The uses of the iPhone for surgeons

Dala-Ali, Benan; Lloyd, Mary Anne; Al-Abed, Yahya

doi:10.1016/j.surge.2010.07.014

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“…Smartphones house the latest medical references, provide access to patients' medical records and imaging studies, can photograph or video physical findings, and educate and monitor patients. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Smartphones can facilitate information transfer in the medical setting and may improve housestaff efficiency and communication. 9 Despite their significant benefits, smartphones introduce another source of interruption, multitasking, and distraction into the hospital environment.…”

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“…2 These devices have been used for teleconsultation 3 and patient education, 4 and applications have been developed for numerous clinical specialties. [4][5][6][7][8] Housestaff perceive that communication improves when they use smartphones rather than traditional pagers on the inpatient service, 9 and patients may have a positive view of physicians' use of handheld computers. 10 Medical schools and residency programs are increasingly requiring smartphone ownership for their trainees, with the expectation that smartphone use will enhance the educational experience, ensure the highest level of patient care, improve user efficiency, and help control the costs associated with purchasing updated textbooks.…”

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“…10 Medical schools and residency programs are increasingly requiring smartphone ownership for their trainees, with the expectation that smartphone use will enhance the educational experience, ensure the highest level of patient care, improve user efficiency, and help control the costs associated with purchasing updated textbooks. 7,[11][12][13] In the future, hospitals may rely on smartphone technologies to help reduce the enormous economic burden created by inefficient communication. 14 Despite their numerous benefits for physicians and patients, little is known about the potential for smartphones to distract users in clinical care settings.…”

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Smartphone use during inpatient attending rounds: Prevalence, patterns and potential for distraction

Katz‐Sidlow

Ludwig

Miller

et al. 2012

Journal of Hospital Medicine

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BACKGROUND:While there are numerous benefits of smartphone use for physicians, little is known about the negative effects of using these devices in the context of patient care.OBJECTIVE:To assess resident and faculty smartphone use during inpatient attending rounds and its potential as a source of distraction during transfer of clinical information.DESIGN:Cross‐sectional survey.SETTING:University‐affiliated public teaching hospital.PARTICIPANTS:All housestaff and inpatient faculty in the departments of Medicine and Pediatrics.METHODS:Participants were asked about smartphone ownership, usage patterns during attending rounds, and whether team members had ever missed important data during rounds due to distraction from smartphones. Attendings were asked whether policies should be established for smartphone use during rounds.RESULTS:The overall response rate was 73%. Device ownership was prevalent (89% residents, 98% faculty), as was use of smartphones during inpatient rounds (57% residents, 28% attendings). According to self‐reports, smartphones were used during rounds for patient care (85% residents, 48% faculty), reading/responding to personal texts/e‐mails (37% residents, 12% faculty), and other non‐patient care uses (15% residents, 0% faculty). Nineteen percent of residents and 12% of attendings believed they had missed important information because of distraction from smartphones. Residents and faculty agreed that smartphones “can be a serious distraction during attending rounds,” and nearly 80% of faculty believed that smartphone policies should be established.CONCLUSIONS:Smartphone use during attending rounds is prevalent and can distract users during important information transfer. Attendings strongly favored the institution of formal policies governing appropriate smartphone use during inpatient rounds. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2012;. © 2012 Society of Hospital Medicine

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Smartphone use during inpatient attending rounds: Prevalence, patterns and potential for distraction

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“…5 Communication between medical staff and hospitals has also been facilitated greatly with the use of 'push email' and notifications; in addition to certain hospitals integrating paging systems with smartphone notifications. 6 With the advent of custom designed applications, smartphone use has rapidly expanded and a number of specialties are producing innovative applications relevant to their own specialty, such as orthopedic decision support applications, 7 offsite radiology access, 8,9 anesthetic techniques, 10 or infectious disease physicians tracking epidemics, 11 to name a few. Smartphones have enabled volumes of medical literature and reference material to be accessible to students and clinicians in the palm of their hand.…”

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The Eye Phone Study: reliability and accuracy of assessing Snellen visual acuity using smartphone technology

Perera

Chakrabarti

Islam

et al. 2015

Eye

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Purpose Smartphone-based Snellen visual acuity charts has become popularized; however, their accuracy has not been established. This study aimed to evaluate the equivalence of a smartphone-based visual acuity chart with a standard 6-m Snellen visual acuity (6SVA) chart. Methods First, a review of available Snellen chart applications on iPhone was performed to determine the most accurate application based on optotype size. Subsequently, a prospective comparative study was performed by measuring conventional 6SVA and then iPhone visual acuity using the 'Snellen' application on an Apple iPhone 4. Results Eleven applications were identified, with accuracy of optotype size ranging from 4.4-39.9%. Eighty-eight patients from general medical and surgical wards in a tertiary hospital took part in the second part of the study. The mean difference in logMAR visual acuity between the two charts was 0.02 logMAR (95% limit of agreement − 0.332, 0.372 logMAR). The largest mean difference in logMAR acuity was noted in the subgroup of patients with 6SVA worse than 6/18 (n = 5), who had a mean difference of two Snellen visual acuity lines between the charts (0.276 logMAR). Conclusion We did not identify a Snellen visual acuity app at the time of study, which could predict a patients standard Snellen visual acuity within one line. There was considerable variability in the optotype accuracy of apps. Further validation is required for assessment of acuity in patients with severe vision impairment.

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“…Smartphones have the potential to improve diagnostic skills and education of a surgeon [4] [5]. Urological apps available to download on the Apple App Store and Google Android Market are used for a wide variety of uses, including reference tools to aid diagnosis of urological conditions.…”

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