# Firstline

> Clinical Decisions

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.spectrum](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.spectrum)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.spectrum`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Firstline
- **Category:** MEDICAL
- **Downloads:** 90,833
- **Rating:** 4.54 / 5 (236 ratings)
- **Version:** 6.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2016-10-15
- **Publisher country:** CA
- **Size:** 3.00 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spectrum)
- **Website:** [http://firstline.org](http://firstline.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://firstline.org/en/privacy/](https://firstline.org/en/privacy/)

## Description

Firstline is a powerful Chrome extension trusted by healthcare organizations globally to provide free, customized, and interactive clinical guidelines at the point of care. It streamlines decision-making for healthcare providers by offering up-to-date antimicrobial stewardship guidelines, infection prevention protocols, and detailed pathogen information including local antibiogram data.

Key features include an integrated messaging system with push notifications, WHO AWaRe Antibiotic Book, customizable options for any hospital or healthcare organization, interactive calculators, surveys, and forms. Firstline is cloud-based for rapid updates yet fully functional offline, ensuring seamless clinical support anytime, anywhere.

## Rankings

- #231,389 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.spectrum.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users appreciate the app's user-friendly interface, clinical utility, location-specific guidance, and excellent customer support. However, multiple users report technical issues such as app crashes, failure to load past location selection, looping back, and glitches after updates. Despite these problems, the app remains a trusted and practical tool for antimicrobial stewardship, with developers responsive to support requests.

### Pros

- User-friendly interface and layout
- Highly useful for antimicrobial stewardship and clinical practice
- Includes cross-links between diseases and pathogens enhancing usability
- Allows location-specific information alongside other locations' data
- Responsive and helpful customer support

### Cons

- App frequently crashes or doesn't load, especially after updates
- Issues with location selection and app looping back to start
- Some users experience blank white screens and inability to proceed
- Incomplete side effect information noted by at least one user
- Glitches requiring uninstall and reinstall to fix problems

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.spectrum)