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The CorePendium calculator reference includes a range of interactive clinical scoring systems and calculators that are used in the emergency department setting.

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ClinCalc

Evidence-based clinical decision support tools and calculators for medical professionals.

MDCalc

MDCalc is the most broadly used medical reference for clinical decision tools and content used by millions of medical professionals globally, including more than 65% of US physicians, every month.

Pediatric Oncall

PEDIATRIC ONCALL is the web's most robust and integrated medical information and education tool

A Troubled Calculus

Researchers use race to build disease risk assessment tools. Can removing it help resolve medicine's race crisis?

Could this widely used calculator be needlessly driving people to take statins?

The new study is not definitive, but more and more evidence says Americans are being told they have a much greater chance of having a stroke or heart attack than they actually do, with millions unnecessarily being prescribed statins.

MDCalc Aids COVID Clinical Decisions with Evidence-Based Scores and Tech Initiatives: Interview with Dr. Habboushe

In addition to adding new clinical tools, MDCalc has also created multiple COVID-19 resources, including a special free toolkit version of their EHR integration that makes accessing relevant scores at the point-of-care and documenting the results even easier.

MDCalc Medical Calculator App Review

The only area I believe the app can improve is in a better way of presenting all the clinical tools available. It can be overwhelming for some individuals.

Medical Calculators Use Big Data to Help Patients Make Choices

Risk calculators are " vital for improving medical decision-making," Dr. Kattan says. "Tools like this represent another step toward personalized medicine that will ultimately improve efficiency, outcomes and patient care."

Understanding and Creating Calculators for Medical Diagnoses: Exclusive Interview with MDCalc

A recent survey by EB Medicine has shown that MDCalc’s 370+ tools are now used weekly by 65% of U.S. attending physicians and nearly 80% of U.S. residents, which may make it the most broadly used medical reference. It is still owned and run by the physicians who started it, without outside investment or outside corporate influence (just like Medgadget).

What makes a good clinical calculator?

Clinical scoring systems are well established in medical practice and have been shown to add value in developing clinical guidelines, monitoring population health and evaluating clinical outcomes. They have been adopted in areas where an aggregated score has been shown to better predict prognosis than the clinical parameters alone.

What you need to know about health risk calculators

Ever since researchers with the legendary Framingham Heart Study created the first calculator to gauge the chances of having a heart attack, such tools have become a routine part of medicine.

Resources

31 Online Medical Calculators for Physician Assistants

A comprehensive list of medical calculators for the busy Physician Assistant (Just in case you forgot your iPhone)

Doc.ai

We accelerate digital transformation in healthcare.

MediCalc

The standard for clinical calculations & analytics in Medicine.

Calculate by QxMD

Calculate by QxMD offers >400 point-of-care tools to educate around prognosis, diagnosis and optimal patient management

Cardiovascular Medical Calculators

Cardiovascular medical calculators for drug dosage, hypertension calculator, and many more. Helping cardiologists and medical professionals.

GlobalRPH

GlobalRPH has a medcalc for every major clinical specialty

Medical Calculator

Instant access to 5000 useful medical calculators covering 40 medical specialties.

Medical Test Calculator

This tool can help you understand how well tests will work in different situations. Use the sliders below to adjust the predicted pre-test probability and the test qualities to reveal the impact on test outcomes.

Michigan Medicine

Clinical Calculators are not endorsed nor verified for their clinical accuracy. Verify your calculations before making clinical decisions.

OB/GYN

Clinical calculators for obstetrics and gynaecology.

UpToDate

UpToDate includes calculators that allow you to enter the values in commonly used formulas to obtain numerical data to help you estimate a patient's levels, condition severity, or risk factors.