Medical sites for mobiles

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Introduction

See also Academic indexes searchable on mobile devices, Apple iPhone4 for physicians and Podcasts and Videocasts

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With the use of mobile devices and smartphones, Blackberrys and iPhones, it is possible to search biomedical literature on-the-go and to locate the best medical evidence conveniently from just about anywhere. In addition, many popular web search engines and library websites have "mobile-friendly" versions, optimized for use on a mobile device.

Top medical sites for mobiles

• Access Medicine – http://www.accessmedicine.com/quickam.aspx
• Clinical pharmacology onhand
• DynaMed (EBSCO) - http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/
• ePocrates Rx – http://www.epocrates.com/
• 5-Minute Clinical Consult
• MDConsult & FirstConsult (Pocket Consult) – http://www.pocketconsult.com/
• Medscape mobile
• New England J of Medicine mobile
• NGC Practice Guidelines – http://www.guideline.gov/resources/
• NLM mobile resources - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile/
  • PubMed Mobile Beta - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/
  • NLM books on handhelds
  • MEDLINE/PubMed for Handhelds
  • PICO, journal abstracts, etc
  • MedlinePlus mobile
• PubGet Mobile
• TRIP Database
• Unbound MEDLINE

Other useful mobile sites/tools/apps

• Clinical Trials.app – http://www.iphoneclinicaltrials.com/
• Google mobile – http://www.google.com/m
• Merck Medicus for mobiles – http://www.merckmedicus.com/ or http://www.unboundmedicine.com/
• OsiriX for iPhone – http://www.osirix-viewer.com/iphone/
• Papers for iPhone – http://mekentosj.com/papers/iphone/
• Skyscape mobile medical reference – http://www.skyscape.com/
• VisualDx – iPhone http://www.visualdx.com/mobile/
• YouTube mobile – http://www.google.com/mobile/youtube/
• Wikipedia mobile – http://en.m.wikipedia.org/

Point-of-care mobile apps

See POC tools overview

• BMJ Clinical Evidence – http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/ceweb/help/faq_pda.jsp
• CliniPearls http://www.clinipearls.ca/
• DynaMed - BlackBerry and iPhone
• Lexi-Comp - iPhone, Blackberry, Palm, Pocket PC and Windows Mobile OR mobile web
• MDConsult / First Consult - iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile
• Micromedex - PDA and Pocket PC
• PubMed for Handhelds - mobile web
• RefWorks Mobile (requires RefWorks account and Group Code) - mobile web
• STAT!Ref Point of Care Info (POCi) - iPhone, Blackberry
• UpToDate - Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, Palm
  • Mobile access is only available through an individual subscription, not institutional)
• VisualDx - iPhone
  • Medical app to show disease variation with multiple images

Library Resource Pages for Mobiles

• Duke University Library - http://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/content.php?pid=11651&sid=1749580
• Baystate Health Sciences Library - http://libguides.baystatehealth.org/content.php?pid=133023
• Bernard Becker Medical Library
• College of Physicians & Surgeons of BC PDA Links
• Dalhousie School of Medicine Handheld Recommendations
• Kresge Library @ Scripps Clinic and Green Hospital
• McGill University Library
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Northern Ontario School of Medicine Library

Mobile Library Websites

See also Academic indexes searchable on mobile devices

• Athabasca University
• Harvard College Library
• Medical College Georgia
• Oregon State University library
• Ryerson University mobile site or https://m.ryerson.ca/index.cfm?
• University of British Columbia Library
• University of Omaha Library
• University of Virginia Libraries
• Yale's Cushing/Whitney Library
• WorldCat.org mobile

See also Top Fifty (50) Mobile Versions of Library websites

General tools

Search engines

• Ask - http://m.ask.com
• Bing - http://m.bing.com/
• Google - http://www.google.com/m
  • Google mobile texting - http://www.google.ca/mobile/sms/index.html
• Yahoo - http://m.yahoo.com

News outlets

• CBC mobile - http://www.cbc.ca/mobile/
• Globe & Mail mobile - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/mobile/
• New York Times mobile - http://www.nytimes.com/services/mobile/site.html

Social media

• Facebook - http://m.facebook.com/
• Flickr - http://m.flickr.com
• LibraryThing Mobile - http://www.librarything.com/m
• Linked in - http://m.linkedin.com/session/new
• Mobilicious (del.icio.us mobile) - http://mobilicio.us/
• Twitter mobile - http://m.twitter.com/home
• Wikipedia mobile - http://m.wikipedia.org/

See Location-based social networking sites (SNSs)

Further Reading

• PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile Technologies in Libraries - Simmons
• Mobile-compatible search in the iPhone era - Open medicine blog
• Handheld Librarian - http://www.handheldlib.blogspot.com/

References

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• Bridges L. Rempel HG, Griggs K. Making the case for a fully mobile library web site: from floor maps to the catalog. Reference Services Review 38.2 (2010): 309-20.
• Busis N. Mobile phones to improve the practice of neurology. Neurol Clin. 2010 May;28(2):395-410.
• Cuddy C. The iPhone in Medical Libraries. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 2008 5/3:287.
• Farell J. Mobile apps, services vendor rolls out a new healthcare division. The Mobility Blog. 2010 Feb. http://www.mobilehealthwatch.com/blog/mobile-apps-services-vendor-rolls-out-a-new-healthcare-division
• Gonzalez MA, Hanna N, Rodrigo ME, Satler LF, Waksman R. Reliability of prehospital real-time cellular video phone in assessing the simplified National Institutes Of Health Stroke Scale in patients with acute stroke: a novel telemedicine technology. Stroke. 2011 Jun;42(6):1522-7.
• Horrigan J. The Mobile Difference: Wireless connectivity draws many users more deeply into digital life, but most Americans still connect to the internet mainly on wireline and rarely use a mobile device to access digital resources. 2009. Available from http://www.pewinternet.org/Press-Releases/2009/The-Mobile-Difference.aspx
• Joseph A. Comparing the Usability of Apple and Palm Handheld Computing Devices among Physicians: A Randomized Crossover Study. A Master's paper for the M.S. in I.S. degree. April, 2009. Available from http://ils.unc.edu/MSpapers/3494.pdf
• Kroski E. On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies. Library Technology Reports. 2008. Available from http://eprints.rclis.org/15024/
• Kusche KP. Lessons learned: mobile device encryption in the academic medical center. J Healthc Inf Manag. 2009;23(2):22-25.
• Lippincott, JK. Mobile Technologies, Mobile Users: Implications for Academic Libraries. ARL: A Bi-Monthly Report. 2008 Dec. Available from http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-261-mobile.pdf
• Morris J, Maynard V. Pilot Study to Test the Use of a Mobile Device in the Clinical Setting to Access Evidence-Based Practice Resources. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2009 Oct 5.
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• Yesilada Y, Chuter A, & Henry SL. Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities. Web Accessibility Initiative. 2009 Jun. Available from http://www.w3.org/WAI/mobile/experiences

See also

• Apple iPad for physicians
• Apple iPhone4 for physicians
• Information technology topics
• iPad 2
• IPhone 4 for health professionals
• Loaner iPads & laptops
• Wireless