HSL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
TRIALS:
EBSCO's A-to-Z:
(Click the logo for the trial)
A-toZ is a product which assists HSL in bringing together all the many resources available to CCHS, either through the Univeristy of Alabama Library system, UAB's Lister Hill Library or our own subscribed resources. Some of these resources include the ScienceDirect journal packages, Blackwell Synergy journals, Up-to-Date, MD- and First- Consult as well as JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine and the Archive journals.
Trial End-Date: May 1, 2008
* Because of the number of titles available to us, the title list will be a work-in-progress throughout the trial period.
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EBSCO's DynaMed is a Point-of-Care resource:
(Click the logo for the trial)
(user= alabama password= password)
DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the 'point-of-care'. With clinically-organized summaries for nearly 3,000 topics, DynaMed is the only evidence-based reference shown to answer most clinical questions during practice. Based on the results of a study published in Annals of Family Medicine (November/December 2005), not only did primary care clinicians answer more clinical questions with access to DynaMed than without DynaMed, but these clinicians also found more answers in DynaMed that changed clinical decisions. (from DynaMed's website)
Trial End-Date: June 13, 2008
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Essential Evidence Plus (formerly InfoRetriever) is also a Point-of-Care resource:
(Click the logo for the trial)
(remotely, please use ID and password
user=UAT password=poems)
Essential Evidence Plus uniquely enables rapid point−of−care access to the best available filtered, graded, synopsized evidence
and evidence−derived tools.
Essential Evidence Plus presents the best evidence and not just expert opinion and provides clinicians the information needed to
make the best clinical decisions. By focusing on all evidence, all the time, it avoids the wrong decisions too often associated with
expert opinion in recent years. For example − doxazosin for hypertension, vitamin E for heart disease, beta−carotene to prevent
cancer, arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee, hormone replacement therapy to prevent heart disease, patching corneal
abrasions, using encainide for post−infarction arrhythmias, and sleeping infants on their sides or stomach − were all recommended
by experts yet all worsened patient outcomes.
Essential Evidence Plus December 2007 Release (Dec 2007) is a suite of evidence−based resources featuring:
Daily POEMs: Synopses of new evidence, relevant to patient care, from a continuous review, grading, and critical appraisal
of 1200+ studies published monthly in 100 journals.
Archived Daily POEMs: 3276 articles (the full collection)
Evidence Based Medicine Guidelines with:
-- EBM Guidelines: 955 guidelines
-- Evidence Summaries: 3147 summaries
-- Photos: 993 photos
Abstracts of Cochrane Systematic Reviews: 2891 abstracts(the full collection)
Practice Guidelines: 1479 guidelines(includes all USPSTF, and all evidence−based NGC)
·Decision Support and Calculators: 291 calculators
·Diagnostic Test Calculators (unique combinations of symptom > disease > test): 1723 calculators
·History & Physical Test Calculators (unique comb. of symptom > disease > test): 1651 calculators
·Derm Expert: 950 photos
·Various ancillary items (ICD−9 Code Look−up, E/M Coding Wizard, etc)
· Coming this spring! e−Essential Evidence with hundreds of brand new topics designed to provide evidence−based answers
to your most important clinical questions.
-- Each topic is written in a concise, highly structured presentation that focuses on the needs of the clinician
--Includes a "strength of evidence" rating for every recommendation − a feature you won't find in any other
point−of−care reference
-- Summary tables and a "Bottom−line" introducing each section ensure that you get your answers quickly
-- Algorithms to facilitate patient care decision−making
(from the Essential Evidence Plus Detail Sheet)
PDa versions are also available through this trial.
Trial End-Date is May 1, 2008.
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