Below is a list of mobile device applications that may assist in the day to day clinical learning environment or patient care. This is not a complete list, nor are the applications approved for content, recommended or supported by any of the divisions of IM. Please use at your own discretion. Use the comment section at the below to give suggestions or write a review of any of the applications listed. Some of the suggested applications may require fees or subscription plans which are the responsibility of the individual.
Calculate by QxMD - iPhone® - Android™ - read review
electronic Preventive Services Selector (ePSS) tool
Medibabble - iPhone® - read review
Medscape - iPhone® - Blackberry - Android - read review
Mobile Micromedex 2.0 for iPhone® and Blackberry® (VPN)
NEJM This Week - iPhone® app - read review
EPIC Mobile
To: all UT Southwestern Medical Staff and Housestaff:
UT Southwestern Health System Information Resources is pleased to announce the release of the iPhone and iPad applications for Epic. For those providers who have an iPhone or iPad, these applications now provide the ability to view your patient’s UT Southwestern Epic chart from an Apple mobile device. (This works to view UT Southwestern’s Epic system, but not Parkland or Children’s Epic systems).
Haiku for the iPhone and Canto for the iPad are designed to help providers access patient data on-the-go, or when a workstation with full Epic isn’t readily available. In essence, these are a read-only environment for physicians to browse a patient’s chart. In-Basket messaging is limited compared with full Epic, and ordering is not currently supported. So these applications are not designed to replace the existing Epic system, but can still prove useful when away from a computer.
To get started, the first step is to request Haiku/Canto access rights at UT Southwestern. To do this, go to https://sws001.swmed.edu/iar/Home (from an on-campus computer or via VPN from home) to fill out an Institutional Access Request (IAR) form online requesting access permissions. To help with this, you can follow the instructions and screen shots in the ‘Submitting an IAR online form for Haiku ’ instructions.
Next, follow the instructions in the Device SETUP document. The apps themselves are free downloads from the iTunes store.
A description of available features is in the attached Quick Start Guide.
Please password-protect your iPhone or iPad if you use these applications.
I hope you find the first version of these applications useful. Epic is likely to continue to evolve these two products over time. Many thanks to Steven Hoffman and Cecilia Hernandez for their work in bringing up this application and making it available to us.
DuWayne Willett, MD, MS, MMM
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Health System
UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Support for application issues: you can email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. – put Haiku or Canto in the subject line of the email
