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Top IPhone Apps For Healthcare Pros And Their Patients

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Epocrates includes an array of tools for healthcare pros, including directories for pills, diagnostic information, drug interactions, and medical calculators.

Epocrates includes an array of tools for healthcare pros, including directories for pills, diagnostic information, drug interactions, and medical calculators.  AllOneMobile lets healthcare providers and health plans provide individuals with the tools to manage their own e-health records.  Calorie Tracker by Livestrong.com is a mobile app that connects with the Web-based food and fitness service.  The Weight Watchers Mobile app includes a food and exercise journal, recipes, and meeting finder.  soundAMP turns your iPhone into a hearing aid.  iFitness provides an illustrated exercise guide.  Islet is a tool to help diabetics manage their illness.  The free Good Food Near You app can help you find healthy nearby food choices, although some of its recommendations are odd--what kind of healthy food do you find at a florist?  MotionX GPS Sport tracks and maps hiking, mountain biking, and other outdoor activity.  Weightbot is a fun tool to help track weight loss or gain.  Lose It! is a food and exercise journal to help with counting calories.  Documents To Go synchs Microsoft Word and Excel documents between the iPhone and PC. Designed primarily as a productivity tool, it can also be used to record health information, such as a food or diabetes journal.  Simplenote is another personal-productivity app adaptable for fitness. It's a memo app that synchs to the Web, and can be used for keeping health journals, including tracking food and exercise.  The iPhone's built-in Clock app includes a stopwatch and timer, useful for timing exercise, or intervals between taking meds or treatments.  Use the iPhone's built-in Mobile Safari Web browser to look up calories on the go.  Use the iPhone's built-in Maps application to find nearby restaurants, and use your own common sense to figure out which ones have healthy food choices.  Use the built-in iPod application to keep yourself entertained while exercising.  Track food, exercise, and other health information using the iPhone's built-in Notes app, and synch to Microosft Outlook or Apple Mail on the desktop. 


Epocrates includes an array of tools for healthcare pros, including directories for pills, diagnostic information, drug interactions, and medical calculators.