A piece published earlier this week on iMedicalApps spotlights the work of Steven Lin, MD, a clinical instructor in family medicine at Stanford who is the co-creator of two evidence-based medical apps. The first app he helped develop was Ilithyia, a point-of-care clinic prenatal app, and the second is L’Allegro, which helps physicians select the appropriate antidepressant for patients. From the piece:
Dr. Lin first thought about creating an app as an intern when he noted the large gap between what he had learned in medical school and what was happening in practice. He had knowledge but it was often difficult translating that knowledge into point of care practice. He first concentrated on prenatal visits as he wanted to find the evidence base for current practice and make that available to himself as well as his fellow interns.
He started with researching guidelines, community standard of care, and even insurance allowances for visits and labs. He then took this information and made a framework of sorts. Each visit had allotted information- labs, guidance, findings, etc, and this framework became the basis for how he organized his app.
Lin and partner, a programmer who was finishing his final year of high school when they started working together, plan to "work with the Society for Teachers in Family Medicine and plans to create a mobile version of their study cases" for third app.
Previously: Heart bypass or angioplasty? There’s an app for that, A conversation about smart-device use among resident physicians and Stanford AIM Lab launches patient exam iPad app
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