The following Web site contains links to a variety of "Free" medical software including alters, calculators, databases, EBM, infectious disease, and Practice Guidelines.
Link: http://aitl.uc.edu/reference/elec/pda.cfm#Alerts
Also, check out "MedNotes to be sure"
Link: http://www.smartie-ist.org/en/presentation/index.php
What is Bandolier?
The first issue of Bandolier, an independent journal about evidence-based healthcare, written by Oxford scientists, (RAM AND HJM) was printed in February 1994. It has appeared monthly ever since and has become the premier source of evidence based healthcare information in the UK and worldwide for both healthcare professionals and consumers.
The award winning electronic version of Bandolier (www.ebandolier.com) now has over one million visitors each month from all over the world. Whilst many visitors are healthcare professionals, Bandolier is also a source of high quality information for many patients and their carers, as well as for organisations that commission and pay for healthcare.
The impetus behind Bandolier was to find information about evidence of effectiveness (or lack of it), and put the results forward as simple bullet points of those things that worked and those that did not: a bandolier with bullets. Information comes from systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomised trials, and from high quality observational studies.
Each month PubMed and the Cochrane Library are searched for systematic reviews and meta-analyses published in the recent past. Those that look remotely interesting are read, and where they are both interesting and make sense, they appear in Bandolier, first in the paper version and, after two months or so, on the website.
For other web content (such as the specialist resource areas) we search over all times, and where necessary, do systematic reviews ourselves. Other types of information, like large epidemiological studies, may be included if they shed important light on a topic.
Link: http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/index.html
Spanish Version: http://www.infodoctor.org/bandolera/
Would you like up to date conference coverage, the latest articles in your specialties, and a listing of CME activities...then you might want to take a look at MedScape. Registration is free and info is delevered to your desktop. For mor info see below:
"Medscape offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and education tools. After a simple, one time, free registration, Medscape automatically delivers to you the specialty site that best fits your profile. You can also change your Medscape home page to any of our specialty and profession sites. Some of Medscape's key features include:
* Physician Optimized MEDLINE
* Over 250 on-line CME activities
* Conference Coverage - thought leaders summarize key data and resentations from major medical meetings.
* The Internet's first primary-source medical journal, Medscape General Medicine
* Daily professional medical news in your specialty.
* Free subscription to Medscape's MedPulse®, a weekly email newsletter that highlights what's new in your specialty on Medscape.
* More than 50 medical journals and textbooks Professional medical news from Reuters, Medscape Medical News, and medical news journal publishers
* Business, financial, managed care and medical practice publishers
And more... "
Hello All!
First I want to say what a pleasure it was to meet all of you and share some of the projects and resources that the Bio-Medical Library uses to support Evidence Based Medicine/Practice Based Learning. I hope that you will find these tools useful in the future. The hospitality from the UPR Medical School was EXCELLENT and in particular I would like to thank Drs. Drs. Marquez and Gomez for making our trip and workshop run so smoothly!
Now, I must apologize if you were receiving email updates from another Web Blog page. I added incorrect scripting. All is fixed now and be sure to check out grant funding opportunities I have added below!
Please feel free to ntify me with any news you might want to add to the page.
Cindy Gruwell
About TRIP
From a small beginning the TRIP Database has developed and grown into one of the world's foremost medical internet resources. The ethos behind its creation is as applicable today, and perhaps more so, than in 1997 when it was launched. The TRIP Database was created as a result of the explosion of 'evidence based’ materials being published. Unfortunately, for the health professionals, this high-quality material was being placed on the separate publisher’s websites which made locating the material difficult. Has a busy health professional got the time to visit 15 websites looking for the material they need?
Initially, the site contained 1,100 links to ‘evidence based’ articles from 15 separate sources. Since then it has grown in terms of both coverage and usability. This expansion has also encompassed the addition of new forms of material including 'eTextbooks' and medical images giving the site a more rounded clinical appeal.
The basic principle has stayed the same since the start of the site. A high-quality resource is identified that allows unhindered access to the publication. The Title, URL and Date of Publication is recorded and added to the database. Subsequently the URL is 'spidered' and this process 'captures' the relevant text from the site and uses that to allow text searching.
(Allows 5 free searches a week)
More info at: http://www.tripdatabase.com/index.cfm?method=application.home
If you haven't tried already use this Web page as a starting point for Grant Funding Information>
http://nnlm.gov/projects/funding/grants.html
Partnership for Clear Health Communication member Pfizer Inc is seeking
proposals for short-term research projects (e.g. 6-12 months) that address whether use of Ask Me 3 is accepted and used by patients and providers, and if it improves provider-patient interactions, health outcomes for patients and office or hospital practice management. There is also a need to determine if acceptance, use and outcomes of Ask Me 3 vary among patients who have different sociodemographic backgrounds, and to determineif optimal implementation and use of Ask Me 3 varies in different practice settings.
Pfizer will provide support for up to three research proposals. Total
costs, including both direct and indirect costs, are limited to $70,000
per award.
Ask Me 3 grant applications are due June 1. The online RFP is available
online at the Pfizer Clear Health Communication Web site,
http://www.clearhealthcommunication.org/partnerships_awards.html
and includes additional details on Ask Me 3 background, scope of research, selection criteria and application procedures.
We are excited about the opportunity to work with you on May 8th for a day long seminar on Practice-Based Learning and Improvement. There is still time to fill out the pre-workshop survey at the following URL: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2H8HX69AU
Also, the Discussion Case has been emailed to everyone for your review. We look forward the seeing you on Saturday!
Release: April 11, 2004
Evidence-based Medicine: Ten Hard Facts
Evidence-based medicine is the judicious application of scientific knowledge by clinicians in tandem with patient preferences and values. It is not cookbook medicine; it is an ongoing process of integrating evidence with the clinician’s training and expertise for the care of patients and patient populations. In evidence-based practice, clinicians act as coaches and share decision-making with patients.
The practice of evidence-based medicine is the centerpiece for healthcare transformation. Its consistent application results in improved care, reduced inappropriate variability in practice patterns and improved efficiency. It is the basis for new incentives rewarding clinician and patient adherence by payers, the premise upon which medical malpractice reform is achieved, and the foundation for consumer-directed care. Ten key facts about evidence-based medicine are relevant...
Document: http://ebm.vanderbilt.edu/releases/vcebm_04apr11_10facts.pdf
Australian doctors do not have a basic understanding of terminology regularly used in evidence based medicine, according to a new study.
The survey, published in this week's British Medical Journal, surveyed 50 general practitioners based in Sydney.
"What this is saying is few GPs (and possibly all doctors) understand the terms of the trials they might be looking at," said Professor Paul Glasziou, one of the paper's authors, who works in evidence-based practice at the School of Population Health at the University of Queensland. ..
Article: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s537546.htm
Hello!
Welcome to the new University of Minnesota/University of Puerto Rico: Practice Based Learning Collaborative.
We hope this is the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship. Please be on the lookout for news, announcements, and additional projects in the future.