All you need is a smart phone and an internet connection and you can have instant access to literally hundreds of medical applications. Given this overload, how is the average doc to filter through the detritus and find the apps worth downloading? We’ll use this column to give you a hand, combing through the avalanche of apps at least once a month. This issue we will look at a couple of ultrasound teaching apps, one from a large vendor and another from a fellow emergency physician.

 

There are hundreds of medical apps available for download, but here are a few that rise to the top for both form and function

 New IV access tool could be helpful. In some instances. Maybe.

Only 4% of physicians currently utilize a fully functional EHR, but new regs could pave the way for the Fed to pay for EMR adoption. 

The Portable CO-Oximeter:

Unsung Triage Workhorse

Innovation is the name of the game in medicine, but for every groundbreaking change there are a hundred that don’t see the light of day and dozens that don’t survive the shake-out of practicality. Of those that find their way into regular use only a select few can really be called “practice changing.” In this month’s article we’ll focus on the latter:  practice changers that have stormed the scene over the past few years.

When you talk to an emergency physician about electronic medical records and emergency department information systems, you’re likely to get a strong reaction.