The app allows the user to view photos of other users' cases and patients. One really cool function is if a user posts the images from of CT, you can scroll to view the slice by slice progression. And if its a full body scan, you can rotate around the body. It really feels like using imaging programs.
The production and continued maintenance is paid for by hospitals and foundations partnered with the app developers.
It seems that quite a few people use the platform, including, but not limited to, docotrs, nurses, and ems personnel.
This system definitely shouldnt be used as a means of diagnosis when a doctor is completely stumped for answers. Its a tool but not a reliable resource.
The app serves as a platform for medical professionals to share rare cases and conditions they have treated.
Users submit photos with text explanatios attached. You can also hashtag posts.
Users can comment on and respond to comments about specific cases. This allows for differential diagnosis informaly through peer review. You can also favorite and follow cases/ other users
The platform looks really similar to instagram.
The app has several partners, such as the Medical University of South Carolina, the Student Doctor Network, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital.