Comparison

CURRENT CMDT 2023 vs Datamede

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CURRENT CMDT 2023

This medical reference app provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment recommendations for adult medicine. It covers over 1,000 diseases and disorders with drug treatment tables, algorithms, and evidence-based references. The app offers offline access, smart search suggestions, and customizable reading options.

Highlights
  • Covers 1,000+ diseases and disorders
  • Diagnostic and treatment algorithms
  • Hundreds of drug treatment tables
  • Smart search with word suggestions
  • Offline content access
  • Customizable text size
  • Notes and bookmarks
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The #1 annual internal medicine guide?extensively revised and updated. The most popular annual guide of its kind, this updated edition of the flagship title of the LANGE medical book brand presents the most important diagnostic and treatment recommendations as well as the most useful new clinical developments in every field of adult medicine. For 60+ years, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment has been delivering the authoritative information that students, residents, and clinicians need to build their medical knowledge, expertise, and confidence. Written by top experts in their fields, this unmatched guide enables you to find the answers you need quickly and easily. It provides: • Coverage of more than 1,000 diseases and disorders • Comprehensive approach to patient care, focusing on diagnostic tools for day-to-day practice • Hundreds of drug treatment tables for quick access to indexed trade names and updated drug prices • Diagnostic and treatment algorithms to present important information at a glance • Carefully curated, updated references to provide peer-reviewed, evidence-based information, and PMID numbers for quick online access • Annual update on dynamic viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS • Hundreds of full-color photographs, illustrations, and algorithms This app is very intuitive and easy to navigate, allowing you to browse the contents or search for topics. The powerful search tool gives you word suggestions that appear in the text as you type, so it is lightning fast and helps with spelling those long medical terms. The search tool also keeps a recent history of past search terms so you can go back to a previous search result very easily. You have the ability to create notes and bookmarks separately for text, images and tables to enhance your learning. You can also change the text size for easier reading. After the app has been downloaded, no internet connection is needed to retrieve the content of the app. All of the text and images are available to you on your device anytime, anywhere, and lightning fast. This app is also automatically optimized for whatever size device you are currently using, either phone or tablet. This interactive app contains the full content of CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment (CMDT) 2023 by McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN-13: 978-1264687343 ISBN-10: 1264687346 Editors: Maxine A. Papadakis, MD Stephen J. McPhee, MD Michael W. Rabow, MD Associate Editor: Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD Disclaimer: This app is intended for the education of healthcare professionals and not as a diagnostic and treatment reference for the general population. Developed by Usatine Media Richard P. Usatine, MD, Co-President, Professor of Family & Community Medicine, Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio

About

Datamede

This AI-powered application assists medical providers in efficiently capturing charges and streamlining the payment process. It offers advanced analytics to improve physician engagement, leading to enhanced quality, efficiency, and revenue.

Highlights
  • AI-powered charge capture
  • Reduced service to payment cycle
  • Minimized administrative burden
  • Advanced analytics and insights
  • Enhanced physician engagement
  • Improved revenue
Features
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An AI-powered mobile app for medical providers to seamlessly capture charges, reduce service to payment cycle, and minimize administrative burden. Advanced analytics and insights enhance physician engagement, improving both quality and efficiency of charge capture, with a significant improvement in revenues.

Screenshots

CURRENT CMDT 20234 screens
Datamede4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Datamede at Free against CURRENT CMDT 2023's $79.99. Datamede also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 18 months). CURRENT CMDT 2023's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Datamede is free to download; CURRENT CMDT 2023 costs $79.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CURRENT CMDT 2023 ships an update every 18 months, Datamede every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CURRENT CMDT 2023 versus Datamede: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCURRENT CMDT 2023Datamede
Price$79.99Free — better
Rating—3.6 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 18 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB45 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUsatine & Erickson Media LLCDatamede Inc.

Customer experience

CURRENT CMDT 2023

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Datamede

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CURRENT CMDT 2023

No in-app purchases

None

Datamede

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CURRENT CMDT 2023 free?
CURRENT CMDT 2023 costs $79.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Datamede free?
Datamede is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CURRENT CMDT 2023 or Datamede have ads?
Neither CURRENT CMDT 2023 nor Datamede shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CURRENT CMDT 2023 or Datamede?
CURRENT CMDT 2023 ships an update every 18 months, and Datamede every 3 weeks. Most recently, CURRENT CMDT 2023 was updated on June 1, 2026 and Datamede on August 31, 2026.

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