LibGuides: Evidence Based Medicine Guide: Summaries

Summaries

Includes clinical pathways or textbook summaries. Summaries integrate evidence for specific clinical problems and regularly update as new evidence becomes available.

Point of Care Resources

BMJ Best Practice This link opens in a new window
BMJ Best Practice is a point-of-care database developed by the BMJ Evidence Centre. It draws on the latest evidence to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.
DynaMed Plus This link opens in a new window
A leading evidence based point-of-care resource. DynaMed has clinically organized summaries for more than 3200 topics. Editors monitor the content of over 500 medical journals and update on a daily basis.
Essential Evidence Plus This link opens in a new window
Offers filtered, synopsized, evidence-based information with an integrated search engine that allows keyword searching of multiple databases simultaneously. Formerly known as Inforetriever with InfoPOEMS.
Natural Medicines This link opens in a new window
Natural Medicines incorporates Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database to provide a robust evidence based resource on natural and alternative therapies, herbs, and supplements.
Nursing Reference Center Plus This link opens in a new window
Nursing Reference Center™ (NRC) is a comprehensive reference tool designed to provide relevant clinical resources to nurses and other health care professionals, directly at the point-of-care.
STAT!Ref This link opens in a new window
STAT!Ref includes an excellent point-of-care tool called ACP Smart Medicine. Developed by the American College of Physicians this product includes bulleted, streamlined structure which provides immediate access to hundreds of evidence-based recommendations on diagnosis, therapy, prevention, screening, and more... Also includes the ACP Journal Club and the AHFS Drug Information Essentials.

Guideline Repositories

ECRI Guidelines Trust
This resource replaces the now defunct National Guidelines Clearinghouse. ECRI is the group responsible for updating and maintaining the NGC under contract with the AHRQ. Please note there are some unscored guidelines in this collection that would not have been included in the NGC. This resource is FREE but requires users to sign up to access the database.
US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF)
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine. The Task Force works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings, counseling services, and preventive medications. All recommendations are published on the Task Force’s Web site and/or in a peer-reviewed journal.

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Evidence Based Medicine Guide

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