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Health Information Management

Database Apps

5 Minute Clinical Consult Logo Follow instructions for downloading and accessing the app that accompanies the Detroit Mercy subscription. 

App icon See instructions for downloading the app that accompanies the Detroit Mercy subscription


EBSCO logo Access CINAHL Ultimate. At the bottom of the homepage is an "iphone and android apps" link. Click the link and enter your email address to receive download instructions, a link, and a download "key".

Med Calculators

MediCalc App iconMediCalc: Comprehensive "Medical Calculator System™". It performs automatic computation of more than 300 hundred clinical formulas, equations & scores "commonly used" in medical practice.


MediCalX App iconMedCalX: Tool that enables professionals to easily use complicated medical formulas, scores and classifications. This free version permits access only to a subset of formulas.


Calculate App iconCalculate by QxMD: can be used to calculate various clinical scores and indices.

Reference & Misc

CASP App iconBased on the Critical Appraisal Skills Program templates developed at Oxford, CASP helps with critically appraising EBP literature.


CDC App iconCDC: a great variety of content such as stories, videos, podcasts, journals and blogs with up-to-date health news and information.


Diagnosaurus App iconDiagnosaurusDDX: Free version. Helps perform differential diagnosis. Search over 1,000 diagnoses by organ system, symptom, or disease, or view all entries. Use “See Related DDx” feature in each entry for alternative diagnoses.


USPTF App iconUSPSTF Prevention TaskForce Recommendations: Designed by AHRQ to help primary care clinicians identify clinical preventive services (i.e. screening, counseling, medication) that are appropriate for their patients. Use the tool to search and browse U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on the web or on your PDA or mobile device.


Figure 1 App iconFigure 1community for medical and nursing professionals to safely share clinical cases and discuss treatment. Contribute your own medical cases in a privacy-conscious way. Available for Android also.


MediBabble App iconMediBabble Translator: Professional-grade medical interpretation app for healthcare providers;a history-taking and physical exam application designed to improve the safety, efficiency, and quality of care for non-English speaking patients.