester, MD, a Cardiology Fellow at the University of Florida. He is also getting lots of help from Lebanese cardiologist Dr. Maged Al-Ali. EchoJournal is offering users many choices: keep videos private for storage or post them for discussions, embed videos on your own page , organize groups, channels, and more.

Check out this video puzzle from Dave Winchester, and answer his question: RA collapse, is this tamponade?

In this apical TTE clip, the right atrium is collapsing. It is a little hard to say whether this is occurring as a result of atrial systole or during ventricular systole consistent with tamponade.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Gas Guide App for iPhone Provides Handy Access to Anesthesia Info

A free new application is now available for the iPhone platform that provides clinically useful information for anesthesia residents and practicing anesthesiologists. Quick access is available to preoperative checklists, procedures, patient guidelines, and drug information. The Gas Guide app was developed by a group of clinicians but comes with a disclaimer to double check any information before putting it into practice.

Emergencies: Acute Stridor, Anaphylaxis, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiac Devices, Common Problems, Crisis Algorithm, Hemorrhage & Transfusion, Malignant Hyperthermia, Tension Pneumothorax.

Operative Safety: ASA Daily Check, ASA Pre-Anesthesia Check, FDA Apparatus Checkout, JCAHO Universal Protocol, Operating Room Fires, WHO Surgical Safety Check.

Pre-Operative Setup: Anesthesia Care Plan, Patient History, Physical Exam, Cardiac Clearance, Cardiac Devices, Neuro Information, Patient Positioning, Psychological Prep, Spanish Translation.

Airway Management: Evaluation, Mask Ventilation, Ventilator Settings, Supraglottic Airway, Endotracheal Intubation, Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI), Difficult Airway Algorithm, Transtracheal Jet Ventilation, Cricothyroidotomy.

Common Medications: Anesthesia Med Classes, Emergency Medications, Endotracheal & IV/IO, Induction Agents, Inhalation Agents, IV Concentrations, Local Infiltration, Muscle Relaxants, Pain, PONV, & PRN.

Nerve Blockade: General Principles, Ankle Block, Axillary Block, Fascia Iliaca Block, Femoral Block, Infraclavicular Block, Interscalene Block, Neuraxial Epidural Block, Neuraxial Spinal Block, Popliteal Block, Sciatic Block.

Patient Monitoring: Arterial Line, Bispectral Index, Capnography, Echocardiography, Electrocardiography, Fluids & Equations, HR, RR, BP, SpO2, Nerve Stimulator, PA Cath & CV Cath.

Vascular Access: Arterial Line, CVC Femoral, CVC Internal Jugular, CVC Subclavian, Intraosseous, Peripheral IV, Pulmonary Artery.

Additional: Anesthesia Aphorisms, Glossary of Pain Terms.

Product page: Gas Guide: A Quick Reference Guide For Anesthesia Professionals...

iTunes link...

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2010 Cryptogram Challenge Announced

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News is again featuring a cryptogram challenge from Dr. Peter C. Johnson of Scintellix, Inc. This year's puzzler is based on RNAi. The contest site will be providing a new clue every Monday until someone discovers a solution.

From the announcement:

GEN and Scintellix are coupling the art of cryptography, which was first leveraged in the military, with life science applications. Just as cellular arrays depict biological processes and require skill to interpret, cryptograms when deciphered reveal a hidden message. GEN’s Cryptogram Challenges use the colors displayed in arrays to encrypt text.
This latest puzzle will not only engage your lab skills but also pique your interest. Peter C. Johnson, M.D., President and CEO of Scintellix, has encoded a message in an image that depicts siRNA’s control of gene expression. “I created Cryptogram Challenge: RNAi as a distinct departure from previous Cryptogram Challenges,” says Dr. Johnson. “It will require a different mindset to solve—mirroring some of the complexities in the application of RNAi technology itself."

Link: 2010 Cryptogram Challenge...

Press release: GEN Launches Another Tantalizing Cryptogram Challenge...

Flashbacks: Amateur Cryptobiologists Invited to Take On Cipher Challenge; MicroArray $1500 Challenge... Hurry Before Jethro Ciphers It First!

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Sneak Preview of Dr Nano X Game for iPhone

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

GE Healthcare Releases Clinical IMAGES iPhone App for Radiologists

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

WebMD Embracing Social Networking With "Health Exchanges"

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Clinical Voice Recognition on Your iPhone Thanks to Dragon Medical Mobile

Thursday, March 4, 2010

PEPID Clinical Assistant Now for Android Powered Devices

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Mayo Clinic Releases Symptom Checker iPhone App

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Medscape Releases Mobile 2.0 App for iPhone

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

GoMeals iPhone App Makes Food Management Easier for Diabetics

A Collection of Common Medical Procedures on iPhone

Monday, February 22, 2010

Thinklabs iPhone App Pairs Up With Electronic Stethoscope

Friday, February 12, 2010

Browse Nature via New iPhone App

A Paramedic's Toolbox Inside an iPhone

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Medpedia Launches Clinical Trials Service

iOncolex: Cancer Info for Cancer Patients

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Relief Central Helps Medics Get Through a Disaster

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Health Tweeder Hopes to Distill Medical Twittersphere

Recently on EchoJournal

Monday, February 1, 2010

Gas Guide App for iPhone Provides Handy Access to Anesthesia Info

2010 Cryptogram Challenge Announced