Top Mobile AppsFor Clinical CasesCourtney MlinarHSLANJ 2014

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

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

Residents:Training for Apps Summer 2013

Medical Missions Winter 2012, Summer 2013

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

Mobile-optimized Apps: Hybrid apps- native app platform plus

mobileoptimized database Pure mobile-optimized apps Require wi-fi or internet access

Mobile Apps at HPD:http://nova.campusguides.com/content.php?pid=104950&sid=835769

App Gaps: Unreliable reviews Cross-platform operability Usefulness

How do you Evaluate an App?

Evaluating InformationCRAAP (Chico State) Test: Currency Relevancy Authority Accuracy Purpose

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http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/home.html

RYT HospitalHoax web site:

http://rythospital.com/

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/

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

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

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

Top Productivity Apps: Dropbox Evernote SlideShark Mighty Meeting Adobe Connect

Top Virtual Meeting: Facetime Skype Google Hangout

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

Browser Apps: Puffin Dolphin

PDF Apps: iAnnotate Noteability PDF Expert

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

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.

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

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

NLM Apps: PubMed on Tap WebMD

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile/

What are using?