TechTool Thursday 012
TechTool review of EM Rashes by Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association on iOS (reviewed on iPhone)
Website: – iTunes - Website
EM rashes is designed to give the user an algorithm for quick diagnosis of rashes as they present in ED. The user answers a few simple questions about the rash and is taken to a page with information about the differential diagnoses. The content of the app is based on an article published in Emergency Medicine Magazine in 2010
Design and User Interface
Basic but it works. The flow through the app is very easy to follow for the user – just answer the questions as they appear until the diagnosis page is reached. Some of the illustrations work well and make the app more interesting. The UI is a slight deviation from the usual iPhone UI but still sticks to what we know and love about Apple.
The actual differential diagnosis pages, however are just one long page of rather boringly presented text. A little more thought could have gone into this
EM Rashes Interface Image 1
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EM Rashes Interface Image 2
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EM Rashes Interface Image 3
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Clinical Content
The index page asks the user to select from one of four rash types:...
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