MobiHealthNews broke the news last week that the mobile EHR product that came out of Apple's pilot with EMR vendor Epic Systems was an iPhone app called Haiku, but Haiku was not the first EMR to grant iPhone and iPod touch users remote access. Epic aside, a number of EMR vendors launched iPhone apps for their clinicians during the past year -- what follows is a list of 11 EMR systems that have gone mobile for the iPhone.
A note on the apps' descriptions: The content is from the company that made the app -- this is how they describe their offering. Also, the pricetag was pulled from Apple's AppStore, but most of the "Free" apps are actually only free to those users who already have accounts with the EMR vendor. Many of the "free" offerings actually require monthly subscriptions for the ongoing service.
As one might expect, the applications' in the following slideshow have a wide range in quality of design and seriousness: One systems vendor featured the character Hans Solo (played by Harrison Ford) from the Star Wars movies as the example patient. Other apps look more like experiments judging by their lack of design. There were a few standouts, however, and those should be obvious to any one who scrolls through the screen shots and descriptions of the iPhone EMR apps in the slideshow to follow.
Allscripts Remote - Free - Allscripts Misys Software - enables providers to remotely control their Allscripts Enterprise EHR or Allscripts Professional EHR from any location. In a matter of seconds, providers can access the power of their practice’s EHR through their Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, or Windows Mobile device.
With Allscripts Remote, difficult medical decisions that need to be made while out of the office, at the hospital, on call or on personal time can be made more effectively – thus helping providers take control of their time. And with Allscripts Remote, these decisions and actions are recorded in the Allscripts EHR for an immediate, complete and accurate patient record.
Compatible with Enterprise EHR v11 and Professional EHR v. 8.1 and higher, Remote is offered at no cost to physicians for a free thirty day trial. Simply complete the brief registration form for more information.
Quest Care360 Mobile - Free - MedPlus, a Quest Diagnostics company - This is the companion app to Care360 Labs & Meds from Quest Diagnostics.
The Care360 Mobile Companion is a secure, HIPAA compliant application that is developed specifically for the Apple iPhone/iTouch device. The Care360 Mobile Companion enables physicians to access a patient's lab and clinical information and prescribe medications from their Apple iPhone or iPod iTouch.
Furthermore, no patient data is ever stored on the device and only a secure connection is used to communicate with the Care360 servers, making it HIPAA compliant.
Atlas Mobile - Free - Atlas Medical - Atlas Medical is proud to introduce Atlas Mobile for use with the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch. Beneficial to laboratory outreach programs and physicians, Atlas Mobile gives active caregivers secure access to patient results from their mobile device - no matter where they are.
Quality care means access to clinical data 24 / 7. With Atlas Mobile, physicians will:
View new / unread patient results, with abnormal result flagging; Access complete patient reports, with interpretive notes; Verify individual patient demographics to ensure patient safety; View historical lab results; Phone patient while viewing results with simple tap-to-call option;
With Atlas Mobile, laboratories will:
Experience reduction of inbound calls requesting result or result status; Improve Physician satisfaction levels with quicker turnaround; Enhance lab branding and competitive edge in the marketplace with innovative service offerings.
This application requires the physician be a registered Atlas LabWorks user. If you are a user associated with more than one site, you will have the option to select applicable location at log in. If you are not a registered LabWorks user, contact your laboratory representative to learn more about the LabWorks outreach solution.
IQMax Mobile - Free - IQMax - IQMax mobile healthcare applications and enterprise solutions feature a common interface that allows you to "plug in" multiple mobile software applications such as dictation, charge capture, clinical results (labs), prescription, and formulary, to a robust enterprise framework. Our mobile solutions allow you to add, modify, and create information at the point of care, which saves you money and helps you deliver the most efficient and effective care possible. Whether you are a doctor, HIT professional, hospital, or clinic, our mobile healthcare applications and enterprise solutions support and enhance the critical aspects of your workflow.
iChart EMR - $139.99 - Caretools - Designed by doctors for any healthcare provider with the need to keep patient information organized. A sophisticated information system that is engineered to be used by a single provider or an entire network of users. iChart does not require the purchase of costly hardware or complex software, and can be customized for your type of practice using our online tools and shared user library.
