BoneCalc vs Shifa

The BoneCalc app is designed for the calculation of Z-scores and percentiles for bone mineral content (BMC) and areal bone mineral density (aBMD) for children under 20 years of age, as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), for the following sites: whole-body subtotal (total-body-less-head), total hip, femoral neck, lumbar spine, distal ⅓ radius and ultradistal radius. Separate race-specific (Black and non-Black) and race-neutral calculations are available by age and sex. Height-Z–adjusted Z-scores for these measures are also calculated. The BMC and aBMD data are derived from the CHOP Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study: race-specific for ages 5–20 [Zemel B et al., J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011;96(10):3160–3169]; race-specific for ages 1–5 [Kalkwarf HJ et al., J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022;107(9):e3887–e3900]; and race-neutral ages 5–20 [Zemel BS et al., J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2025;110(11):3034–3048]. Calculations are also available for lumbar-spine bone mineral apparent density (BMAD) for children 5–20 years of age: race-specific [Kindler JM et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2019;104(4):1283–1292] and race-neutral [Zemel BS et al., J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2025;110(11):3034–3048].

Shifa application is the result of a challenging life experience that I lived with my son, during his treatment in the hospital at different times, and from that experience came the idea of the application to provide solutions to those challenges that face the patient and his family, whether in the hospital, clinic, pharmacy, laboratory, or radiology center, as well as obtaining Medical insurance approvals. Shifa application is considered as the largest platform for electronic health care services for hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, laboratories, and Radiology centers by providing electronic reservations service for these entities. The Shifa application is the only one that provides an insurance approval service for services provided by hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, laboratories, and Radiology centers through those entities. Shifa is distinguished by that it is the first medical application in Kuwait provides the remotely consultation services. Shifa application also has the advantage of helping application users to obtain the appropriate doctor by researching through specialty, hospital name, clinic name or location.