Tuesday, October 21, 2014

UMHS Trials McGraw Hill Medical's ClinicalAccess


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."

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

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.

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Monday, December 03, 2012

What are CPG's?

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.

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