Iltifat Husain, MD
Iltifat Husain is a physician executive.
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Health technology
Several months ago I wrote about how Apple’s upcoming health app had the potential to change public health and could force physicians to adopt mobile. Recently at WWDC Apple affirmed the rumors when announcing iOS 8, stating the new operating…
Several months ago I wrote about how Apple’s upcoming health app had the potential to change public health and could force physicians to adopt mobile.
Recently at WWDC Apple affirmed the rumors when announcing iOS 8, stating the new operating system would have a Health app, and a cloud platform HealthKit.
HealthKit is the developer platform and will be able to collect/aggregate information …
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HealthKit and the Health app: A game-changer for doctors?
Health technology
At iMedicalApps we have traditionally expounded on how smart phones can help us with patient care in regards to providing Physician centric tools at bedside. These range from drug reference tools to various clinical algorithm medical apps. But there are…
At iMedicalApps we have traditionally expounded on how smart phones can help us with patient care in regards to providing Physician centric tools at bedside. These range from drug reference tools to various clinical algorithm medical apps.
But there are also non-traditional methods where smartphones enable us to improve patient care at the bedside. These are subtle, but can be equally or more powerful.
When I was working in the ICU recently, there were …
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How an iPhone improved patient care in the ICU
Social media in medicine
When Twitter initially launched I was largely skeptical on how it could be utilized in medicine. Initially I thought Facebook was a better option due to the ability to use more than 140 characters. Over time though, it has become…
When Twitter initially launched I was largely skeptical on how it could be utilized in medicine. Initially I thought Facebook was a better option due to the ability to use more than 140 characters. Over time though, it has become clear the medical conversations are happening on Twitter, not Facebook.
An example of this is when we highlighted the #FOAMed movement — Free Open …
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Medical conversations are happening on Twitter, not Facebook
Social media in medicine
A few weeks ago I was following an online discussion conducted by a widely followed health site. During the discussion, they had a physician who was giving out wellness advice to users via Twitter. That physician had one tweet in…
A few weeks ago I was following an online discussion conducted by a widely followed health site.
During the discussion, they had a physician who was giving out wellness advice to users via Twitter.
That physician had one tweet in particular that terrified me.
As the above screenshot shows, one tweet mentioned that when in doubt regarding …
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Why you shouldn’t give medical advice on Twitter
Health technology
I was skeptical about the iPad Mini. I’ve used my Retina display iPad (3rd generation) for the past six months and been satisfied with the experience. I’ve used it in the hospital setting during rounds, and even while talking to…
I was skeptical about the iPad Mini. I’ve used my Retina display iPad (3rd generation) for the past six months and been satisfied with the experience.
I’ve used it in the hospital setting during rounds, and even while talking to patients in the ER. I’m able to easily pull up Epic’s EMR using the Citrix app, and I can easily store the iPad …
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Why the iPad Mini is the tablet physicians have been waiting for
When Apple launched the App Store, Epocrates had a front seat at the table, and collaborated with Apple to make sure its software would be one of the first available for iPhone users. As medical professionals, this didn’t come as…
When Apple launched the App Store, Epocrates had a front seat at the table, and collaborated with Apple to make sure its software would be one of the first available for iPhone users.
As medical professionals, this didn’t come as a surprise. We expected Epocrates to be “the first”. It had been the undisputed king of medical and mobile before the word “apps” became everyday vernacular. Epocrates was dominating the …
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Will Epocrates slowly become irrelevant in the iPad era?
Health technology
Doctors love their Apple Products. Just walk into any hospital ward, and see the types of mobile devices we are using. At weekly Grand Rounds conferences, you see plenty of iPads in use. At physician meetings, the laptop of choice…
Doctors love their Apple Products. Just walk into any hospital ward, and see the types of mobile devices we are using. At weekly Grand Rounds conferences, you see plenty of iPads in use. At physician meetings, the laptop of choice is often the Macbook Pro. The data backs these anecdotal examples as well.
Doctors love their Apple Products – and Steve Jobs was obviously an extension of these …
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3 reasons why doctors will miss Steve Jobs
Health technology
There are well over 3,000 apps in the “medical” section of the App Store for the iPhone. Unfortunately, a growing number of them aren’t medical apps. It’s already difficult enough to parse through the litany of apps available to find…
There are well over 3,000 apps in the “medical” section of the App Store for the iPhone. Unfortunately, a growing number of them aren’t medical apps. It’s already difficult enough to parse through the litany of apps available to find quality apps – and then when you add apps that shouldn’t even be in the medical category, it makes the job that much harder.
