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Medical Application Critical Appraisal Guidelines
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR599 – Nursing Informatics for Advanced Practice
Nurse Professor:
Due Date
, 2
NAME
In this paper, one of the apps under discussion is "Pocket Pharmacist." With this app,
medication management is made easier with comprehensive information regarding medications,
interactions, dosages, and potential side effects presented throughout the application.
AUTHOR
The creator and developer for Pocket Pharmacist was by Michael Guren. The
responsibility of maintaining and enhancing the "Pocket Pharmacist" app has been assumed by
Danike, Inc.
ENDORSEMENT
This app is not licensed by the Food and Drug Administration, other government agency,
or endorsed by an academic institution or medical professional organization. However, users are
able to access FDA prescribing information, run interaction checks, reports interactions as well
as overlapping precautions and side effects.
OPERATION
The app is currently only available on IOS devices which users can download through the
apple app store onto their cell-phone or iPad.
AESTHETICS
The Pocket Pharmacist app presents information in a manner that is straightforward to
navigate, featuring a clean and uncomplicated user interface. Users can effortlessly look up
medication details such as interactions, precautious, side effects along and also provide resources
Medical Application Critical Appraisal Guidelines
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR599 – Nursing Informatics for Advanced Practice
Nurse Professor:
Due Date
, 2
NAME
In this paper, one of the apps under discussion is "Pocket Pharmacist." With this app,
medication management is made easier with comprehensive information regarding medications,
interactions, dosages, and potential side effects presented throughout the application.
AUTHOR
The creator and developer for Pocket Pharmacist was by Michael Guren. The
responsibility of maintaining and enhancing the "Pocket Pharmacist" app has been assumed by
Danike, Inc.
ENDORSEMENT
This app is not licensed by the Food and Drug Administration, other government agency,
or endorsed by an academic institution or medical professional organization. However, users are
able to access FDA prescribing information, run interaction checks, reports interactions as well
as overlapping precautions and side effects.
OPERATION
The app is currently only available on IOS devices which users can download through the
apple app store onto their cell-phone or iPad.
AESTHETICS
The Pocket Pharmacist app presents information in a manner that is straightforward to
navigate, featuring a clean and uncomplicated user interface. Users can effortlessly look up
medication details such as interactions, precautious, side effects along and also provide resources
