WebMD has launched Medscape Mobile, a free iPhone application for physicians.
Medscape Mobile offers drug information,
clinical reference tools, medical news and continuing medical education
(CME). It is the only mobile application to include specialty-specific
news from Medscape's award-winning professional news team. Medscape
Mobile also includes CME activities organized by specialty and designed
for use on a mobile device.
Medscape Mobile is a free information service and its comprehensive features include:
- Drug database of over 6,000 generic and brand name drugs, plus hundreds of herbals, supplements and antidotes.
- Drug interaction checker that quickly shows interactions for a combination of up to 30 drugs, herbals and/or supplements.
- Medscape Medical News with up-to-date, specialty-focused medical content across more than 30 specialties.
- Continuing Medical Education from MedscapeCME in formats created specifically for the mobile device.
- The WebMD Health Directory featuring contact information for over
400,000 physicians, 57,000 pharmacies, and 6,000 hospitals in a
convenient search format.
"Medscape Mobile extends the reach of Medscape's
information and applications from the desktop to the mobile devices
that physicians are already using in a variety of clinical settings,"
said Steve Zatz, M.D., Executive Vice President, WebMD. "Our online
physician audience will now have access to Medscape's comprehensive
medical information in their specialty, wherever and whenever they need
it."
Medscape Mobile is available to the largest network of physicians
and healthcare professionals, who depend on Medscape for trusted,
timely medical information. Medscape Mobile builds upon more
than a decade of experience in providing medical information and
education to healthcare professionals. It expands the availability of
Medscape's free content and applications, which generates more than 1.5
million physician visits per month.
Medscape Mobile is currently available on the iPhoneand iPod
touch and will be offered on additional mobile platforms, including
BlackBerry(R), later this year. Medscape will launch additional mobile
features this year, further enhancing its value to physicians at the
point-of-care.
To download Medscape for iPhone and iPod touc search for 'Medscape' in the Apple iTunes App Store or look
under 'free apps' in the Medical category. An interactive demo is
available on Medscape at www.medscape.com/iphone.