PubMed search for "smartphone"

A few years ago, a PubMed search for "smartphone" would have yielded very few results. Today, a search on PubMed for "smartphone" yields over 400 results with the oldest reference being from 2005. Were you a smartphone user in 2005? Maybe you were still using a PDA.

Remember that the Apple iPhone was introduced in 2007 and that disruptive technology changed the world of smartphones and mobile computing. A PubMed search for "iPhone" currently results in over 170 publications.

Here are some of the more recent PubMed articles that will show up if you perform a search for "smartphone." The first 2 publications explore the diagnostic inaccuracy (not accuracy, but inaccuracy) of mobile apps that are designed to detect melanoma.

Diagnostic inaccuracy of smartphone applications for melanoma detection-reply.
Wolf JA, Ferris LK.
JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Jul 1;149(7):885. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.4337.

Diagnostic inaccuracy of smartphone applications for melanoma detection: representative lesion sets and the role for adjunctive technologies.
Stoecker WV, Rader RK, Halpern A.
JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Jul 1;149(7):884. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.4334.

Development of a Network RTK Positioning and Gravity-Surveying Application with Gravity Correction Using a Smartphone.
Kim J, Lee Y, Cha S, Choi C, Lee S.
Sensors (Basel). 2013 Jul 12;13(7):8879-94. doi: 10.3390/s130708879.

Development and feasibility testing of a smart phone based attentive eating intervention.
Robinson E, Higgs S, Daley AJ, Jolly K, Lycett D, Lewis A, Aveyard P.
BMC Public Health. 2013 Jul 9;13(1):639.

Medical smartphone apps from the US government

I want to thank Dr. Stephen Sun, Medical Officer in Controlled Substance Staff at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for sharing this information with me on LinkedIn:

US Gov't Medical WebApps (Access these sites via your smartphone browser)

1. CDC: http://m.cdc.gov
2. AIDSinfo Mobile (NIH): http://m.aidsinfo.nih.gov
3. MedlinePlus (NIH): http://m.medlineplus.gov
4. PubMed (NIH): http://lnkd.in/JH8k4d
5. DailyMed (NIH): http://lnkd.in/JH8k4d

What a great list! Thanks Stephen!

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PubMed Mobile App for Android

I've been spending quite a bit of time lately with the PubMed Mobile app for Google's Android operating system. This is a great little app that allows you to quickly search the PubMed database so that you can review abstracts and find relevant articles as you're doing your research.

With PubMed Mobile, you can:

• Save articles
• Email articles
• Save your search

You can also click a button and open up a mobile web page so that you can view the actual PubMed results page. From there, you can view related citations and navigate to other articles.

To install the PubMed Mobile app, open the Android Market (the app store) and search for "PubMed" and you'll see it pop up.