Mobile app: Pediatrics Digest

Todd Vandenbark — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:44:54 +0000

Pediatrics, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, has a great app for helping clinicians and students keep up with the latest research in their field: Pediatrics Digest. This free app “digests print and online articles from the monthly publication and provides summaries and abstracts of 10-15 early release articles each week” (from iMedicalApps blog). Users can access abstracts and summaries of articles easily without having to wade through the advertising present in the print version. And members of the AAP (or journal subscribers) have access to the print version through this app as well, complete with a search feature and Table of Contents with articles sorted by type.

While its design lacks visual appeal, its functionality and convenience allows users to keep up with new research in the field from the top journal in the field of Pediatrics. (For a more detailed look at the app, read the recent review in the iMedicalApps blog.) It is available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Best of all, its FREE.

Do you use this app? How has it worked for you? Tell us about it!

For parents: there’s an app for that!

Todd Vandenbark — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:10:59 +0000

As a librarian and an advocate for freely available and widely disseminated information, I find it preferable to note or promote free mobile apps over those that cost. But sometimes an inexpensive app can be worth the purchase price.

Kid Normal References ($2.99) is a pediatric app that covers developmental milestones, dental development, normal heart rates and sleep patterns, and more. While designed for pediatricians and other medical professionals, it can also answer the question that all parents and grandparents ask: “Is my child or grandchild developing normally?”

This application also includes all CDC vaccination schedules (such as pediatric ages and catch-up schedules) in a variety of formats.

While it is only available for the iPhone and iPod touch, it will probably run on the iPad at iPhone resolution.

Have you used this or a similar app to obtain information about your child, grandchild, or pediatric patient? Tell us about it — pros, cons, etc!

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Mobile app: Pediatrics Digest

For parents: there’s an app for that!