ChartKey: Medical Keyboard

iPhone app by Kamal Nasir

Medical charting keyboard for iPhone and iPad: ChartKey autocorrects drug names, leaves clinical abbreviations alone and expands dot phrases in any app.

What it does

• Autocorrect that knows 703 drug names and leaves abbreviations such as MRI, BUN, q4h and PERRLA as you typed them.
• Type .sbar and a full SBAR handoff report appears with fill-in fields you step through with Next. It is one of 46 built-in templates for handoff, triage, discharge, wound care and more.
• Tall Man lettering keeps look-alike drug names apart, and the drug list opens from the keyboard without leaving the note.
• A safety guard underlines Joint Commission do-not-use abbreviations such as QD, U and IU as you type. It flags them and never blocks.
• Twelve specialty packs add more than 2,800 terms across nursing, emergency, ICU, cardiology, pediatrics, OB, psych, surgery, pharmacy, med-surg, oncology and ortho. One pack is included without a subscription, and Pro adds all twelve.
• Your own snippets sit beside the built-in templates, and a phrase set can be shared with your unit as a single .chartkey file.
• With ChartKey Pro: IV drip rate, dose by weight, corrected calcium and BMI calculators inside the keyboard, and dictation that formats vitals, doses and units, with speech recognition running on the iPhone.

ChartKey is a typing tool, not a clinical reference or decision-support system, so confirm clinical content against your institution's approved sources.

Questions people ask

Is there an iPhone keyboard that knows medical terms and drug names?

Yes. ChartKey replaces the iPhone keyboard with one whose autocorrect knows 703 drug names and leaves clinical abbreviations such as MRI, BUN and q4h alone. It works in every app where you can type.

How do I use dot phrases on an iPhone?

With ChartKey set as your keyboard, type a dot phrase such as .sbar and the full template appears with fill-in fields you step through with Next. It comes with 46 templates, and you can add your own snippets.

Does ChartKey send what I type to a server?

No. The keyboard extension contains no network code, so what you type is never sent, logged or collected. There is no account to create, and no ads or analytics in the keyboard.

Comparing apps? See the guide: Best medical charting keyboards for iPhone in 2026.

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Published by Kamal Nasir, the developer of the apps marked Ours. Apps change, so check each one's App Store page for its latest features.