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Top iPad Medical Apps might be reshaping healthcare

Author Healthcare Jobs Blogger | 05.04.2011 | Category Allied Healthcare, Apple iPad, Career Tips, Gadgets, Occupational Therapy, Product Reviews, Respiratory Therapy, Speech Language Pathologist, Therapist Jobs, Therapy Jobs, Top Therapy Blogs, Travel Gadget, Travel Nurse Blog, Travel Therapist, iPad Apps, physical therapy, rehabilitation therapy

We want to know if you’re currently using iPad medical apps to boost your therapist job knowledge, surf the web for therapy jobs or advance patient care delivery.

You see a fellow physical or occupational therapist, PTA, OTA, or DPT using the technology to access drug databases and anatomical diagrams in seconds. To upload point-of-care therapies in a click and download healthcare education ‘apps’ for the price of an early bird dinner. Practical and affordable, the potential for iPads to improve patient care is endless.

How has the iPad improved your therapy career?

If you’re currently using an iPad on the job, CHIME IN by responding to this post and letting us know how the technology has benefited your therapist career – we want to share it with the world. Furthermore, we want to know if you’re not using one and why, or if you’ve got ideas for iPad therapy job applications which you feel may benefit the profession

Top iPad Medical apps reshaping healthcare

1. AirStrip OB: Free medical app to help occupational therapists and other medical jobs professionals monitor a baby’s symptoms remotely. Used in tandem with the patient, this healthcare app can reduce trips to the hospital. Additionally, AirStrip comes with cardiology medical apps, imaging and critical care iPad healthcare applications.
2. Blausen Human Atlas: Remember how anatomy captivated you as a youth? It helped you learn and understand your own body? Available for less than $20, the Human Atlas offers the therapy jobs professional comprehensive clinical content on every body system. 3-D animations empower therapists to show their patients what’s going on with their bodies. The atlas is used to play 3D animations and explore 3D models.
3. Davis’s Drug Guide: What occupational and physical therapists need to know about drugs. Fast, easy and at your fingertips. Absolutely indispensable for rehabilitation jobs specialists and professionals on the path to therapist careers success. Free updates with yearly subscription.
4. Diagnosaurus DDx: A powerful diagnosis tool from the medical apps dollar menu. That’s right, for about $0.99 you get an easy healthcare reference system that offers information on a number of diseases and conditions. This healthcare app is fat free!
5. ECG Guide: Another handy dollar menu iPad medical app item. The ECG Guide is your tour book to  regular and abnormal ECGs.  For $0.99 therapy jobs candidates get a “one up” on the lessons of ECG diagnosis.
6. Epocrates: FREE and reliable, Epocrates is the #1 mobile drug reference resource used by healthcare providers at the point of care. Trusted for accuracy and cutting-edge offerings, doctors, RNs and therapist job professionals choose Epocrates as a preferred point of care drug reference.
7. Eponyms: Put simply, an eponym is a name of a drug, structure or disease based on or derived from the name of a person. When looking up medical terms, this FREE healthcare app comes in handy, especially for therapist career grads and undergrads. Doctor of Physical Therapy jobs practitioners find it comes in handy too!
8. Human Body 3D Anatomy: This medical iPad healthcare application acts as an anatomy refresher when it’s time to brush up on what’s connected to the knee bone.  It’s about the price of a bagel and coffee and relies on 3D technologies to bring anatomy to life.
9. iAnatomy: View cross sections of the body and actual CT scans on this iPad medical app – complete with images of cadavers and helpful cataloguing. For therapist career professionals who need to compare scans regularly iAnatomy comes cheaper than a cup of coffee.
10. iRadiology: Therapists review radiology concepts and images with this FREE healthcare app ideal for students, interns, residents and veteran therapy job practitioners.
11. MedCalc: Need to figure dosing? This FREE iPad medical app does the work for you. Handy for advanced therapy jobs professionals charged with administering drug therapies. No more having to remember formulas. Quick, easy reliable healthcare application.
12. Medical Lab Tests: Evaluate lab results quickly with this iPad healthcare app that cost about the price of a decent bottle of olive oil. Review normal lab values, including more than 100 blood tests.
13. Medical Spanish: For the price of a Denny’s Grand Slam Breakfast, you can learn basic Spanish phrases to improve communication with non-English speaking patient groups. The medical apps audio component helps you work on proper pronunciation.
14. Medscape: A staple in any electronic healthcare apps library, Medscape is trusted, FREE and invaluable on rounds when you need a medical reference fast. This medical iPad app features breaking medical news and the latest procedures.
15. MedSpeak: Communicate in Mandarin or Cantonese with this iPad medical application for about $15 bucks. Time tested, user friendly and indispensable for candidates in search of therapy jobs with healthcare employers in urban settings.
16. iMeds XL: For about the price of a large popcorn at the movies therapist career professionals can search by drug name or class for information on prescription interactions, side effects and dosing.
17. Monthly Prescribing Reference: Another FREE medical app that helps with prescription interactions and over the counter drugs.
18. Pedi STAT: For about three bucks therapists working with kids gain insights on symptoms, normal growth and essential pediatrics information.
19. Skyscape’s Medical Bag: Clinical tools, medical calculators and lab tests on the go for $1.99 –cheaper than a Starbucks Latte. Not so much for therapist job practitioners, but it’s so cheap why not have it available.
20. Skyscape RxDrugs Dosing Companion: FREE, FREE, FREE healthcare app to figure out dosing for thousands of generic and brand name medications.

