Physician at your fingertips? There’s an app for that!
Filed:
Mobile application for smartphones promises to connect patients to free medical advice from physicians and other credible medical experts. But can it deliver?
Read MoreInfoFair 2011: InterProfessional Education
Nanci Murphy, Associate Dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington will speak on “InterProfessional Education and Collaboration: Lessons Learned and Future Directions.” Her talk will be followed by a Meet the Experts Panel discussion on the topic of interprofessional education.
Read MoreLow Cost Mobile Medicine
Oxford University along with a group of South African researchers have developed a kit to turn a low-cost mobile phone into a stethoscope that allows patients “to record and analyse […]
Read MoreUsing Mobile Technology to Save Lives
Filed:
Recent study compared response times to cardiac arrest emergencies between ambulances and trained lay responders linked to an alert system using mobile phone positioning, and found that the latter were faster 56% of the time.
Read MoreHealth Literacy: plain language
In a recent post on the University of Michigan Health System News blog, researchers offer “10 ways to make better decisions about cancer care“: Insist on plain language. Focus on […]
Read MoreSTAT!Ref’s Anatomy TV: a great resource
Filed:
As part of the Library’s subscription to STAT!Ref, patrons have access to Anatomy.tv, which is a “suite of 3D interactive models of human anatomy. Intuitive controls allow the user to […]
Read MoreHealth Literacy and Public Health Campaigns
Public health campaigns need to de-stigmatize low or poor health literacy, as demonstrated in one study. But it is an uphill battle against prevailing assumptions that bad things happen to people because “they deserve it.”
Read MoreAnother successful LIFT Forum
Filed:
On Wednesday, September 7, 2011, Eccles Library presented its monthly LIFT Forum on “Hot Mobile Devices: Tablets and eReaders” yesterday. Amy Honisett, Peter Jones, Jeanne Le Ber and Nancy Lombardo […]
Read MorePapers for iPad: mobile medical literature management
Filed:
In the iMedicalApps blog, Tom Lewis reviews the app Papers for the iPad ($14.99), the mobile version of a popular desktop program designed for clinicians, researchers and other medical professionals […]
Read More
