From the June 2016 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine

Name: ACC’s Statin Intolerance App
Produced by: American College of Cardiology
Price: Free
OS: Apple and Android
The handy ACC Statin Intolerance App guides clinicians through the process of managing and treating patients who report muscle symptoms while on statin therapy. Clinicians use the app to answer questions and to evaluate possible intolerance to a patient’s current statin prescription, or follow steps to manage and treat a patient who reports muscle symptoms on a statin, or compare statin characteristics and drug interactions to inform patient management. The app bases its instructions on information and recommendations from the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults, and the prescribing information for each statin.

Name: MAQ12 Anticoagulation Toolkit
Produced by: University of Michigan
Price: Free
OS: Apple

An up-to-date, easy-to-use resource for managing anticoagulation patients more safely and effectively, the MAQ12 is another free app that stands to help physicians make more confident treatment decisions. The content was developed by the Michigan Anticoagulation Quality Improvement Initiative (MAQI2), a Blue Cross Blue Shield/Blue Care network, which is a consortium of anticoagulation clinics and experts from across the state of Michigan, and is based on the latest guidelines and research. Although the app is intended for informational purposes, the developers say that it is not to be taken as actual medical advice. Instead, the toolkit is intended to educate users so that they can make better-informed decisions when evaluating real-life anticoagulation scenarios.

Name: RMD Finder
Produced by: Tarun Kotia
Price: Free
OS: Apple

CRMD Finder helps to solve a specific problem: trying to identify a patient’s cardiac rhythm management devices (CRMDs) such as pacemakers and ICDs simply by looking at the patient’s X-ray. Like many of the “doctor’s helper” apps on the market, this one does not depend on automation, but rather takes the user through a few questions to help ascertain the make and model of the patient’s implant.

It is estimated that as many as 60 different CRMD device types exist from at least five manufacturers. As the population ages and more people are getting access to care, the rate of implants is on the rise. For physicians treating a patient without a record of the exact type of device, CRMD Finder may unlock the answer.

Name: Lumify

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