Developed specifically for your iPhone and iPod Touch platforms as a digital medical assistant to manage patient records with:
iPrescribing to administer patient medications
iBilling to organize and submit billing records
iLab Reports to manage laboratory data
iNotes to write, store and transfer electronic notes
iMedDoc EMR - Free - K.M. Medical Software - View and edit your days calendar, keep track of appointments live, view cancellations, arrivals etc updated live from your practice. View scheduled Surgery times, consultation notes, diagnosis from the days calendar.
Patients: View and edit patient records, read letters, view attachments like x-rays, photos and forms. You can record a dictation regarding a specific patient and attach it to that patient record ready to be typed. Take photos of operation notes or video and attach them directly from the app to the patient record.
Calendar: View and edit all practice appointments, surgery appointments and tasks from all dates. Track all changes made from your office live so you always know where you are supposed to be and to which patient you are attending. Directly access all patient records from day view of the calendar while you are on the move.
Accounts: View and edit practice accounts. See which patients have paid, who owes money. Send invoices to insurance companies and third parties by email.
Curas EMR Mobile - $0.99 - eClinicalWorks - and Apple’s iPhone connects you with vital patient information from anywhere that you have cellular coverage. Curas EMR Mobile is the only native Apple iPhone application that allows you to access patient information stored in eClinicalWorks, the established leader in ambulatory Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Practice Management (PM) solutions from anywhere.
With Curas EMR Mobile, you can:
View your schedule; View and update patient medications; Respond to telephone encounters; Fax prescriptions; Order and view labs/imaging tests; Enter Out of Office charges; View progress notes.
Curas EMR Mobile allows you to take the benefits of eClinicalworks EMR and PM with you on the road for just $20 a month. Requires $50 setup fee. $20 a month per user.
SmartEMR Mobile - Free - VipaHealth Solutions - This application is intended to be used as a promotional feature for SmartEMR account holders. You will need to open a physician account with VipaHealth Solutions for their SmartEMR product (a healthcare professional management solutions) and acquire a log in credential to be able to use this application.
Acumen Mobile - Free - Health IT Services Group - HIT Services Group understands the mobile nature of nephrologists. The Acumen Mobile™ application facilitates rounding in the various clinical venues in which a nephrologist operates. Acumen nEHR™ is an application service provider (ASP) model that can be accessed from an internet connection via a handheld device.
Capzule - Free - Webahn - Capzule makes it possible for physicians to care for their patients while off site. With the launch of the iPhone Web application for Capzule.com, an online service that provides electronic medical records to independent clinics, physicians can now easily connect with their office via their iPhone.
This new application provides physicians with greater flexibility in caring for their patients. They can review patient files on their mobile device, and provide quicker response times when away from the office.
Physicians can view messages, check their schedule, review charts, and write prescriptions. Doctors who treat patients in more than one location will greatly benefit. They can check on patients between hospital rounds, nursing home visits and more.
Resonate - Free - echoBase -- Resonate is intended for use by doctors and other medical professionals managing patient health records. In order to use Resonate the hospital or other healthcare institution must have purchased and installed the server component of the Resonate system. There is an off-line demo built into this application to allow you to learn more about the features that Resonate offers.
Benefits to doctors:
Secure offline availability of patient data even when the network or server are unavailable; Single user interface to back office healthcare systems that contain various bits of patients’ records; Heightened accuracy and efficiency with knowledge based charge capture, Bluetooth support and GPS data; Increased efficiency and completeness of note creation, including supplemental tools for note creation including audio and video capture; Streamlined charge capture model for quick and easy submission; Mobile access to imaging data.
iSupra - Free - ADS Technologies - An iPhone application for the iSupra electronic medical records system.