WebMD has launched Medscape Mobile, a free iPhone application for physicians.Medscape Mobile offers drug information, clinical reference tools, medical news and continuing medical education (CME). It is the only mobile application to include specialty-specific news from Medscape's award-winning professional news team. Medscape Mobile also includes CME activities organized by specialty and designed for use on a mobile device.
Medscape Mobile is a free information service and its comprehensive features include:- Drug database of over 6,000 generic and brand name drugs, plus hundreds of herbals, supplements and antidotes.
- Drug interaction checker that quickly shows interactions for a combination of up to 30 drugs, herbals and/or supplements.
- Medscape Medical News with up-to-date, specialty-focused medical content across more than 30 specialties.
- Continuing Medical Education from MedscapeCME in formats created specifically for the mobile device.
- The WebMD Health Directory featuring contact information for over 400,000 physicians, 57,000 pharmacies, and 6,000 hospitals in a convenient search format.
"Medscape Mobile extends the reach of Medscape's information and applications from the desktop to the mobile devices that physicians are already using in a variety of clinical settings," said Steve Zatz, M.D., Executive Vice President, WebMD. "Our online physician audience will now have access to Medscape's comprehensive medical information in their specialty, wherever and whenever they need it."
Medscape Mobile is available to the largest network of physicians and healthcare professionals, who depend on Medscape for trusted, timely medical information. Medscape Mobile builds upon more than a decade of experience in providing medical information and education to healthcare professionals. It expands the availability of Medscape's free content and applications, which generates more than 1.5 million physician visits per month.
Medscape Mobile is currently available on the iPhoneand iPod touch and will be offered on additional mobile platforms, including BlackBerry(R), later this year. Medscape will launch additional mobile features this year, further enhancing its value to physicians at the point-of-care.
To download Medscape for iPhone and iPod touc search for 'Medscape' in the Apple iTunes App Store or look under 'free apps' in the Medical category. An interactive demo is available on Medscape at www.medscape.com/iphone.
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