According to our latest research report, Fastest Growing and Most Successful Health and Medical Apps, there were about 250 apps that fall into the "Operational & EMR apps" subcategory of iPhone medical apps as of September 2010. These are apps intended for use by care providers, including pager replacement apps, charge capture apps, electronic medical records apps, patient logbooks, schedulers and remote practice management apps. While many of these apps are free feature add-ons for enterprise systems, with an average price of $3.84, this group was still the fourth priciest group of health and medical apps found in Apple's AppStore.
According to Apple's ranking of its AppStore's Medical Category Top 1000, these are the Top 10 EMR and Operational apps highest on the list:
1. Bedside by IMS MAXIMS. Rank out of 1000? 150. Released: August 17, 2010. Details
2. Care360 Mobile by Quest Diagnostics. Rank? 204. Released: March 30, 2009. Details
3. Accent by Webahn. Rank out of 1000? 245. Released: September 18, 2009. Details
4. Allscripts Remote by Allscripts. Rank out of 1000? 248. Released: March 31, 2009. Details
5. iConnect - Notes Edition by Grembe. Rank? 263. Released: October 30, 2009. Details
6. NI GME by New Innovations. Rank out of 1000? 337. Released: July 4, 2009. Details
7. nTrack by Skyscape. Rank? 348. Released: September 3, 2009. Details
8. PK4801R by PatientKeeper. Rank out of 1000? 388. Released: March 25, 2010. Details
9. AirStrip OB by AirStrip Technologies. Rank out of 1000? 410. Released: April 5, 2009. Details
10. Epic Haiku by Epic Systems. Rank out of 1000? 414. Released: January 8, 2010. Details
1. Bedside - IMS MAXIMS (#150)
According to IMS, "Bedside enables the clinician to take the Electronic Patient Record to the patient in a hospital bed, out in a community setting or at the patient's home. The app connects securely to a MAXIMS clinical system." More
2. Care360 - Quest Diagnostics (#204)
Quest says Care360 provides "access medication history, lab results and more from your iPhone - ideal for when you’re on call or just on the go. View lab results, for follow-up and mark as reviewed." More
3. Accent - Webahn (#245)
Webahn's Accent app is powered by OvernightScribe.com's online medical transcription service for US healthcare providers. According to Webahn: "Accent is an audio recording app for OvernightScribe users to dictate medical notes using an iPhone or iPod touch (2nd generation with external mic). Accent helps you to manage medical dictations and send to OvernightScribe for transcription over a WiFi connection." More
4. Allscripts Remote - Allscripts (#248)
According to Allscripts, the app "enables healthcare providers to remotely control their Allscripts EHR from any location and thus help them control their time. In a matter of seconds, with Allscripts Remote, difficult medical decisions that need to be made while out of the office, at the hospital, on call or on personal time can be made more effectively and accurately." More
5. iConnect Notes Edition - Grembe (#263)
Grembe's iConnect - Notes Edition app is positioned as an app for anyone looking to take notes, but a home care physical therapist is its first profiled user in the app's official description. Given its broad appeal, this app may be more popular beyond healthcare professionals. Here's how its described: "The perfect tool for anyone who wants to take written or recorded audio notes on the fly, and take pictures and attach them to an event." More
6. NI GME - New Innovations (#337)
New Innovations' NI GME app "is for medical residents, fellows and trainees who need to record duty hours or log case details for patient encounters. Record data at any time or location and easily synchronize with your New Innovations account." More
7. Nursing Log, nTrack - Skyscape (#348)
Skyscape's Nursing Procedure Log or "nTrack, is a comprehensive solution that tracks, evaluates and reports on the student’s clinical experiences and skills throughout their training program. This innovative tool saves time, reduces administrative burdens and increases productive interaction and feedback for both students and faculty." More
8. PatientKeeper Mobile Clinical Results - PatientKeeper (#388)
PatientKeeper's Mobile Clinical Results "provides physicians with anytime, anywhere access to aggregated clinical data from disparate backend systems. Mobile Clinical Results is the mobile companion product to the PatientKeeper Physician Portal. To access data, your organization needs to be a licensed PatientKeeper customer." More
9. AirStrip OB - AirStrip Technologies (#410)
AirStrip's OB app: "Would you like to see the fetal heart tracing ("strip") from virtually anywhere? AirStrip OB allows you, the Obstetrician, to securely log on to a hospital’s Labor and Delivery unit and see virtual real-time waveform data as well as other patient information on your iPhone!" More
10. Haiku - Epic Systems (#414)
Epic Systems' Haiku app "provides authorized clinical users of Epic’s Electronic Health Record with secure access to clinic schedules, hospital patient lists, health summaries, test results and notes. Haiku also supports dictation and In Basket access." More
More in our report: Fastest Growing and Most Successful Health and Medical Apps
