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Evaluation of Merck Manual Professional and Consumer Apps
Evaluation of Merck Manual Professional and Consumer Apps This month, the Merck Manual Professional app for clinicians and the Merck Manual Consumer app for patients and health care consumers is reviewed using the NPMEDAPP criteria (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra. 2015.10.005). Merck Manual Professional is located at http://www.merckmanuals.com/ professional and Merck Manual Consumer is at http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/. MERCK MANUAL PROFESSIONAL APP Novel
The Merck Manual Professional app provides health care providers with information about thousands of medical conditions including pathophysiology, etiology, evaluation, and treatment options. There are numerous “howto-do” instructional videos for examinations and procedures. Additional helpful features include current drug information, interactive case studies, medical news, editorials, and quizzes. Favorites can be identified for easy repeat access. No registration or subscription is required and there are no ads. No user data are collected.
MOBILE APPS FOR NPS
Patricia Biller Krauskopf, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP
Ease of Use
The app is easy to navigate. The homepage contains icons for medical topics, videos, clinical calculators, resources, and news and commentary. From there one can easily locate specific topics or information. Once the app has been downloaded and installed (this does take several minutes with a Wi-Fi connection), an internet connection is not needed to access the core information. However, the videos (unless previously downloaded) and additional features listed above require internet access. Developer
Merck Manual topics were written and are regularly updated by 350 academic physicians. Potential of Benefit Versus Risk
Audience
This app provides medical reference material from a trusted credible source. The first Merck Manual was printed in 1899 and the reference book is currently in its 19th printed edition.
The Merck Manual Professional app has been developed for health care professionals and students. Price
Medically Sound
The recently redesigned app provides point-ofcare access to information from the Merck Manual, a well known trustworthy medical reference. www.npjournal.org
There is no associated cost with this app. Merck & Co., Inc, has made a commitment to provide global medical knowledge for up to 3 billion health care professionals and patients on every continent by 2020. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - JNP
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Platform
The app is accessible in iOS and Android operating systems. MERCK MANUAL CONSUMER APP Novel
The Merck Manual Consumer app provides access for home reference to thousands of medical disorders, including symptoms, how conditions are diagnosed, and options for treatment. Useful emergency first-aid information for various injuries and life-threatening conditions is accessible. Illustrations and photos of diseases and disorders are available. Similar to Merck Manual Professional, additional features include news and commentary, editorials, quizzes, and drug information.
Professional, once the app has been downloaded and installed (this does take several minutes with a Wi-Fi connection), an internet connection is not needed to access the basic information. However, the animations and videos (unless previously downloaded) and additional features listed above require internet access. Developer
Merck Manual topics were written and are regularly updated by 350 medical experts. Audience
The Merck Manual Consumer app is available for anyone to use. Price
There is no associated cost with this app. Platform
Potential of Benefit Versus Risk
This app provides medical reference access. There is a published disclaimer that the information provided is not intended to replace advice from one’s health care provider. Medically Sound
The app provides easy access to medical reference material from a credible source and is written in easy-to-understand language for the consumer. Ease of Use
The app is user-friendly and easy to navigate. From the home screen, one may select medical topics, symptoms, emergencies, animations and videos, resources, and news and commentary. From there one can easily locate specific topics or information. Like Merck Manual
e362
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - JNP
The app is accessible in iOS and Android operating systems. The apps chosen for review offer peer-reviewed information from respected sources, but JNP and the department editors do not endorse apps and NPs should use their own clinical judgment. Do you have an app that you would like to have evaluated using the NPMEDAPP system? Please send it to Patti ([email protected]). Be sure to provide the complete name of the app, cost, and a brief description so I am able to locate the correct one.
Patricia Biller Krauskopf, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, is a professor and the Helen Zebarth chair in nursing at the Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA, and works at Love Memorial Clinic in Moorefield, WV. She can be reached at [email protected].
1555-4155/17/$ see front matter © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.04.015
Volume 13, Issue 7, July/August 2017
The Merck Manual Professional app provides health care providers with information about thousands of medical conditions including pathophysiology, etiology, evaluation, and treatment options. There are numerous “howto-do” instructional videos for examinations and procedures. Additional helpful features include current drug information, interactive case studies, medical news, editorials, and quizzes. Favorites can be identified for easy repeat access. No registration or subscription is required and there are no ads. No user data are collected.
MOBILE APPS FOR NPS
Patricia Biller Krauskopf, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP
Ease of Use
The app is easy to navigate. The homepage contains icons for medical topics, videos, clinical calculators, resources, and news and commentary. From there one can easily locate specific topics or information. Once the app has been downloaded and installed (this does take several minutes with a Wi-Fi connection), an internet connection is not needed to access the core information. However, the videos (unless previously downloaded) and additional features listed above require internet access. Developer
Merck Manual topics were written and are regularly updated by 350 academic physicians. Potential of Benefit Versus Risk
Audience
This app provides medical reference material from a trusted credible source. The first Merck Manual was printed in 1899 and the reference book is currently in its 19th printed edition.
The Merck Manual Professional app has been developed for health care professionals and students. Price
Medically Sound
The recently redesigned app provides point-ofcare access to information from the Merck Manual, a well known trustworthy medical reference. www.npjournal.org
There is no associated cost with this app. Merck & Co., Inc, has made a commitment to provide global medical knowledge for up to 3 billion health care professionals and patients on every continent by 2020. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - JNP
e361
Platform
The app is accessible in iOS and Android operating systems. MERCK MANUAL CONSUMER APP Novel
The Merck Manual Consumer app provides access for home reference to thousands of medical disorders, including symptoms, how conditions are diagnosed, and options for treatment. Useful emergency first-aid information for various injuries and life-threatening conditions is accessible. Illustrations and photos of diseases and disorders are available. Similar to Merck Manual Professional, additional features include news and commentary, editorials, quizzes, and drug information.
Professional, once the app has been downloaded and installed (this does take several minutes with a Wi-Fi connection), an internet connection is not needed to access the basic information. However, the animations and videos (unless previously downloaded) and additional features listed above require internet access. Developer
Merck Manual topics were written and are regularly updated by 350 medical experts. Audience
The Merck Manual Consumer app is available for anyone to use. Price
There is no associated cost with this app. Platform
Potential of Benefit Versus Risk
This app provides medical reference access. There is a published disclaimer that the information provided is not intended to replace advice from one’s health care provider. Medically Sound
The app provides easy access to medical reference material from a credible source and is written in easy-to-understand language for the consumer. Ease of Use
The app is user-friendly and easy to navigate. From the home screen, one may select medical topics, symptoms, emergencies, animations and videos, resources, and news and commentary. From there one can easily locate specific topics or information. Like Merck Manual
e362
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - JNP
The app is accessible in iOS and Android operating systems. The apps chosen for review offer peer-reviewed information from respected sources, but JNP and the department editors do not endorse apps and NPs should use their own clinical judgment. Do you have an app that you would like to have evaluated using the NPMEDAPP system? Please send it to Patti ([email protected]). Be sure to provide the complete name of the app, cost, and a brief description so I am able to locate the correct one.
Patricia Biller Krauskopf, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, is a professor and the Helen Zebarth chair in nursing at the Eleanor Wade Custer School of Nursing at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA, and works at Love Memorial Clinic in Moorefield, WV. She can be reached at [email protected].
1555-4155/17/$ see front matter © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.04.015
Volume 13, Issue 7, July/August 2017