iPads and their medical apps are catching on fast in the therapy jobs marketplace. In fact, having one may improve your marketability as a therapist jobs candidate.

Travel Force Staffing provides recruitment solutions for America’s top rated rehabilitation hospitals , outpatient and Rehab centers, skilled nursing facilities, and private therapy practices located in all 50 U.S. states. Our experienced team of staffing experts place physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, surgical technologists and per diem staff and other allied healthcare professionals into therapy careers nationwide. Contact us today at 800-617-0608 for instant access to cutting edge recruitment technology, therapy career resources, news, and information.

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iPhone Contest for Therapists

Author Healthcare Jobs Blogger | 07.01.2009 | Category Allied Healthcare, Contests, Occupational Therapy, Respiratory Therapy, Therapist Jobs, Therapy Jobs, Travel Gadget, Travel Therapist, Traveling Therapist, physical therapy, rehabilitation therapy

The iPhone contest is open to all therapists and allied health care professionals. Enter to win an iPhone 3G-S from Travel Force Staffing.

The winner will be awarded a $200 Apple Store Gift certificate - View iPhone Contest Rules to Enter

Great Travel Therapist Job Gadget

Author Healthcare Jobs Blogger | 05.05.2009 | Category Allied Healthcare, Gadgets, Occupational Therapy, Therapist Jobs, Therapy Jobs, Travel Gadget, Travel Therapist, Traveling Therapist, physical therapy

I recently went on vacation to Texas with my Mom and daughter. The itinerary was to fly into Dallas, then go to Killeen, Galveston, Fort Worth and back to Dallas. I had my Texas map with me and planned on using it for the trip. When I got to the rental car counter they had a special discounted rate for+ renting the Garmin (A GPS navigation system) so I rented it. I call it “Map in a Box”. I felt a little leery of trusting this box with the British accent. (I recently saw an interview with the woman who records her voice for the Garmin. She said she is the most loved and hated “voice” in America!) I know many who take Physical therapy jobs use the Garmin but I still was worried about using it. Was it really going to get me to my destination? What if it broke? I had no idea where it would take me.

I entered my destination point and put the Garmin on the middle of the windshield. After a few tries I figured out how to make it stick. Then off I went! I was impressed immediately. I could see the road I was on and the female voice started informing me as to what was coming up. “She” navigated me effortlessly thru an otherwise confusing Dallas area and got me out onto the open road. I loved that she told me how many miles where left till I had to exit and what my destination time would be. She also recalculates your destination time if you stop to eat. I was continually looking at it. Another great feature that I discovered was that it redirected you if there was traffic congestion. It was nice to be continually driving and not be stuck in traffic. Needless to say I arrived at my destination calm and relaxed. I did not get lost or have to pull over and ask directions.

Now I know why so many travel therapists use the Garmin. It is reassuring to know that this “map in the box” can get you to your travel assignment without a hitch.

You may get information for the Garmin on the web at www.garmin.com. The TomTom is another GPS device you can use. Go to www.TomTom.com to learn more about it.

Contributor Author: Amy Roll

Travel Force Therapy Consultant