title: Cloud-Based Applications for Organizing and Reviewing Plastic Surgery Content.
abstract: Cloud-based applications including Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote, Notability, and Zotero are available for smartphones, tablets, and laptops and have revolutionized the manner in which medical students and surgeons read and utilize plastic surgery literature. Here we provide an overview of the use of Cloud computing in practice and propose an algorithm for organizing the vast amount of plastic surgery literature. Given the incredible amount of data being produced in plastic surgery and other surgical subspecialties, it is prudent for plastic surgeons to lead the process of providing solutions for the efficient organization and effective integration of the ever-increasing data into clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luan
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif.
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Momeni
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif.
authors.forename: Gordon K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, Calif.
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Galvez
keywords: cloud computing; mobile applications; plastic surgery education; surgical training; technology