Mobile Apps and Resources
Information on a wide range of mobile apps relating to medicine and health practice. This guide is intended to be a starting point for health care professionals and students looking for resources for mobile devices.
Mobile Apps for Patients
A variety of Alberta Health Services (AHS) apps for patient health and information.
- AHS Apps @ Home
Voice activated personal assistants Amazon Alexa, and the Google Assistant application are now available to answer AHS specific voice commands, that include providing up-to-the-minute estimated emergency department wait times, influenza immunization clinic times and locations, and the latest AHS news.
- MyCare Conversations
The My Care Conversations app is a smart phone application that will allow patients to record their conversations with their health-care providers to help reduce stress and assist with recall and understanding. Patients and families that use the app will be empowered to take a more active role in their healthcare by being able to record and re-listen to their conversations.
- ACATS (Alberta Coding Access Targets for Surgery)
The ACATs codes have been developed to help surgeons, booking office staff and operational leadership understand the prioritization of wait times for surgical patients based on disease progression, pain and functional impairment.
Other mobile apps for patient health and information.
- Canadian Red Cross First Aid
The official Canadian Red Cross First Aid app puts lifesaving advice in your hands. Available for Apple and Android mobile devices, the app helps you maintain your first aid skills and respond to everyday emergencies.
- CANImmunize
Created by reputable organizations, customizable by province, the app allows Canadians with the information they need to make informed decisions about vaccination and easily manage their own information using everyday digital tools.
CANImmunize continues to focus on providing digital solutions to government partners to help modernize the immunization system, while keeping the app platform free of charge to users and upholding the highest privacy standards.
- MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus is health information for patients and families organized and created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It covers diseases, conditions, medications, wellness topics, and the latest news available in English and Spanish. Bookmark the URL for a mobile friendly website. Alternatively, for iPhones add to your homescreen by tapping on the Sharing Icon and then Add to Home Screen
- Web MD
WebMD Mobile provides consumers with reliable, timely, and accurate health information on the go. It includes the award-winnng WebMD Symptom Checker, a comprehensive drug, supplement and vitamin treatment database, as well as essential first aid information. With the Web MD app, you can research conditions, utilize the Symptom Checker, access drug and information treatment information, get first aid essentials, check local health listings and find the latest health news.