Orthobullets App Review: Outstanding Quick Reference Guide and Education Review Program for Orthopedics Musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries affect over 40 million people in the United States alone. Not surprisingly, MSK complaints are extremely common in primary care representing the second leading cause of patient visits. Nationally, over 70% of MSK complaints are initially evaluated in primary […]
Massachusetts General Hospital ACLS: ACLS Quick Reference App in the Time of COVID Nothing in medicine quickens the pulse faster than hearing a “code blue” call overhead and quickly moving to the location to evaluate. Frequently, these may just be someone experiencing a vasovagal episode from a blood draw in the lab, but frequently it […]
An Impressive and Wide-Ranging Collection of Shared Decision Making Tools Just a Few Clicks Away Bookmark the website, make it a “web app” for your smartphone! Just start using Patient Decision Aids from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Last week, one of my most favorite and most non-compliant patients showed up for a walk-in appointment […]
The Best Sanford Guide Yet Frequently, trainees ask me why they need a dedicated infectious disease guide. Why can’t they just use a drug guide such as Epocrates or Lexicomp or reference apps such as UpToDate, Dynamed or Essential Evidence Plus? Perhaps they could. Or they would ask, why can’t they just use a paper […]
The VA Brings to Bear a POC App for Improved Stroke Outcomes Acute stroke is frequently a terrifying and devastating disease process for patients. Currently, acute stroke remains the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and nearly 800,000 patients per year suffer a stroke. Stroke is both preventable via treatment of hypertension […]
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