Let’s Take a Closer Look at How Doctors are Using Apps Today to Help Patients

The rise and recent prevalence of smartphones and tablets has changed the world in many ways. One of the ways they’ve changed our society is by offering a seemingly endless source of apps that extended the capabilities of these devices way beyond what the initial manufactures thought would be possible.

One way apps and modern devices are changing the world is in the field of medicine. Doctors and modern devices are changing the world in the field of medicine. Doctors and patients alike are benefiting from new apps that are revolutionizing various aspects of healthcare. Many of these apps are designed specifically by doctors rouse as tools in diagnosis and treatment.

Important Apps that Doctors Use

Since the app marketplace was created, consumers and professionals have found time saving value in using certain apps. They can increase efficiency, cut down on research time and streamline processes. All of these benefits directly apply to doctors who are using the correct apps. Below are some of the ways that doctors are using apps to help their patients.

Drug references: You can’t expect a doctor to memorize information about all the different drugs they carry, as well as various dosing requirements and warnings.  Which can change, often. That’s why doctors have used the Physician’s Desk Reference for decades, a bulky handbook, when prescribing medication. Now, that has been replaced in many clinics by the app Epocrates. This established and reputable app helps doctors quickly reference different drugs and provides all the information they’ll need to advise the patients properly.

Diagnosis and reference: With constant changes in the field of medicine, it’s difficult for doctors to constantly stay up to date on recent studies and reference materials. That’s why one app, UpToDate, has become commonly accepted as a reference source. It provides the latest information on many types of procedures and practices, both common and obscure.

Gong hand in hand with researching the right information, diagnosing problems in one of the main responsibilities of a doctor. While nothing can be replaced the highly trained diagnostic mind trained processional, the right app can serve as a helpful sidekick to steer them in the right direction. A diagnostic app, Isabel, aims to assist doctors with this practice. After entering symptoms and other data, Isabel provides a list of possible diseases and ailments. This greatly increases the accuracy of doctors’ diagnoses while simultaneously decreasing the risk of misdiagnosis.

Portable monitors: Some ailments require constant monitoring and data collection to be accurately treated. While this used to mean extended hospital stays, that’s not always the case anymore. In many situations, apps that work in conjunctions with other pieces of hardware are used to monitor the patient’s vital sighs. AliveCor, for example, produces a trusted heart monitor app that produces electrocardiograms on the patient’s smartphone. With their finger over the sensor, EKGs are then sent to their phone. This app is often prescribed to people with irregular hart rhythms. The app helps them rest easy knowing that there is nothing wrong.

Another app that helps monitor vital statistics is the Health Wireless Pulse Oximeter. This app aims to monitor and track the blood oxygen level of the patient throughout the night. The data is then used by doctors to determine if they have sleep apnea or other sleeping disorders. Patients put a special sensor over their fingertip before they go to bed, which then syncs with the app. Many doctors advise the use of this app over expensive and intrusive sleep studies for many sleep apnea cases.

Healthcare Apps Are Changing The Medical Industry

New apps are being developed and published everyday to help advance the field of medicine. We’ve already seen great advances in the field of diagnostics, reference materials and monitors. As each of these areas is further explored with modern technology, healthcare will greatly improve.

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Bonnie Woodrum’s background is eclectic to say the least. In the 80’s, she spent 10 years driving a semi-truck traveling the highways across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, at a time where that type of work was (and still is) dominated by men. During the 90’s, Bonnie moved into a business altogether different and spent a decade as an accredited daycare owner and operator. Today, Bonnie (or LeahSay as she’s also known as), is a full time writer and owns her own blog, LeahSaysViews.com. LeahSaysViews has been active daily for the last five years and is focused on family-friendly topics that include reviews for products and services.

Bonnie blogs for a number of children’s entertainment and mom-targeted/kid-centric brands such as Purex, Safety 1st, National Geographic, PBSKids, American Greetings Properties, owners of Care Bears & Strawberry Shortcake, Outfit7 Limited, producers of Talking Tom and Friends and Talking Angela, and Bandai America, one of the largest public toy companies in the world and makers of Power Rangers action figures, Tamagotchi and more.

Bonnie attended Crowder College with studies in transport technology and agriculture. Mother to five, and grandmother to ten, Bonnie enjoys gardening, cooking, reading, traveling and spending time with her family. Bonnie lives the American dream in Joplin, MO in a farm complete with barns, livestock and hay.

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