Abstract
Results We’ve found a total of 159 apps; we’ve excluded from our study 85 apps, related to patient education and basic medical knowledge, and 22 apps designed for students. Fifty-two apps were elegible for our study, all of them reporting a medical involvement or a bibliographic support. The topics were online version of journals (10 apps), TNM staging tools (6), risk assessment (5), radiology tools (9), pulmonary function test evaluation (3), past cardiothoracic annual meetings (6), guidelines/online resources (9), self-evaluation quiz (4). Three apps (6%) were released in 2010, 9 (17%) in 2011, 28 (54%) in 2012 and 12 (23%) in 2013. Forty-six apps (88%) were free of charge. Six (12%) had a price ranging from 0.89 to 17.99 € (average 5.39 €). Only three (6%) had customer satisfaction rating (5-16 rates), with an average vote of 4.3 out of 5 (range 3-5).
Highlights
Rapid expansion of smartphones use in the clinical setting has been reported
Purpose of this review is to summarize the smartphone applications useful for thoracic surgeons
Three (6%) had customer satisfaction rating (5-16 rates), with an average vote of 4.3 out of 5
Summary
Rapid expansion of smartphones use in the clinical setting has been reported. Purpose of this review is to summarize the smartphone applications (apps) useful for thoracic surgeons.Published: 11 September 2013 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-8-S1-O323 Cite this article as: Cassanelli et al.: Smartphone applications for thoracic surgeons. N Cassanelli*, G Magnanelli, C Benato, B Canneto, G Falezza, A Lonardoni, G Silvestre, F Calabrò From 23rd World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons Split, Croatia. Background Rapid expansion of smartphones use in the clinical setting has been reported.
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