Best Mobile Medical Apps For Pharmacists And Pharmacy Students
By Joseph Baines - 2017-10-03 in Apps for Healthcare Professionals
Mobile apps can help pharmacists and pharmacy students provide answers and guidelines to patients who are seeking information about the medications they are taking.
(…) Monthly Prescribing Reference (MPR) App
Monthly Prescribing Reference, also known among pharmacists and physicians as MPR app is all-inone drug information resource that provides the concise point-of-care prescribing information and tools that allow providers to quickly make better prescribing decisions. MPR app offers prescribing information for over 4,300 Rx and OTC products, organized by therapeutic area and health condition, that can also be searched by brand name, generic name, disease/condition, or company. The app also contains 150+ clinical charts for quick product comparisons as well as treatment algorithms and guidelines, as well as 100+ medical calculators for complex formula, scores, and classifications. There is also a news section providing the latest news on drug therapy and hot topics in medicine, that users can customize to their scope of practice. The most important thing is that MPR app is available for free on Android and iOS devices.
Our score: 90% Links: Android, iOS
Elsevier Clinical Pharmacology App
Clinical Pharmacology app by Elsevier is another great drug reference tool that provides quick and accurate answers to all drug questions. The answers are compiled by the editorial team consisting entirely of Doctors of Pharmacy. Pharmacists can use the app to perform a quick search by drug name, indications, adverse reactions, or to browse drugs by monograph or classification. The app also allows pharmacists to easily identify pills by imprint, shape, color, scoring or dosage form. It also contains two evidence-supported clinical algorithms to quickly identify drug interactions or adverse reactions.
Clinical Pharmacology app is free to download on Android and iOS, however, it requires an individual or institutional subscription.
Our score: N/A Links: Android, iOS. (…)
Source: <https://www.steadyhealth.com/articles/best-mobile-medical-apps-for-
pharmacists-and-pharmacy-students> on October 29, 2017.
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