Lets start with the“top 10 downloaded free …
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iPhone App Store medical section and real medical apps
Health technology
Lately, I’ve often been asked the question, “What type of smartphone should I get?” by my medical peers. I’ve been asked this by physicians, residents, medical students, and others. Many of my friends are entering residency and plan on upgrading…
Lately, I’ve often been asked the question, “What type of smartphone should I get?” by my medical peers. I’ve been asked this by physicians, residents, medical students, and others. Many of my friends are entering residency and plan on upgrading to a smart phone, while others already entrenched in residency have phone contracts finishing up.
The answer to this question is not easy. Rather, as Facebook nomenclature would demand, “it’s complicated”. …
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iPhone, Android or Blackberry? The right smartphone for doctors
Health technology
When I recently walked into my local Apple store to buy an iPad accessory, I saw a group of about 20 people huddled around a large LCD screen while an Apple employee was giving a workshop. When I saw the…
When I recently walked into my local Apple store to buy an iPad accessory, I saw a group of about 20 people huddled around a large LCD screen while an Apple employee was giving a workshop.
When I saw the LCD screen full of medical applications, I was shocked. This wasn’t your run of the mill “how to use your iPhone” workshop.
The people gathered for the workshop consisted of healthcare professionals …
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Apple Store is demonstrating iPhone EMR apps to physicians
Health technology
The iPad has finally been released and we’ve got our hands on one so we can provide the medical community a healthcare perspective of the device. Here are my initial impressions. Fits in your white coat The iPad should fit…
The iPad has finally been released and we’ve got our hands on one so we can provide the medical community a healthcare perspective of the device. Here are my initial impressions.
Fits in your white coat
The iPad should fit comfortably your white coat. If you continue on to the rest of the review you’ll see pictures of the device easily settling into …
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iPad review for doctors: A hands on guide for medicine
Health technology
by Iltifat Husain, Yousif Alkadhi, MD, and Satish Misra If you’re a physician, medical student, or in any other health care related field, trying to find the best free medical apps for the iPhone is a hassle. Apps such as…
by Iltifat Husain, Yousif Alkadhi, MD, and Satish Misra
If you’re a physician, medical student, or in any other health care related field, trying to find the best free medical apps for the iPhone is a hassle.
Apps such as “Dream Meanings”, “Relax Ocean waves”, and “Stool Scanner Lite” dominate the Top Free Medical Apps list in the App Store. Our top 10 iPhone medical apps list contains no such app, …
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Free iPhone medical apps that every doctor can use
Health technology
The march is on across the American healthcare landscape to implement electronic health records that also function as decision-support systems. These “advanced” electronic health records will both provide centralized records and assist providers in making care decisions such as implementing…
The march is on across the American healthcare landscape to implement electronic health records that also function as decision-support systems.
These “advanced” electronic health records will both provide centralized records and assist providers in making care decisions such as implementing therapy and utilizing evidence-based practice on the individual patient level. And anyone that has had the opportunity to work with some of the systems out there knows that they can be …
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Why health IT won’t help with medical risk management
Health technology
A few weeks ago Apple announced an event to be scheduled on January 27th, at 10am. The invitation read, “Come see our latest creation.” Most of the tech community has all but assumed this event will be used to launch…
A few weeks ago Apple announced an event to be scheduled on January 27th, at 10am. The invitation read, “Come see our latest creation.” Most of the tech community has all but assumed this event will be used to launch the much anticipated and hyped Apple tablet.
The hype machine has reached fever pitch, with analysts and bloggers salivating at how …
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How the Apple Tablet will benefit patients, help doctors, and impact health care
Health technology
We've gotten some questions from our readers on iMedicalApps.com asking if medical applications in the App Store will work just as well on the iPod touch as they do on the iPhone. The short answer to this question is, yes,…
We’ve gotten some questions from our readers on iMedicalApps.com asking if medical applications in the App Store will work just as well on the iPod touch as they do on the iPhone.
The short answer to this question is, yes, they will. The long answer is you should know some key differences.
Of the approximately 60 million total iPhone and …
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iPhone medical apps for your iPod Touch
Physician voices
There has been a great deal of commentary profiling medical applications that are useful for healthcare providers. However, there hasn't been much talk about how mobile medical applications can enhance the doctor-patient experience and in turn help optimize your practice’s…
There has been a great deal of commentary profiling medical applications that are useful for healthcare providers. However, there hasn’t been much talk about how mobile medical applications can enhance the doctor-patient experience and in turn help optimize your practice’s overall experience. In future posts, we’ll focus more on applications for medical providers, but this post will discuss applications centered around the physician-patient relationship.
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How an iPod Touch can make you a better doctor
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