Subjective News

I'm on the way home from the Ionic UK launch at Skills Matter in London. It was a interesting meet-up for sure and some of the technical chat went a little over my head. Most of it made sense and it was really heartening to see so many other people involved and excited about something I'm so keen on - it's going places. There were a few stand out moments for me personally. All the people were really friendly and approachable and I had a small chat with Ryan from Sworkit . That's a really cool app that one guy made. Impressive. But the big thing for me was something I'd never really thought about before. When you develop a website, or a web app, you do it with the aim of deploying once and your app or site being accessible and functional from any browser. This is even more true if you have a fully responsive site that works on mobiles and tablets. Developing native apps for mobile is a different thing altogether. Not only do you need to use a different langu...

Yes, 4500. That's some type of milestone because it's taken ages for the numbers to rise from about 4300 users. There were a few dips where I lost users but no matter - the point of Resus Algorithms is to get those algorithms into the hands of those that want and need them. The story on iOS is a little different. In the Google dev console I can see downloads AND current installs. On iOS I can only see downloads so I've no idea how many people are still using using Resus Algorithms. On iOS there are 4910 downloads. On Android there are actually 7570 downloads. 3000 people uninstalled Resus Algorithms on Android. Can I accept the same proportions on iOS? I'm going to assume, for arguments sake, that all 4900 iOS downloads represent users. The latest NHS numbers, from this link - http://www.nhsconfed.org/resources/key-statistics-on-the-nhs - state there are 518864 doctors and nurses in the NHS at the moment. So I have 1.81% penetration of my potential users...

I've been busy with my other outfit - EtherWare  - working on something (else!) exciting for anaesthetists. EtherWare recently released Drug Cards  , a cross platform (iOS & Android, natch) app for doctors and nurses who work in emergencies, theatres and ITU, and anywhere really (if we're being honest). Medical staff really need something they can get their teeth into and the BNF doesn't really cut it. It's massive and comprehensive, in terms of the range and number of medications listed, and we all love to have one (or the app) to hand. It doesn't give you the type of salient and to the point points we'd like though - hence Drug Cards. A large component of drug cards is the pharmacology and effects section. We think we've done a good job but get in touch, here or on EtherWare, if you have suggestions, praise or criticism. You'll notice there is a Pearls of Wisdom section that is empty for many of our drugs; this is for you, the user, to sugges...

DAS App As usual, I'm a little late with this. The new Difficult Airway Society app, by Subjective Effect, is out now for Android and iOS phones and tablets. It's free, of course. Oh, and it's called "DAS App" so you'll have to scroll past about ten German apps first :p Get it here for: Android or iOS In other news - Resus Algorithms has now been downloaded on iOS the same number of times as there are current installs on Android, give or take 10 installs. I'll be graphing the stats because the Android version was released some time before the iOS version and it'll be interesting. EtherWare Be sure to head on over to my other outfit - EtherWare . This is a collaborative effort with anther doctor-coder and our inaugural app, Drug Cards, will be out any day now.

The BCH KIDS app, a companion guideline app to the BCH KIDS website guidelines from Birmingham Children's Hospital Kids Intensive Care and Decision Support transfer service has finally been released for iOS. http://kids.bch.nhs.uk The Android version was released almost 2 weeks ago but iOS approval has happened now too - you can get it for both platforms, for phone or tablet. Drug Cards  is recruiting for beta testers at the moment. Get in touch if you're interested. Testers get a free copy! Resus Algorithms  has reached over 3400 installs on Android and finally over 2000 downloads on iOS. The iOS download number is a milestone. v2 is in the oven. It'll be slicker, quicker and more user friendly. Expect it soon.

Resus Algorithms now has 3000+ users on Android (and over 4000 total downloads). Over half of these users are in the UK, which is the target market. There have been over 1700 downloads on iOS since release but there is no way of assessing the number of continued installs through iTunes Connect. 1200+ downloads were from the UK. This gives Resus Algorithms a potential installed UK user base of about 2800. The NHS Confederation site states: " In 2013 the NHS employed 147,087 doctors, 371,777 qualified nursing staff" That's a potential 0.54% penetration. Not bad! Get it here: iOS version Android version

I ran a mobile phone voting session at the Guy's Hospital South London Study Day/ Advanced Airway Management alongside Dr Imran Ahmad (Consultant Anaesthetist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust). This produced lots of interesting discussion and some interesting charts. The longer the session went on the more focused the opinions became with some potential answers being dismissed altogether as the audience was became more and more informed - learning in action. The feedback was refreshing. It seems people enjoy interactive sessions like this and this is really no surprise. With the smaller number of people here (and an average response of around 40 people per question) the lecturer was able to encourage people who had chosen less popular answers to discuss their reasons. I'd say it worked well. Here is the feedback, which demonstrates the value of interactive case based discussions.