Android apps by Skyscape

Skyscape Medical Resources

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:06:37 +0000

The Skyscape Medical Resources app is used by more than 2.5 million healthcare professionals (HCPs) to access the medical resources they know and trust at the point of care. This valuable decision-support tool helps physicians, nurses, students and other HCPs find the right answers, right away.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ONE APP
• The free Skyscape app comes loaded with a valuable package of medical resources, including drug information, medical calculators and clinical information on over 850 topics.
• You can purchase any of more than 600 premium resources in 35 medical specialties and access all of them from within this one convenient app.
• Robust features include SmartLink™, Skyscape’s proprietary cross-reference functionality; medical calculators; algorithms; interactive images; flowcharts; and frequent content updates.
INCLUDED FOR FREE
• RxDrugs: Comprehensive information on thousands of brands and generics, with interactions (including multi-drug analyzer tool), pill images and over 400 integrated dosing calculators. This resource also includes formulary information covering 5,000 health plans in all 50 US states.
• Archimedes: Medical calculator with more than 200 interactive tools, organized by specialty.
• Outlines in Clinical Medicine: Evidence-based clinical information on hundreds of diseases and symptom-related topics, presented in convenient outline format.
• MedAlert™: In-context and specialty-focused journal summaries, trial results, breaking clinical news, drug alerts and other information, fully integrated with the app’s global search and SmartLink.

PREMIUM RESOURCES

Skyscape has partnered with more than 50 respected publishers and content providers to offer a virtual “greatest hits” of the most trusted medical resources, regularly updated to ensure you have the most current information at your fingertips. Popular premium resources include:
• 5-Minute Clinical Consult
• Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual
• Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses
• Rosen and Barkin's 5 Minute Emergency Medicine Consult
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
• Netter’s Atlas of Human Anatomy
• Fitzpatrick's Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
• Journal Watch
POWERFUL TOOLS TURN INFORMATION INTO ACTION
• SmartLink™ – Empowers your natural thought process by cross-referencing all consulted resources, from initial patient interaction to diagnosing, treating and prescribing.
• Content Updates – Skyscape resources are continuously updated so you can be confident that you have the most up-to-date available.
• SmartSearch™ – Patented dynamic search finds the information you need, even when you don’t know where to look.
• Algorithms – Clinical decision trees guide diagnosis and treatment choices.
• Integrated Calculators – Power on-screen calculations directly from your research topic.
• Flowcharts – Transform complex algorithms and protocols from static images into dynamic step-by-step decision support tools.
• Full Color Images – Bring conditions to life and incorporate clickable “hotspots” to identify structures.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Skyscape customer support is always available to help get you up and running.
• Contact us via chat 24x7 (found in the upper right corner on www.skyscape.com).
• Email us using a convenient form on www.skyscape.com/support.
• Call us at 888.759.7227. We're available 8:30 am to 5:30 pm (US EST) Monday through Friday.
• View installation guides and feature demos at www.skyscape.com/support.

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Outlines in Clinical Medicine®

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:07:57 +0000

Outlines in Clinical Medicine® (OCM®) consists of over 850 separate succinct summaries of topics encountered in General Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Subspecialties, Emergency Medicine and Family Practice. Topics in geriatrics, pediatrics, ophthalmology, gynecology, obstetrics, psychiatry, and neurology are also covered in some detail. In addition, over 500 Internal Medicine Board's-type review questions (linked to appropriate text) are included to aide in reviewing topics and in preparation for licensing examinations.
OCM® is updated throughout the year with information from more than seven major medical journal publications including the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and The Medical Letter, in addition to seminars, review articles, patient care, drug development conferences, and teaching experience.
- New topics: Drugs of Abuse, Insulin, Oral Hypoglycemic Agents, Pediatric Asthma, Schistosomiasis, Epidural Abscess, Smallpox, Pheochromocytoma and Neck Pain

Skyscape RxDrugs™

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:32:22 +0000

RxDrugs™ provides comprehensive information on thousands of brands and generics, with interactions (including multi-drug analyzer tool), pill images and over 400 integrated dosing calculators. This resource also includes formulary information covering 5,000 health plans in all 50 US states.

Key Features

• 1,600+ drug monographs covering 2,600+ US drug brands plus 2,400+ international brands
• Fully integrated drug-drug interactions checker*
• 400+ embedded dosing calculators
• Integrated formulary information, covering 5,000 health plans in all 50 US states
• Pill images and descriptions
• Organized by topic to match your natural workflow
• Monthly updates and more
*Based on Hansten and Horn data

To utilize this valuable resource, you must first download the free Skyscape Medical Resources app. All Skyscape resources are accessed through the Skyscape Medical Resources app.

ACC Pocket Guides

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:41:42 +0000

This clinical practice support tool set from the American College of Cardiology Foundation provides concise, portable reference tools for the busy clinician. Pocket Guideline material is adapted and enhanced for the Android devices from the full text version of ACC/AHA Practice Guidelines. It also includes the Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography (TTE/TEE) Appropriateness Criteria Tool which provides a quick reference list of common appropriate and inappropriate uses of echocardiography and an innovative decision support application that helps guide physicians in the ordering of SPECT MPI for the detection and risk assessment of coronary artery disease. You can select which specific tools you want to use, or get all of them.

