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Healthcare Apps Toolkit: Calculators

The best free or nearly free apps for healthcare including point of care, drug, medical calculators, healthcare specialities, keeping current (browsing tables of content of journals or monitoring RSS feeds), for patients, and for productivity.

Medical Calculators

A medical calculator is a type of software, whose purpose is to allow easy calculation of various scores and indices, presenting the user with a friendly interface that hides the complexity of the formulas. 

Calculate by QxMD (free)

Calculate icon - blue background with white speech bubble containing a stylized calculator showing +, -, x, and division signType of App: Medical Calculator 
Cost: Free
Availability: Anyone
Access: Using Apple App Store or Google Play

More than 200 unique calculators and decision support tools. 

MDCalc Medical Calculator

Type of App: Medical Calculator
Cost: Free
Availability: Anyone
Access: Using Apple App Store or Google Play

MDCalc is a popular Medical Calculator. Allows you to create a customized list of frequently used tests and includes notes on when to use each test. Requires you to create a free account to use.

Medimath


Type of App: Medical Calculator
Cost: $0.99
Availability: Anyone
Access: Using Apple App Store for iPad only

A collection of 133 medical calculators

EBMcalc Complete

Ebmcalc icon showing a stylized calculator surrounded by a stethoscope with the letters EBMcalc underneath Type of App: Medical Calculator
Cost: $13.99
Availability: Anyone
Access: Using Apple App Store (iPad only) or Google Play for various smart phones and mobile devices

A collection of over 630 calculators, clinical criteria sets and decision trees

UpToDate

UpToDate LogoType of App: Point of Care
Cost: Free
Availability: UM Faculty, Staff, and Students; WRHA staff; Manitoba RHA staff
Access: Using iTunes or Google Play for various smart phones and mobile devices

Clinical reference resource designed to provide quick access to synthesized medical information. Mobile app is available to UM faculty, staff and students; WRHA staff; Manitoba RHA. Installation instructions:

UpToDate Lexidrug (formerly Lexicomp)

Type of App: Drug
Cost: Free
Availability: UM Faculty, Staff, and Students
Access: Using iTunes or Google Play for various smart phones and mobile devices
 

Full-text collection of 15 clinical drug information databases, and over 1600 drug monographs. Includes an excellent tool for checking drug interactions.  A limited number of accounts are available through Library's subscription (these are offered on a first come first served basis).