LibGuides: Mobile Apps: Android

General Medical Resources

DynaMed [Duke app]
Database of clinical topic summaries, with grading the quality of evidence cited, designed primarily for point-of-care use. Use alongside UpToDate. All content can be downloaded to your device for low connectivity areas.
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Register for an account at dynamed.com from Duke's campus or the link on our website. From the dynamed.com site, click on Sign In and follow the prompt to register for an account. Once registered, download the app and log in using your new username and password.
UpToDate [Duke app]
A clinical decision support resource combining the evidence with expert opinion and designed to be useful at the point-of-care.
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Register for an account at uptodate.com from Duke's campus. Then download the app and log in using your new login. Note: You must log in from Duke's wireless network every 90 days
VisualDX
This tool provides visual variations of diseases to increase diagnostic accuracy. It contains thousands of images, including variations in skin color. Search by disease across gen med, infectious disease, dermatology, STDs, travel medicine, & more.
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Click on the VisualDx link and create a Personal Account to use in the app (located below the graphical tiles). Download the app on your device and use your new login info to get started.
Lippincott Procedures [Duke app]
Step-by-step procedures in nursing, respiratory therapy & physical therapy including: equipment, preparation, implementation, special considerations, patient teaching, documentation, & images.
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Once you download the app, click the 'IP Authenticate' (while on campus) option to log in. Click the 'Remember me' option for off-campus usage.
Lippincott Advisor [Duke app]
Evidence-based content for nurses providing access to online references at the point of care including: clinical dx & tx, care planning, quality/safety Initiatives, and patient handouts.
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Once you download the app, click the 'IP Authenticate' (while on campus) option to log in. Click the 'Keep me logged in' button to 'On' option for off-campus usage.
ClinicalKey [Duke app]
Find evidence-based information for patient care, teaching, & learning from full-text materials created by Elsevier Inc. including: books, journals, guidelines, & multimedia.
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Go to clinicalkey.com from the Duke network and click Register in the top right corner to create your username/password, which you'll use to log into the app. NOTE: this app only includes materials created by the publisher Elsevier Inc. not the entire Library collection.
CINAHL Complete [Duke app]
Provides content coverage including 50+ nursing specialties, speech & language pathology, nutrition, general medicine, & more.
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Click the "iPhone and Androids" link at the bottom of the page. Enter your email address to send yourself the instructions, key and a link to download the app.
MedlinePlus [Free mobile web]
Consumer health information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues.
MedOne by Thieme
MedOne app provides Thieme’s content across multiple specialties including neurosurgery, radiology, plastic surgery and medical education.

Medical Calculators/Guidelines

MedCalc 3000 Complete [Purchase app]
Access to hundreds of medical formulas, scores, scales and classifications. Unit/dose converters.
Calculate [Free app]
Focused on highlighting tools with meaningful clinical impact and serve to influence diagnosis, treatment or determining prognosis.
Guideline Central [Free app]
2600+ guidelines included, many of them freely available some premium guidelines require a subscription.
AHRQ ePSS [Free app]
Helps primary care clinicians identify screening, counseling, and preventive medication services. Based on the recommendations of the USPSTF.
CDC Vaccine Schedules [Free app]
Provides immunization schedule and recommendations from birth to age 18 and the adult schedule, listing recommended vaccines by age group/medical condition
ASCVD Risk Estimator [Free app]
Estimate 10-year and lifetime risks for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) using the Pooled Cohort Equations and lifetime risk prediction tool
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Published jointly by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA)

Drug Information

Lexicomp [Duke app]
On your desktop/laptop, click the "Mobile App Codes" button on the right, select your platform, and then follow the directions.
Micromedex [Duke app]
Contains 4500+ drug monographs, toxicology, and disease information.
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While on campus wifi, go to the main Micromedex page and then click the "Download Mobile Apps" button in the bottom right corner for the instructions and code.
Johns Hopkins ABX Guide [Duke app]
Antibiotic information organized by diagnosis, drugs, pathogens, management & vaccines. Includes dx criteria, tx regimens and algorithms, drug interactions, & more.
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To download the app: click on the link provided above. Once in UCentral, register for an account. Next, download the uCentral app, log in with the account information you just created, and proceed to access the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, Prime PubMed, and Prime Journals.
ePocrates [Free & Paid versions]
Includes 1000s of prescription medicines & 100s of OTC products, formularies, pill ID, drug interactions, & calculators.
Duke Custom ID [Duke mobile web]
Customizable information about the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases at Duke. On campus access only.

Differential Diagnosis

Diagnosaurus DDx [Purchase app]
Search over 1,000 diagnoses by organ system, symptom, or disease. Use the “See related DDx” feature to consider alternative diagnoses. Free, but features in-app purchases.
Diagnosaurus [Purchase app]
Provides differential diagnoses by organ system, symptom, or disease.
VisualDX
This tool provides visual variations of diseases to increase diagnostic accuracy. It contains thousands of images, including variations in skin color. Search by disease across gen med, infectious disease, dermatology, STDs, travel medicine, & more.
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Click on the VisualDx link and create a Personal Account to use in the app (located below the graphical tiles). Download the app on your device and use your new login info to get started.

Miscellaneous Tools

Eponyms [Free app]
Short descriptions of more than 1700 common medical eponyms.

Support

Duke Support
Search for help on a variety of topics such as Office 365, email, Box, OneDrive, wireless access and more.
Duke Health Mobile Device Manager
This app gives Duke Health the ability to enforce basic security controls, such as encryption and the use of passcodes, the ability to push apps, and ensure data isn't compromised.
Click here to figure out which devices need this
Duke Discount
Get employee discounts on mobile service.
Skyscape
In collaboration with the Library, Skyscape offers a 15% discount on your purchase of mobile medical resources.
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Mobile Apps: Android

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