The following databases have corresponding mobile apps that you can download on to your phone or tablet.
Check out our Rotations guide to learn how to download the mobile apps.
DynaMed offers critically appraised evidence in an easy-to-read format for healthcare professionals to use at the point-of-care. It can also be downloaded as a mobile app that needs to be reauthenticated every 3 months.
Micromedex provides evidence-based, unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine to make informed clinical diagnosis and treatment decisions. It can also be downloaded as a mobile app.
UpToDate is a comprehensive, physician-authored clinical decision support tool offering thousands of topic reviews to help you make decisions at the point of care. It can also be download as a mobile app that needs to be reauthenticated every 90 days. First-time users will need to create an account.
VisualDx allows you to build a differential diagnosis based on patient findings, sort diagnoses based on likelihood or emergency, compare images side by side, and use clinical pearls to increase confidence in your diagnosis. It can also be downloaded as a mobile app.
UpToDate Lexidrug (formerly Lexicomp) is a point-of-care database that provides information about drugs and their usage, dosage, and adverse reactions. Users can also find information about drug interactions, toxicology, natural products, and drug identification based on shape, color, and dosage form.
