Healthcare Apps Toolkit: Point of Care

Point-of-care decision-making tools are syntheses of evidence whose goal is to make decision-making easier for healthcare providers. The following mobile apps represent some of the most recognized and well regarded of these resources.  A review of other point-of-care tools is available here.

Type of App: Point of Care
Cost: Free
Availability: UM Faculty, Staff, and Students
Access: Using the Apple App Store or Google Play for various smart phones and mobile devices

60+ medical titles including Harrison's Online, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, Hurst's The Heart, Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, and the Lange educational library series.  Installation instructions:

1. Go the UM Libraries A to Z Database Listing
2. Click one of the links to either AccessMedicine or AccessEmergencyMedicine or AccessPharmacy.
3. You may be asked to authenticate with your UMNetID and password (UM email login).
4. Click on My Profile (see upper right-hand side of screen).
5. Click on Sign In or Create a Free Access Profile (you are creating a free Access profile).
6. Follow the instructions on screen to create your Access userid and password.  If you are prompted to add an email address use your UM email.  You may also need to confirm your account via email. 
7. Once you have created a free account, download and install the Access app (from one of the supported app stores) onto your device.
   1. iOS
   2. Android
8. After you have installed the app, open it on your device.  You will be prompted to sign in.  
9. Sign in using the userid and password you created in step 6.  You should now have access for the next 90 days. This will give you access to all the content in the three Access products we have.

To renew your Access app (every 90 days):

1. Go to one of our Access products (AccessEmergencyMedicine, AccessMedicine or AccessPharmacy) through the UM Libraries website (on a web browser).  
2. This may require you to authenticate yourself with your UMNetID and password as in step 3 (see above).
3. And then sign into My Profile using the Access userid and password you created in step 6 (see above).  This will then renew you for another 90 days.

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

More than 1000 medical textbooks in all specialties, access to full-text journal articles, procedures videos, practice guidelines and more.

Note: if you already have an account with Mendeley, Scopus, ScienceDirect or SciiVal, you already have an Elsevier account that can be used for CliinicalKey. Skip the registration information below, login and start at step 3 below.

Installation instructions:

1. Go the www.clinicalkey.com
2. Look for Register link in the upper right corner. Register for an account. Be sure to use your umanitoba.ca or myumanitoba.ca email account during registration.
3. Once you have registered, click on Remote Access in upper right corner drop down menu
4. Enter your umanitoba.ca or myumanitoba.ca email address
5. Visit iTunes or Google Play to download the app.
6. Select ‘Global’ from the Choose Edition Screen
7. Select ‘Clinical Key’ from the Choose Role Screen
8. Once installed enter the login and password you created on Clinical Key to activate the app.

Type 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: