Canadian medical image app number one in the US

Some users have described Figure 1 as an "Instagram for the medical community" but [Josh Landy] who is pas- sionate about "medical education and technology" prefers to think of it as more of a Wikipedia model. "This is medical education. It's not diagnostic, it's e...

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Published in:Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) 2013-09, Vol.185 (12), p.E569-E569
Main Author: Birchard, Karen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Cell Phone
Computer software industry
Computers, Handheld
Diagnostic Imaging - instrumentation
Humans
Information Dissemination - methods
Market share
Medical disorders
Mobile applications
Smartphones
Software
United States
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Summary:Some users have described Figure 1 as an "Instagram for the medical community" but [Josh Landy] who is pas- sionate about "medical education and technology" prefers to think of it as more of a Wikipedia model. "This is medical education. It's not diagnostic, it's educational." That means the app is not designed as a utility, but as a way to share knowl- edge. "It works really well," said David Maslove, a critical care specialist in the Toronto area with an interest in bio- medical informatics, who beta-tested Figure 1. "There's a general interest among physicians to share things, that's the nature of our training and the way we learn. Increasingly we share things online or though mobile devices espe- cially when we see something unusual that would make a good exemplar."
ISSN:0820-3946
1488-2329
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.109-4527