Medscape App for iPhone updated to version 3.0

If you're using the Medscape App for iPhone, make sure to update it to version 3.0. Here's what you'll get:

• Improved Search including MEDLINE
• Pill Images & Detailed Drug Pricing
• Email Articles & CME Activities

Medscape App for iPhone® and iPod® touch: March 2011 updates

Medscape App for iPhone® and iPod® touch gets updated March 2011

Tables & Protocols Updates >
Now 100+ widely-used tables & protocols

21 new tables added, including:
• NIH Stroke Scale, Karnofsky Performance Status Scale, Modified Rankin Scale, Glasgow Coma Scale, and more.

10 new infectious disease treatment tables added, including:
• Empiric and organism-specific therapy for influenza, bacterial meningitis, pericarditis, and more.

Medscape Mobile for Android

I've been using the Medscape App on my Droid X for the past few weeks.The Medscape App includes many features including:

Drug Reference

Search prescribing and safety information for over 8,000 brand, generic and OTC drugs, herbals and supplements

* Review adult and pediatric dosing, adverse effects, contraindications, cautions & warnings, pregnancy and lactation guidelines, and more
* Drug database includes:
o 6,000+ generic and brand drugs
o 1,000+ generic and brand OTC drugs
o 1,000+ herbals and supplements
* Search by drug name or browse by class
* Save commonly searched drugs to your 'Saved list'
for fast access
* Access anywhere – no Internet connection required (after full installation of app on device)

Drug Interaction Checker

Check mild interactions to serious contraindications for any combination of drugs, herbals and supplements. Allows up to 30 drugs per search

* Check interactions across our database of 8,000+ drugs, herbals and supplements
* Provides detailed information from minor to
contraindicated interactions
* Input up to 30 drugs, herbals and/or supplements per search
* Access anywhere – no Internet connection required (after full installation of app on device)

Medscape Mobile gets updated. When is the Android version coming?

According to a recent e-mail from Medscape, the Medscape Mobile iPhone app recently got several updates. I've been running this app on my iPod touch and it's been a nice pocket resource.

Many of my readers are wondering when Medscape Mobile is coming to Android. Several rumors suggested that it might get released before the end of the year, but my gut tells me that it's coming out in the first quarter of 2011.

In the meanwhile, here are a few of the updated features you'll find on Medscape Mobile for iPhone:

New Feature! Tables & Protocols
- Complete set of ACLS/PALS/NALS Protocols
- HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis & Treatment Regimens
- Adult & Pediatric Vaccination Tables
- Over 80 essential tables & protocols available

New! Drug Reference Updates
Now 7,000+ drugs, herbals and supplements
- 1,900+ drug monographs updated with additional clinical information including new indications, brand & cost updates, and more

New! Disease & Condition Reference Updates
Now 4,000+ clinical reference articles (w/images & procedure videos)
- 425+ reference articles now updated with additional clinical information including expanded treatment and medication info, and more
- 60+ new reference articles added including Mitral Valvuloplasty, Hospital Acquired Infections, Breast Imaging – Fibroadenoma, Fractional Flow Reserve Measurement, Arteries to Brain and Meninges, and more

Tables & Protocols now in Medscape's iPhone app

Tables & Protocols has now been added to Medscape's iPhone® App.

Access 80+ Tables & Protocols including:
• Complete set of ACLS/PALS/NALS Protocols
• HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis & Treatment Regimens
• Adult & Pediatric Vaccination Tables

The Medscape iPhone® app for physicians includes:
• Drug Reference Tools
– Look up in-depth information for 7,000+ brand, generic and OTC drugs
– Comprehensive drug interaction checker
• Condition & Procedure Reference
– Search 4,000+ topics including 2,500+ images
– 150+ clinical procedure videos
• Faster Search
– Find information even faster with our instant search feature – displays results as you type!

Click here to learn more about the Medscape iPhone app.

The most-desired medical app for Android is...

The most-desired medical app for Android is UpToDate. The second most-desired medical app is Medscape. These are the apps that Android users are looking for. They're looking for UpToDate and Medscape for Android, but they're not finding these apps because these apps aren't out there yet.

You can access UpToDate on any mobile device browser. That works quite well. I've even blogged about accessing UpToDate on Android.

Medscape Mobile for Android should be coming soon... (not exactly sure when, but it should be soon)

When's Medscape Mobile coming to Android, webOS, and Windows Phone?

Medscape Mobile is currently available for Apple iPhone, iPod touch, and BlackBerry.

When's it coming to Google Android, Palm/HP webOS, and Microsoft Windows Phone?

It's easy to get the Medscape Mobile app through iTunes and the Apple App Store. If you're a BlackBerry user, you can get Medscape Mobile (a free medical app) on your BlackBerry by visiting: medscape.com/blackberry

Have you tried Medscape Mobile for iPhone or iPod touch?

Medscape Mobile is an app for the Apple iPhone or iPod touch and here's what it offers:

• DRUG DATABASE with over 6,000 generics and brands, browse by drug class or search by drug name
• DRUG INTERACTION CHECKER - check interactions between drugs, herbals and/or supplements
• MEDICAL NEWS and mobile CME in 30+ specialty areas
• DIRECTORIES with physicians, pharmacy, and hospital listings
• AVAILABLE FREE - no cost to download application

To learn more about Medscape Mobile, click here.

Now, you may feel left out if you don't own an iPhone or iPod touch. You can still access important content by pointing your mobile web browser here: http://mobile.medscape.com