Need some help to quit smoking?  Check out some mobile apps designed just for you!  iPhone and iPad only.

MyQuit Coach - Design a personalized plan. Set attainable goals, track your status and adjust preferences to evaluate your progress.

My QuitLine - Get advice, by phone or live chat, from a trained smoking cessation counselor at the National Cancer Institute’s Smoking Quitline.

QuitGuide - Search content written by tobacco control professionals and cessation counselors with the help of ex-smokers and experts. Share via email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Download these apps and others by visiting the MSKCC Library’s Patient and Family Selected Mobile Resources LibGuide.  To access this guide from the Library website, simply click on the LibGuides link under the Select Library Resources on the upper left hand side of the page.

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In case you haven’t heard, Happtique has been deemed the “first mobile app store developed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals.”  Clinicians use medical library indexing to categorize health and medical apps (hApps), enabling the user to sort by disease, specialty and provider type, etc.

Earlier this year, Happtique announced that it will develop a certification program to evaluate and certify mobile healthcare apps based on criteria including functionality, usability and security.  The panel includes medical doctors, nurses, researchers and patient advocates.  The program, expected to be available later this year, will not only approve applications that are ready for clinical use, but provide constructive feedback for the applications that need more work.

The Happtique App Certification Program Blue Ribbon Panel is currently looking for feedback on their review process and performance standards.    If you’re part of the mHealth community (healthcare professionals and organizations, developers, patients, caregivers, and “anyone else with good ideas”), send your comments to appcertification@happtique.com!

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Cancer Coach is a free mobile app, designed for cancer patients.  Its features include a narrated coach questionnaire, personalized treatment reports, questions to ask your healthcare provider, a calendar, note-taking functions, and a glossary, among others. To download, visit the MSKCC Library’s Patient and Family Selected Mobile Resources LibGuide.  To access this guide from the Library website, simply click on the LibGuides link under the Select Library Resources on the upper left hand side of the page.

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Welcome to Tech Zone, the Library’s new blog category featuring mobile technology and other technology-related news! Today’s feature is Pubget version 1.2.

Now you can access PubMed and full-text journals right on your iPad!  This free app allows you to search PubMed,  JSTOR and more, access your Library’s subscriptions, and view PDF’s or save them for later.  To download, visit  the MSKCC Library’s Mobile Resources LibGuide and search by device.  To access this guide from the Library website, simply click on the LibGuides link under the Select Library Resources on the upper left hand side of the page.

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