From: A Systematic Review of Healthcare Applications for Smartphones
Application | Version (price) | Platforms | Description | Functions |
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Skyscape’sRxDrugsURL21[39] | 1.1 (free) | Android, BlackBerry,iOS | An application that providesdosing guidelines for drugs. | Includes thousands of brand-name and genericdrugs and dosages; drug-drug interactions withmulti-drug analyzer tool; access medications byindication, pharmacologic class or by generic orU.S. or Canadian brand name; integratedweight-based drug dosing calculators. |
3.18 (free) | Palm OS, WindowsMobile, iOS,BlackBerry, Android | A drug database application thatis part of Epocrates Rx, which is afree product. | Provides clinical information on thousands ofprescription medicines; formulary information;identify pills by entering physical characteristicsand imprint code; multi-drug interaction checker. | |
Medscape URL23[39] | 2.4.1 (free) | iOS, BlackBerry,Android | A drug reference applicationfor smartphones. | Includes comprehensive drug reference, druginteraction checker, disease and conditionreference and treatment guide, proceduresreference, daily medical news and alerts,physician, pharmacies, and hospital directories. |
SafeMedPocket URL24[52] | 2.0 | Windows Mobile | An application that providesaccess to data on allpharmaceuticals that are soldin Sweden. | Contains drug listings from the FASS(an encyclopedia that is equivalent to AmericanPhysician’s Desk Reference, containing detailedinformation of the medicines that are licensed forsale in Sweden), ICD-10 codes, medical literature,and pharmaceuticals interactions. |
FDA Drugs URL25[39] | 1.8 ($2.99) | iOS | A tool that provides authoritativeinfo for FDAc drug approvals. | Includes 16,466 approvals for 25,881 drug productssince 1939; free monthly updates; search genericdrugs for brand name drugs and vice versa; searchdrug name and active ingredient; covers all drugsfrom the Orange Book; strength, manufacturer,FDAc approval date, package inserts(description, clinical pharmacology, etc.). |
DrugDoses.net URL26[39] | 2.0 ($19.99) | iOS, WindowsMobile, Android,Palm OS | A smartphone version of FrankShann’s booklet on drug dosagesfor children and adult. | Contains more than 2000 drug dosages for bothchildren and adults; search by drug name; integratesPedCalc (pediatric score and formula calculator) andresuscitation dose calculator for children. |