LibGuides: Family Medicine: Mobile Apps & Online Resources

General Mobile App Resources

Here are some links to libraries for evidence-based and validated medical apps.

FDA: Device Software Functions Including Mobile Medical Applications
Information on mobile apps and which mobile medical applications the FDA regulates.
NHS Health Apps Library
The National Health Service (U.K.) provides a searchable database of medical apps. Please note that some of these apps will include UK terminology.
NLM's Mobile Applications
Select the "App" filter to limit resources to apps and click the "submit" button to run the search. Retrieves a listing of freely available resources by the U.S. National Library of Medicine optimized for mobile devices. Includes resources such as AIDSinfo Drug Database and PubMed® for Handhelds.

AccessMedicine Case Files Collection This link opens in a new window
IUSM resource: Click on arrow on right, under "Read", to choose "Family Medicine".

American Family Physician (AFP) Website
Website of AAFP which includes more than journal articles.

ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
IUSM Resource: Under "Browse", click on "Procedures Consult" (...on far right) and filter by "Family Medicine" in the left-hand column.
Elsevier requires that you have an account in order to export from this database. If you do not have an account, you can create a free Elsevier account by going to https://www.mendeley.com and clicking on “Create Account.” Once you have created this account, it will work for other Elsevier product as well.

ECRI Institute
ECRI Institute (formerly the "Emergency Care Research Institute") is a publicly available repository of clinical guidelines.