ACC Pocket Guides includes

- The Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography (TTE/TEE) Appropriateness Criteria Tool
- ACC SPECT MPI Appropriateness Tool
- Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
- Clinical Application of Echocardiography
- Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult
- Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices
- Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery
- Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina
- Management of Patients With Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
- Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

ABOUT SKYSCAPE on Android

This app will install your new resource into the Skyscape Medical Resources environment. All Skyscape titles (over 600 of them, for all professions and specialties) and services like MedAlert™ and CME-STAT™ (coming soon) are accessed from within this environment.
Using our award winning technologies, including the patented SmartLink, Skyscape coordinates resources for drug information, interactions, clinical information, calculators, tools, clinical trial and research updates. We provide a single point of entry and seamless integration of resources, providing the best user experience for point of care decision support and research needs.

mobilePDR® for Prescribers

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:54:03 +0000

PDR Network utilizes multiple sources for practitioner validation. If we are unable to validate a healthcare professional via these sources, the PDRN Customer Support team at 1-800-737-2577 can assist by collecting certain data or by requesting additional credentials for validation.

CardioSource Mobile App

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:59:49 +0000

ACC and Skyscape have teamed up to bring you CardioSource Mobile, a Android device friendly version of the most popular and clinically relevant sources of content on CardioSource.org. CardioSource Mobile app combines a fully indexed set of all ACC/AHA guideline recommendations with the latest evidence based medicine content from the full Web site.

The app provides one tap access to the best that CardioSource has to offer. Whether used at the bedside as a quick reference tool or on the go to catch up on the latest science, CardioSource Mobile App provides clinicians with daily access to the most trusted source of information in cardiology.

About ACC

The American College of Cardiology is transforming cardiovascular care and improving heart health through continuous quality improvement, patient-centered care, payment innovation and professionalism. The College is a 39,000-member nonprofit medical society comprised of physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists and practice managers, and bestows credentials upon cardiovascular specialists who meet its stringent qualifications. The College is a leader in the formulation of health policy, standards and guidelines, and is a staunch supporter of cardiovascular research. The ACC provides professional education and operates national registries for the measurement and improvement of quality care.

About Skyscape

Skyscape offers trusted resources such as the 5 Minute Clinical Consult (5MCC), Harrison’s, Harriet Lane, Washington Manual, DSM-IV, Wills Eye Manual, Dahnert’s Radiology Review and many others. You can choose from over 700 resources from over 50 highly regarded publishers in healthcare. Skyscape is a wholly owned subsidiary of Physicians Interactive Holdings, LLC.

Link to Skyscape website : www.skyscape.com

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McGraw-Hill's Diagnosaurus

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:17:39 +0000

Diagnosaurus provides differential diagnoses (DDx) of symptoms and diseases. It is completely updated for the new age in healthcare and used by tens of thousands of students, physicians, and health professionals. Includes five indices to help you find the information you need: Main Index, Organ System, Symptoms & Diseases.

ADA Diabetes Recommendations

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:14:03 +0000

The American Diabetes Association provides the latest update of its major position statement, “Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes”, which contains all of the Association's key recommendations. In addition, contained herein are selected position statements on certain topics not adequately covered in the “Standards”. ADA hopes that this is a convenient and important resource for all health care professionals who care for people with diabetes.

Medical Eponyms

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:20:52 +0000

The popular Medical Eponyms is thoroughly updated with more than 1700 common and obscure medical eponyms with descriptions, featuring more of the medical terminology used in over 20 of today's fastest growing health profession areas.

You'll also find more comprehensive inclusion of geographic eponyms, syndromes and anatomy eponyms. This product consists of additional features, enhanced functionality and ongoing updates!

- More than 1700 common and obscure medical eponyms with descriptions used in various health profession areas.
- Aims to provide medical students, nursing students, primary healthcare providers with concise and accurate descriptions.
- Contains eponyms useful in the field of Biochemistry, Neurology, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology, Radiology and many more.
- Included are eponyms used in various procedures like Ambesh Maneuver, Girdlestone Procedure, Queckenstedt's Maneuver, Trendelenburg Position, etc.

Only Inside Skyscape's Eponyms

-Signs & Symptoms index allows you to select from a checklist of comprehensive healthcare profession areas to quickly see a list of matching eponyms.

Netter's Atlas: Human Anatomy

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:37:59 +0000

Dr. Frank H. Netter's full-color anatomic illustrations allow users to test themselves on key anatomic structures and relationships. Skyscape has customized this resource,the full content of which can be purchased for $76.95. Individual sections can be purchased for only $14.95 with Cross-Sectional Anatomy section for free.

- New radiographs, computed tomographic (CT) images, CT angiograms, and magnetic resonance (MR) images have been added
- Includes over 532 uniquely informative drawings that allow you - and have allowed generations of students - to learn structures with confidence
- Meticulously revised labels promote an unprecedented level of accuracy
- Associates normal anatomy with an application of that knowledge in a clinical setting
- Offers a strong selection of imaging to show you what is happening three dimensionally in the human body, the way you see it in practice
- Separate groups of illustrations are devoted to anatomy and imaging - head and neck, back and spinal cord, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and perineum, upper and lower limb
- With Skyscape's feature of Images with hot-spot and tooltip you can identify the different parts of anatomy easily