Must-Have iPhone Apps Every Doctor Should Know
The modern clinician’s white coat pocket isn’t stuffed with paper anymore. It’s loaded with apps. Whether you’re racing through morning rounds, digging into the literature between cases, or brushing up on a rare pediatric dosage in the elevator, the right tool on your phone can shave minutes off tasks, reduce errors, and even lighten your cognitive load. Below are standout iPhone apps worth a permanent spot on your home screen this year.
1. MediPub – Read new medical research during your coffee break.
Staying current with the flood of new studies is a full-time job unless MediPub does it for you. MediPub puts more than 3,200 peer-reviewed journals and 42 distinct speacialties in your pocket, organized by impact. Read and save PDFs of available papers. Create custom reading lists and bookmarks for quick and easy access. Organize your saved articles by specialty or topic for efficient study and reference.
2. Pediatric Doses – Weight-based dosing made simple.
Nothing spikes your pulse quite like converting a milligram-per-kilogram regimen under pressure. Pediatric Doses lets you enter weight or age and instantly returns drug doses, equipment sizes, and IV fluid requirements.
3. Researchphilia – Read and listen to cutting-edge research.
Turn the morning drive or a quick coffee break into CME time. Researchphilia not only curates trending studies across specialties but converts abstracts into crisp, 15-minute audio briefs. Building a lit review? Save papers to custom folders and export citations straight to your reference manager.
4. Radiology References – One-tap access to the numbers behind the images.
Ever second-guess a normal renal cortex thickness on ultrasound? Radiology References gives you adult and pediatric normative values. Searchable by organ, modality, or specialty and cites the source for each metric.
5. Easy Bone Age Atlas – Bone age assessment without lugging the atlas.
Snap to the hand/wrist series in PACS, open Easy Bone Age Atlas, and compare in seconds. High-resolution images span 10 months to 18 years for both genders, plus quick-reference growth charts to correlate with percentiles.
6. Easy TI-RADS Calculator – From nodule to score in a swipe.
Typing TI-RADS criteria into a notes app is so 2020. Enter ultrasound descriptors (composition, echogenicity, shape, margins, echogenic foci) and watch the score tally live, complete with management recommendations.
7. Easy Infusion Calculator – Precision drips minus the math headaches.
From dopamine to nicardipine, enter concentration, weight, and desired dose; the app returns infusion rate, dose per kg, and a line-by-line double-check table. Its dark mode and large slider controls make it ICU-friendly at 3 a.m.
8. Medical Words – Gamify your clinical vocabulary.
Take a quick break and play short word puzzles with medical terms. Like Wordle, but for doctors. So you learn a bit more each time you play. Whether you’re a seasoned attending or an intern decoding radiology reports, a quick round sharpens recall and keeps your neurons firing.
Conclusion
Choosing the right digital tools is just as personal as picking a stethoscope brand. Start with the apps that patch your biggest workflow gaps—maybe that’s dosing in pediatrics or keeping up with the ever-expanding literature—and add on as you discover new pain points. With these apps loaded, your phone transforms from passive gadget to true clinical sidekick, giving you back precious minutes and a sharper edge in patient care.
