Friday 6 February 2009
DUETS
DUETs has been established in the UK to publish uncertainties about the effects of treatments that cannot currently be answered by referring to reliable, up-to-date systematic reviews of existing research evidence. UK DUETs has now been incorporated into the NLH Search. It is included on the Evidence hubpage and is searchable
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Monday 2 February 2009
Launch of a new journal: Genome Medicine
Genome Medicine is an online peer-reviewed journal which publishes research articles of outstanding quality in all areas of medicine studied from a genomic or post-genomic perspective. The journal emphasises research into the clinical use of new genomic diagnostics and therapeutics and has a special focus on the latest technologies and findings that impact on the understanding and management of human health and disease.Genome Medicine is an open access journal, ensuring that information on the latest research advances are available, not just to researchers, but also to physicians and their patients around the world, providing up-to-date information that will affect medical treatments.
Access its free articles here: http://genomemedicine.com/
INFOcus
A new website has been launched to support NHS staff in the north west of England who use, manage and share information to support the delivery of healthcare. The INFOcus service aims to support staff in delivering first class quality of care through access to knowledge and information. It provides details of training and resources, and also professional development opportunities and relevant news. The website covers specialty areas of health informatics such as Clinical Coding, Clinical Audit, Knowledge Management and Information Governance. It also includes a very useful web directory of health-related websites, categorised into key subject areas.
The website can be accessed here: http://www.infocusnorthwest.nhs.uk/
The website can be accessed here: http://www.infocusnorthwest.nhs.uk/
Annual Evidence Update on Patient and Carer Involvement in Chronic Disease
The Palliative and Supportive Care Specialist Library has produced an Annual Evidence Update on Patient and Carer Involvement in Chronic Disease. It collects together the best current knowledge on self care in chronic disease management. Key resources from a small sample of chronic conditions such as kidney disease and lymphoedema, as well as end of life care, are placed within the general theme of user involvement in health services.Click on the link for policies, systematic reviews and other resources:
Rehabilitation Reference Center and Nursing Reference Center
The National Library for Health has secured a three month trial of Ebsco's Rehabilitation Reference Center and Nursing Reference Center. Rehabilitation Reference Center is a clinical reference tool designed for use by rehabilitation clinicians, physical therapists and occupational therapists at the point of care. It provides valid and relevant information using the best available evidence to help support clinical decisions.
Nursing Reference Center is a user-friendly, point-of-care resource intended for staff nurses, nurse administrators, nursing students and hospital librarians. It delivers the best available and most recent clinical evidence and knowledge on conditions and diseases.
You can access both resources by logging into my Athens and clicking either onto the link to 'Ebsco Host Databases' or 'CINAHL with full text'.
Web tutorials on Essential Evidence Plus
Essential Evidence Plus is an online decision-support system focused on improving patient care and increasing clinical efficiency. It incorporates reviews from the Cochrane Library. It filters for relevance and usefulness, and grades the evidence for accuracy and validity.
To learn more: click on the link below to register and select the recorded presentation of your choice. Please be sure that the audio is turned up on your computer.
http://www.brainshark.com/wiley/eep
To learn more: click on the link below to register and select the recorded presentation of your choice. Please be sure that the audio is turned up on your computer.
http://www.brainshark.com/wiley/eep
Sunday 1 February 2009
TRIP Answers
TRIP have released a new site called TRIP Answers that may be of interest to clinicians.
TRIP Answers is a repository of clinical Q&As from a large number of organisations around the world and currently holds over 5,600. More than one hundred new Q&As are added weekly. Each Q&A is evidence graded and can be located via searching or browsing via 'tag clouds', which are groups of keywords associated with each Q&A.
You can enter the site by clicking on the following address: www.tripanswers.org/
TRIP Answers is a repository of clinical Q&As from a large number of organisations around the world and currently holds over 5,600. More than one hundred new Q&As are added weekly. Each Q&A is evidence graded and can be located via searching or browsing via 'tag clouds', which are groups of keywords associated with each Q&A.
You can enter the site by clicking on the following address: www.tripanswers.org/
Cardio, Stroke and Vascular e-bulletin out now!
A new issue of the Cardiovascular Diseases, Stroke and Vascular Specialist Libraries e-bulletin has been published.
It covers additions to all three libraries from December 2008 to January 2009.
The e-bulletin can be accessed here:
http://www.wish-uk.org/ebullJan09.htm
This link is also available via the Cardiovascular, Stroke and Vascular website homepages.
It covers additions to all three libraries from December 2008 to January 2009.
The e-bulletin can be accessed here:
http://www.wish-uk.org/ebullJan09.htm
This link is also available via the Cardiovascular, Stroke and Vascular website homepages.
2009 Annual Evidence Update on Urinary Incontinence
The Women's Health Specialist Library has collaborated with the Kidney Diseases and Male Urogenital Disorders Specialist Library to produce the 2009 Annual Evidence Update on Urinary Incontinence.
A great deal of literature is published yearly, and the aim of this annual evidence update is to direct attention to the relevant information gleaned from papers published about male and female urinary incontinence in recent years.
Click below for the links to the Contents page for male urinary incontinence:
and for female urinary incontinence:
ENT and Audiology Update
For those of you working with ENT, Audiology and related areas, the January / February update of recent guidelines, clinical tools and systematic reviews added to the ENT and Audiology Specialist Library is now available. ENT and audiology research continues to progress relentlessly and new evidence is being added to the library as it emerges to keep you well informed. This update highlights the recent additions to the site - just follow the links for further details of each resource.Click here to read more: http://www.library.nhs.uk/ENT/ViewResource.aspx?resID=302111&tabID=290&catID=11484
Annual Evidence Update on Patient Involvement in Patient Safety
The Patient and Public Involvement Specialist Library has released an Annual Evidence Update on Patient Involvement in Patient Safety. Included in this update are articles, reports, and information on initiatives published since the original National Knowledge Week on Patient Involvement in Patient Safety in November 2007.You can view the update by clicking on the following link:
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