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There s an App for That? Highlighting the Difficulty in Finding Clinically
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Wiechmann W
; Kwan D
; Bokarius A
; Toohey SL
West J Emerg Med
2016[Mar]; 17
(2
): 191-4
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INTRODUCTION: The use of personal mobile devices in the medical field has grown
quickly, and a large proportion of physicians use their mobile devices as an
immediate resource for clinical decision-making, prescription information and
other medical information. The iTunes App Store (Apple, Inc.) contains
approximately 20,000 apps in its "Medical" category, providing a robust
repository of resources for clinicians; however, this represents only 2% of the
entire App Store. The App Store does not have strict criteria for identifying
content specific to practicing physicians, making the identification of
clinically relevant content difficult. The objective of this study is to quantify
the characteristics of existing medical applications in the iTunes App Store that
could be used by emergency physicians, residents, or medical students. METHODS:
We found applications related to emergency medicine (EM) by searching the iTunes
App Store for 21 terms representing core content areas of EM, such as "emergency
medicine," "critical care," "orthopedics," and "procedures." Two physicians
independently reviewed descriptions of these applications in the App Store and
categorized each as the following: Clinically Relevant, Book/Published Source,
Non-English, Study Tools, or Not Relevant. A third physician reviewer resolved
disagreements about categorization. Descriptive statistics were calculated.
RESULTS: We found a total of 7,699 apps from the 21 search terms, of which 17.8%
were clinical, 9.6% were based on a book or published source, 1.6% were
non-English, 0.7% were clinically relevant patient education resources, and 4.8%
were study tools. Most significantly, 64.9% were considered not relevant to
medical professionals. Clinically relevant apps make up approximately 6.9% of the
App Store's "Medical" Category and 0.1% of the overall App Store. CONCLUSION:
Clinically relevant apps represent only a small percentage (6.9%) of the total
App volume within the Medical section of the App Store. Without a structured
search-and-evaluation strategy, it may be difficult for the casual user to
identify this potentially useful content. Given the increasing adoption of
devices in healthcare, national EM associations should consider curating these
resources for their members.