Letter To The Editor: Smartphone Apps for Orthopaedic Surgeons

Will an App Fill the Gap? Innovative Technology to Provide Point-of-Care Information

“…Warnock advises that “as mobile communications and related apps proliferate, it is essential for surgeons to remain well-informed” about how to use this technology to facilitate daily work and what kind of new point-of-care knowledge can be obtained ( 12 ). Generally, medical apps are available – from free of change to a special subscription fee – on all popular platforms such as Apple iOS, Android, and Blackberry or Windows ( 13 ). Based on apps available between 2009 and 2010, Mosa and coworkers report that the “iOS is the most popular platform for healthcare smartphone applications” but this situation may change as the popularity of the other ones rise ( 4 ).…”