Mobile Resources  

From the Access Surgery collection. Outlines on 360 surgery topics. DDx support. Some references. Registration with publisher required but access is free for HMS (AccessSurgery subscribers).

PIER® (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) is a collection of over 400 evidence summaries published by the American College of Physicians. Each module provides authoritative guidance to improve the quality of care.
Mobile access set-up under the "More Information" button.

Important features of PIER include:

• Truly evidenced-based
• Defines the current standard of care
• Frequently updated (Monthly Content Updates and Module Additions)
• Consistently structured for rapid access
• Search or browse by organ system
• Integrated drug reference (AHFS DI® Essentials™)

Point-of-care evidence-based information includes drug and disease information with 3000+ topics. Updated daily. References link to PubMed and fulltext.
To download go to: http://www.ebscohost.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/dynamed/technical.php Use HU email address to obtain a serial number. Go to Skyscape and download app using this number.

Access to EBSCOhost databases including CINAHL, Dentistry and Oral Health, PsycInfo, AltHealth. Access citations and abstracts, plus selected full-text articles.

Access: Institutional subscription paid for by Countway Library

To install, access databases listed from Library webpage. Scroll to the bottom of the database search page and click on link for 'EBSCOhost iPhone/iPod Touch Application'.

Download from eCommons -Applications (upper left) - Mobile Applications. Highly rated drug, disease and diagnostic information. Includes ePocrates Rx.

Drug guide that provides access to drug monographs, health plan formularies, drug interaction checker, calculators,
pill ID and pill pictures (not available on Palm, WinMobile and Win Smartphone), and brand name OTC drug products.

Access: Free

Tool that provides short descriptions of thousands of common and obscure eponyms.

Access: Free

Tool developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to assist primary care clinicians to identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients. Based on current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

Access: Free

Differential diagnosis tool allows users to navigate by diagnosis, symptom, or organ system.

Access: Download is available for free or minimal fee (.99 for Apple and Android Users).

Lieberman's iRadiology Classics (HMS)- 500+ images, classic radiological findings of a multitude of abnormalities. Unlabeled images can be chosen from topics organized by organ system and pathological entity. Also keyword search. Users can zoom and scroll around the image in order to identify the relevant findings.

Drug reference that includes a drug interaction checker, medical news across 30 specialties, multimedia images and video, and access to continuing medication education activities.

Access: Free

Downloads available for The Merck Manual, Professional Edition, PDR Drug Information and 3D Anatomy.
You must be a licensed healthcare professional to download these apps.
Access: Free

Selected texts from the NCBI Bookshelf can be freely downloaded. Titles include Clinical Methods, Genes and Disease, and Medical Microbiology.

Access: Free

Selected, key files from the online, full version of REMM including management algorithms, dose estimator, triage information for adults and children, isotopes of interest, countermeasures, and emergency contacts.

Access: Free

Contains childhood, adolescent, catch-up, and adult 2010 immunization schedules and references.

Access: Free

Decision support and information tool. Combines physician-reviewed clinical information with thousands of medical images from physician and institutional collections. Represents the variation of disease presentation through age, stage, and skin type. Tool for clinicians when diagnosing dermatologic and other visual conditions.

WISER (Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders) is a mobile application designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents.

Access: Free

A list of mobile resources provided by the HMS IT department. Some titles are provided free to HMS students, other require a fee. Popular titles include: ePocrates, VisualDx, UptoDate.

Full-text clinical textbooks including Harrison's Online, CuRRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 201, Picture Galleries from Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology,
Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey, 11e, Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2009, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Quick Answers, Diagnosaurus, Drug monographs. You Must Create a Personal Account IN Access Medicine first!

Available for iPhone or iPad. Click on the link at the bottom of the page, enter your Harvard email, and you will receive instructions. Authoritative coverage of nursing and allied health literature. Coverage: 1981 - Present. Produced by Ebsco Publishing.

Includes summaries of disease topics drawn from many valuable references such as Ferri's Clinical Advisor, Braunwald's Heart Disease, Cecil's Medicine, etc. as well as practice guidelines and selected journal articles. See the side box for sign in and access information. After creating an account go to http://www.mdconsult.com on you mobile browser and login.

Healthy Roads Media is a terrific multilingual website of patient health information. Topics are presented in many languages and in many media forms to facilitate access and understanding and to easily share with others. They have developed a beta version of a mobile-optimized website. Take a look and send them your comments.

A consumer health site developed by the National Library of Medicine with links to health topics, prescription and over-the-counter drug information, a dictionary of medical words, and current health news.

Searches PubMed content and provides immediate access to available PDFs. Select Harvard as your institution. Harvard ID and PIN login will be required to view pdfs.

Search PubMed via a mobile-optimized website. PICO search available.

Contains childhood, adolescent, catch-up, and adult 2010 immunization schedules and references.

Toxicology and hazardous chemicals databases including HSDB, IRIS, ITER, GENE-TOX, CCRIS, TOXLINE, DART/ETIC, TRI, and ChemIDPlus. Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, through the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program of its Specialized Information Services Division.

A collection of online texts now available for mobile.
Popular Stat-Ref titles are:
AAFP CONDITIONS A TO Z (2010)
AHFS DRUG INFORMATION® (2010)
FIRST AID FOR THE® USMLE STEP 1 2009: A STUDENT-TO-STUDENT GUIDE
BURKET'S ORAL MEDICINE - 11th Ed.
CARDIAC SURGERY IN THE ADULT - 3rd Ed.
GUIDE TO LABORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTS

A patron just recommended this Anatomical Flap App. You can move around the organs of this 16th century anatomical print and lift up layers. It looks best on an IPAD.

Free. From Mavro. Available from the iTunes store.

App provides review of system questions, medical and social history questions and vocabulary words, physical exam instructions and common phrases and expressions in Spanish.

Access: Purchase from iTunes Store