HSL Library Guides: MDC 7200: Internal & Family Medicine: Apps & Databases

Apps

An alphabetical listing of Faculty recommended Mobile Apps for all sections of the MDC 7200 Clerkship module.

ASCVD Risk Estimator Plus App
- Use app to estimate a patient's initial 10-year ASCVD risk.
- Present an individualized, risk-based, intervention approach and project the impact of specific interventions.
- Update risk at follow-up based on a patient's response to therapy.

Epocrates App This link opens in a new window
- Epocrates provides drug information, interaction check, pill ID, clinical practice guidelines, formulary, athenaText, tables, and calculators.
- Epocrates Plus provides access to all the free content plus disease information, alternative medicine, ICD-10 and CPT codes, infectious disease treatment, and labs.
- Epocrates Plus is available to medical students. Follow these directions to get Epocrates Plus. You will need a medical education number. Click here to find/get your ME number or call the AMA Member Service Center at 800-262-3211. It's available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM CST.

Prevention TaskForce (formerly ePSS) Apps
- The Prevention TaskForce application was developed to assist primary care clinicians identify the screening, counseling, and preventive medication services that are appropriate for their patients.
- The Prevention TaskForce information is based on the current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and can be searched by specific patient characteristics, such as age, sex/gender, and selected behavioral risk factors.
GoodRX App
- The GoodRX app provides current cash and sale prices for drugs, manufacturer coupons, pharmacy discounts & savings tips for thousands of prescriptions at nearby pharmacies.
- Also provides information on drug side effects, pharmacy hours and locations, pill images, and more.
GoodRX for Doctors App
- Doctors can create a list of prescriptions and provide prices to patients via email or text.
- Keep a list of frequently-prescribed medications for quick access to savings for patients.
- Quickly research drug prices, news, and information for every prescription drug at every major pharmacy in the U.S.

UpToDate App This link opens in a new window
- An Evidence-Based, Clinical Decision Support Resource App.
- The mobile version of the UpToDate database.

Quick Pick Databases

A selection of some of the most commonly referenced Databases from the Health Sciences Library.

Databases

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
- Instant answers to Clinical questions.
- Clinical Case Files & Self-Assessment questions.
- E-Textbooks: Harrison's Online, Hurst's The Heart, Principles of Critical Care, and the Lange Series Textbooks.
ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
- Peer-Reviewed Practice Guidelines.
- Customizable Patient Handouts.
- Gold Standard Drug Information.
- Full-Text Medical Reference Books & Journals.
- Full-Text Clinics Series.
DynaMed This link opens in a new window
- An Evidence-Based, Clinical Decision Support tool which provides evidence-based recommendations on 3,000+ topics.
- Evidence is evaluated using two systems: Levels of Evidence & GRADE.
- Includes: Point-of-Care tools, ICD-9 codes, & Patient Information.
- Available as a mobile App.
Epocrates This link opens in a new window
- Epocrates provides drug information, interaction check, pill ID, clinical practice guidelines, formulary, athenaText, tables, and calculators.
- Epocrates Plus provides access to all the free content plus disease information, alternative medicine, ICD-10 and CPT codes, infectious disease treatment, and labs.
- Epocrates Plus is available to medical students. Follow these directions to get Epocrates Plus. You will need a medical education number. Click here to find/get your ME number or call the AMA Member Service Center at 800-262-3211. It is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM CST.
Lexidrug This link opens in a new window
- A Comprehensive, Point-of-Care, Drug Information Database.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
- comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
- Includes Links to Full-Text Articles where available.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
- An Evidence-Based, Clinical Decision Support Resource.
- Authored by Physicians to help Healthcare Practitioners make the best decisions at the Point-of-Care.
- Available as an app.
VisualDX This link opens in a new window
- A Clinical Decision Support System: Recognition & Diagnosis of Conditions by Visual Symptoms.
- Disease Presentation by: Age, Skin Type, Location, and Severity.
- Registration is required for the app.
- Available as an app for Apple & Android.