QxMD Medical Apps

QxMD Presents Keynote at BC Digital Health Demo Day

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:57:09 +0000

Daniel Schwartz, Medical Director of QxMD, was pleased to be invited by Sanotron’s Michael Bidu to present a keynote address at the digital health accelerator’s inaugural event. In this 15 minute presentation, he discusses the importance of enhancing decision support at the point of care and gives concrete examples of work being done by companies [...]

Calculate by QxMD Enhances Decision Making at the Point of Care

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:57:41 +0000

Calculate by QxMD has surpassed six hundred thousand downloads across multiple mobile devices, including iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Android. Calculate is also now available for the BlackBerry Playbook. In a recent article on Crain’s New York there is a nice commentary on the utility of point of care decision support tools like ‘Calculate’. Dr. Jonathan [...]

Pre-operative Assessment and Estimation of Perioperative Risk

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:12:04 +0000

Two new perioperative risk calculators have recently been published that offer improved predictive ability over the commonly used Revised Cardiac Risk Index. QxMD has adapted these tools and embedded them into the decision support tool and medical calculator iPhone app ‘Calculate by QxMD‘. Gupta Perioperative Cardiac Risk Calculator In collaboration with Dr. Prateek Gupta [...]

Peritoneal Dialysis Management Tools Added to Calculate by QxMD

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:19:55 +0000

QxMD is pleased to announce content upgrades for clinical decision support app ‘Calculate by QxMD’ http://www.qxmd.com/apps/calculate-by-qxmd Newly Released Nephrology Content: Management of Peritoneal Dialysis As the US government struggles to fund health care at current levels, more attention is being paid to the cost of dialysis services. Home peritoneal dialysis (PD) is recognized as an [...]

Simultaneous Release of Medical Research with a Mobile Medical App

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:00:15 +0000

Landmark clinical research to predict the need for dialysis in patients with kidney disease is being distributed to the world medical community via a simultaneous release at the international World Congress of Nephrology, online publication in leading medical journal JAMA and via smartphone app ‘Calculate by QxMD’. Understanding the probability of needing dialysis or [...]

Calculate by QxMD, Available on iPad

admin — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:48:47 +0000

‘Calculate by QxMD’ has been a highly-rated medical calculator and decision support tool for iPhone and iPod Touch. After extensive requests from our user base, QxMD has released a new version with full iPad support. Ranked as a top 10 medical iPad App in more than 20 countries, ‘Calculate by QxMD’ is quickly becoming [...]

Mobimed includes ‘Calculate’ in top iOS apps for 2010

QxMD — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:39:27 +0000

QxMD’s clinical calculator and decision support tool “Calculate” has been recognized by Mobimed in their 2010 listing of top medical apps for iPhone/iPad. ‘Calculate’ is freely available and includes extensive clinical calculators and decision support tools in the areas of cardiology, nephrology, internal medicine, general practice, neurology, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, respirology and much more. Free on: iTunes [...]

Pedi STAT Available for Android Device

QxMD — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:59:22 +0000

The popular medical iPhone/iPod Touch application, Pedi STAT, is available for Android Devices. Pedi-STAT is a rapid reference for health care professionals managing chidren in the emergent or critical care environment. Rapidly Determine: Airway interventions – endotracheal tube sizes, depth, intubation medication dosages, ventilator settings, and sedation Cardiac resuscitation data including weight specific dosages for [...]

The ECG Guide for iPad

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:57:42 +0000

One of the most popular medical applications for the iPhone, now available for the iPad. _ Still the best way to learn and review ECG interpretation. _ Get it on iTunes | $7.99 USD | Cheaper & Better than Anything on Amazon (click for price comparison) _ Key Features _ Over 200 examples of common [...]

Pedi STAT by QxMD Used to Help Intubate Seizing Child

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:00:38 +0000

MercuryNews.com reports on Dr. Kathy Corby’s use of her iPhone to help a critically ill, seizing child with a rare hereditary disease. The article describes how Dr. Corby used apps such as Pedi STAT (by QxMD), Epocrates and Eponyms to quickly access the required information necessary to manage this complex case, all without having to [...]