All posts by Rob Fahrni

About Rob Fahrni

Rob is a husband, father, grandfather, and software developer. He started his career writing DOS based accounting software in BASIC, worked on Visio for 10-years, written a lot of C++/Win32 code, and now spends his time developing iOS Applications.

Got Pharmacokinetics?

App Store, Kinetics, Pharmacy, RxCalc

RxCalc IconThe year is coming to an end, so why not celebrate by purchasing a copy of RxCalc for your iPhone? There’s still time to buy before the end of the year and at $0.99 it’s a real bargain! At least we think it is.

So, what do you get for less than a buck?

  • New Start – Vancomycin and Aminoglycoside.

  • Adjustment with Levels – Vancomycin and Aminoglycoside.

  • Ideal Body Weight

  • Creatinine Clearance (CG)

That’s just the 1.0 release. We have more features planned for the next release and we’d LOVE to hear from our users, just drop us an e-mail at support@applecorelabs.com, it’s that easy.

If you’d like more information on RxCalc, just visit the RxCalc product page. If you’d like to purchase RxCalc, visit the iPhone App Store.

The RxCalc Promotional has come to an end

Promotional, RxCalc

Our “FREE for the day” event has come to a close.

Thanks very much for downloading RxCalc, giving it a spin, and pushing it to the #12 spot in the Medical Apps Category!

Based on the success of this event we’re going to drop the price from $5.99 to $0.99!

I’d like to encourage those of you that took advantage of our little giveaway to please provide us with any feedback you may have, good or bad. We’re committed to improving RxCalc so your feedback is important to us. So, please, drop us a line at support@applecorelabs.com, or one of our other contact addresses, let us know how RxCalc is working for you, and thank you for your continued support.

RxCalc 1.0.1 now available

App Store, RxCalc

We’ve been sorting through some user feedback, it’s great stuff! We noticed a recurring theme, “Why can’t I make adjustments after my initial calculation on a New Start.” We found that strange because you can definitely make adjustments after the initial calculation’s are performed. So, we did a New Start, and it became quite obvious why people were confused. The results table fills the screen perfectly and there’s no indication you should scroll down to make your adjustment!

RxCalc results version 1.0

So, we did a quick release to fix the problem. In 1.0.1 the screen will show and scroll to the bottom, where the adjustment fields are, right away. It’s animated so you now know there’s more data above if you’re interested in viewing it. The critical data lies at the bottom of the screen; Tau and Estimated Dose, plus Desired Dose, Given Every, and Calculate. We hope this clears things up. (NOTE: The values used in the illustrations were NOT entered by a Clinical Pharmacist, or a healthcare professional. They are for illustration purposes only.)

RxCalc results version 1.0

All quiet on the western front

RxCalc

Since the release of RxCalc on July 4th things have been pretty quiet around the labs. We’ve been working through our list of “love to have features” and have trimmed it down to a select few.

Now comes the hard part, actually doing the work, and delivering a new release.

If you’re already using RxCalc you may be saying to yourself “Hey, I just bought a copy, what does that mean for me?” Good question! The answer is, you’ll receive a free upgrade!

Thanks for supporting RxCalc, we really do appreciate it.

Going once, going twice…

Promotional, RxCalc

To help get the ball rolling on RxCalc we’ve decided to give away a few fully functional copies.

So, the first five healthcare professionals, or healthcare students, to e-mail their full name to us at support@applecorelabs.com, with the title “RxCalc Offer”, will receive a promotional code that will allow you to download a copy of RxCalc from iTunes.

Yes, it’s that simple.

We promise we won’t give your e-mail address, or any personal information, to anyone.

Good Luck!

iPhone/iPod Touch required by PharmD program

RxCalc

AppleInsider: “The University of Florida is the second school in as many months to announce that students enrolling in one of its curriculums this fall will be required to own either an iPhone or iPod touch, highlighting an increasing role for Apple’s multi-touch devices in higher education.” – RxCalc is a natural fit for the University of Florida’s PharmD program!

Introducing RxCalc

App Store, RxCalc

RxCalc IconApple Core Labs first iPhone/iPod Touch application, RxCalc, is now available on the iPhone App Store. RxCalc is a pharmacokinetics calculator designed to help pharmacists, and doctors, compute the most commonly used clinical calculations:

  • Pharmacokinetics – New Start

  • Pharmacokinetics – Adjust with Levels

  • Ideal Body Weight

  • Creatnine Clearance