Medline University, Medline Industries, Inc.'s free online clinical education resource, has released an application that is accessible through iPhone and iPod touch mobile devices. With this, Medline is expanding its reach to thousands more clinicians.
Doctors, nurses and clinicians, through the application will be provided with convenient access to a wealth of free clinical education resources, continuing education credits and healthcare industry information. The app can be downloaded from Apple's iTunes store.
Medline, based in Mundelein, Ill., is the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies in the country.
"As more healthcare professionals rely on their mobile devices for daily tasks and information, our new iPhone app will provide broader access to the valuable resources found on MU," Sue MacInnes, Medline's Chief Marketing Officer, said. "Every day, thousands of healthcare professionals take advantage of the free resources and continuing education credits they can earn on Medline University. Now they can access MU anywhere and anytime."
The users with the MU iPhone app will be allowed to access a broad range of valuable clinical information, including the ability to take courses, watch video presentations and read up-to-the-minute news feeds affecting the healthcare industry.
More than 50 courses, currently are available through Medline University that cover a broad spectrum of healthcare subjects, including: home care, incontinence, infection control, long-term care, operating room issues, pressure ulcer prevention, respiratory care and wound care.
MU courses are available as audio files and can be downloaded as podcasts to MP3 players and other mobile devices, or to computers as pdf documents.
Highly qualified staffs at Medline prepare the MU courses. Also, the courses are approved as continuing education contact hours by the Florida Board of Nursing and the California Board of Registered Nursing. The National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards has also certified many of the courses.
In related news, Medline Industries, Inc. will work as the exclusive distributor for the SmartWand-DTX and SmartSponge System, the only FDA-cleared systems using radio-frequency identification to both count and locate surgical sponges.
Deepika Mala is a contributing editor for HealthTechZone. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by
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