Open AccessLocal guidelines at your fingertips
Author(s) -
McConaghieGreg
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/rcsbull.2015.293
Subject(s) - the internet , internet privacy , medical information , medicine , public relations , world wide web , computer science , political science , family medicine
The internet abounds with medical guidelines. However, if this information is not in keeping with your local guidelines, the usefulness of this information and its source is thrown into doubt. Maybe this is why there is a growing number of apps that offer in-depth and locally aligned information, which is sometimes straight from your hospital’s consensus meeting. This month, we review two apps that aim to make the life of a surgeon a little easier by putting local guidelines and hospital information at your fingertips.