Pathway breaks down information in such a way that it's easy to find what you need. Databases like uptodate are great but are hard to read, the average sentence is 16-20 words long, which requires you to sit and evaluate the information, you can't really skim or read it on the go. With this app, everything is condensed, sources are present and statistics are color coded so all you need to do is get your phone out and do a quick search. Pathway is great for rounds, studying for boards and putting together presentations

I’m having a bit of hard time reading and comprehending the guidelines on the go because they are a jumbled mix of US/UK/Canadian guidelines and also vary by subspecialty society guidelines. I just want to be able to skim through to the diagnosis / management but it’s not intuitive. I would prefer the option of selecting what regional guidelines I want to follow and then my topics only list those regional guidelines. There are statements with a tiny expand / drop down option to view additional statements. That’s extremely confusing and not fun to use on the phone either. Maybe if user can select region it can shorten the text displayed and the need to have drop down lists.

I paid for full year membership (to use AI aspect of it) and then discovered that it’s not working. Sitting with patient I have limited time to search medical facts. First of all this app takes time to start up, then when you ask it a question, it takes time to bring up the answer, on top of that it hangs and stops working (crashes) quite frequently. It simply didn’t work for me. I asked them to reimburse me the money. They referee me to Apple for reimbursement. I asked Apple for reinstatement, they refused. I highly recommend against it, rather I would recommend using “OpenEvidence” online which is a free portal for health care providers. It never crashed since I have been using it. You ask it questions and the AI answers it within few of seconds along with references.

Overall I love the idea of the app but the execution just hasn’t been working for me. The first frustrating thing is the apps inability to link from email updates. There will be an update I’d like to read on the app but I get stuck in a loop of “database updating”. The AI feature really leaves something to be desired. Very rarely do I use it any more as OpenEvidence gives either more clinically relevant or better sourced answers. In the end I find myself going to UpToDate, Amboss, or OpenEvidence AFTER I’ve tried to use Pathway which tells me it’s not with the money. I do like the email updates and find myself going to look at the papers they mention but just not in the app.