UMHS is currently holding a trial for our faculty and students of McGraw Hill Medical's new
ClinicalAccess database, until October 30, 2014. Contact the Library for login details and take 10 to check our this excellent product before it is too late! Leave your comments here on the Library Blog and let us know what you think of this new clinical resource.
"ClinicalAccess is a clinical decision support tool that
provides healthcare professionals with specific answers to more than
120,000 physician-answered questions - enabling busy clinicians to
deliver superior care with maximum speed and efficiency."
"Powered by leading online clinical resources - AccessMedicine, Access Emergency Medicine, AccessPediatrics, and AccessSurgery - ClinicalAccess
delivers trusted information, essential to effective patient care,
based on hand-selected answers drawn from landmark references such as Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, and other essential texts."
Labels: Clinical Access, clinical decision making, clinical medicine, clinical point-of-care tools, clinical resources, ClinicalAccess, decision support, library resources, McGraw Hill, new online resource
Isabel Provides Diagnostic Medical Decision Support for UMHS Medical Students
The
Anne Ross Library at
UMHS is please to be trialing EBSCO's new clinical point-of-care diagnostic database called
Isabel.
"Isabel is a web-based, Diagnosis Checklist System designed to
assist clinicians that may have diagnostic doubt or want reassurance on a
particular diagnosis. Isabel provides a practical and dynamic diagnosis
checklist within the normal workflow either as a standalone tool or
fully integrated with the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Isabel
enhances the diagnostic determination process by complimenting the
expertise of the clinician, minimizing risk at the most important
decision point in the care process."
The evidence shows that the most effective way for
clinicians to improve the quality and speed of diagnosis is for them to
work up a comprehensive hypothesis or list of likely diagnoses for their
patient. The Isabel clinical decision support tool enables them to do this at the point of care and operates
'hand in glove' with
DynaMed and
Medline Complete.
"Recent studies have proven that clinicians who 'Isabel' their
patients at an early stage are able to substantially reduce clinical
risk by ensuring that important possible diagnoses have not been missed." "In a recent study in the UK, physicians using Isabel found that in 29% of their cases they no longer needed to refer, 36% said they referred more appropriately, and their overall referral rate decreased by 15%."
Access via the Library Home Page with your EBSCO login.
Labels: Anne Ross Library, clinical decision making, diagnostic tools, EBSCO, interactive diagnostic tool, Isabel, medical diagnosis, online resources, point-of-care resource
The first in a new video series from the
Health Council of Canada will answer this question for you and help you to understand
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG's); how they are used, how they are disseminated and implemented, and what impact they can have. This video series was developed by the professionals who design, disseminate, and use CPG's in Canada.
"CPGs are evidence-based recommendations that help health care professionals make better clinical decisions. When designed and used properly, CPGs can play an important role in the Canadian health care system."
Understanding Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Video Series Primer
Video 1: What are CPGs?
Video 2: Challenges for CPGs.
Video 3: Integration of CPGs at the system level.
Video 4: Opportunities and future considerations for CPGs. Labels: clinical decision making, clinical medicine, clinical practice guidelines, CPG's, evidence-based medicine, evidence-based practice, Health Council of Canada, medical diagnosis
