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The deal gives athenahealth a ready-made mobile platform for physicians, while Epocrates gains an EHR platform.

The San Diego-based company will use the funding to push its PatientSafe platform out to more hospitals, giving nurses a bedside mHealth solution that's designed to improve workflows and reduce errors.

It's safe to say the mobile app industry is fast approaching a saturation point. Thousands of healthcare apps are now on the market, making it difficult for the user to pick and choose which to download - and which will work as advertised. The issue isn't limited to patients, either, for providers are facing the same choices. This infographic from Epocrates illustrates some of the decisions doctors and nurses are facing in the crowded app landscape.