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Evidence-Based Medicine
Collection of resources and techniques by the University of Hertfordshire.
http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/subjects/health/ebm.htm
CEBM - Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Information, resources and techniques composed by CEBM of Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford.
http://www.cebm.net/
The Unit for Evidence-Based Practice and Policy
Compilation of resources, techniques and links put together by the University College London.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/openlearning/uebpp/uebpp.htm
TripDatabase
Searchable medical database with emphasis on evidence based medicine, including Cochrane and Bandolier reviews, clinical guidelines, peer reviewed journals, and patient information.
http://www.tripdatabase.com/
Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center
Provides references, bibliographies, tutorials, glossaries, online databases, and practice tools in evidence-based medicine, from the New York Academy of Medicine.
http://www.ebmny.org/
BestBETs
Designed to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic literature review. Emergency medicine focus, from Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary.
http://www.bestbets.org/
Evidence Based Medicine Resources & Links
Up-to-date and extensive collection of resources in EBM (Evidence-based Medicine), from i-medicine.info, compiled by Stuart Bennett and Dr. Michael Hughes.
http://www.miart.co.uk/i-medicine.info/evidencebasedmed.asp
PrimeAnswers: Best Evidence at the Point of Care
Knowledge base of critically appraised topics (CATs) to assist primary care providers in using the best available evidence for patient management. From University of Washington.
http://www.primeanswers.org/primeanswers/
NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines
Large collection of guidelines of high methodological quality for both healthcare professionals, especially the general practitioner, and consumers, with some documents on EBM practice and methods. From National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia.
http://www.health.gov.au/nhmrc/publications/cphome.htm#top
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
High quality evidence-based practice guidelines aimed at primary care physicians.
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sign/index.html
Centre for Clinical Effectiveness (CCE)
Repository of almost 200 evidence-based critical appraisals of original articles and systematic reviews, of high methodological quality and targeted to healthcare providers. With a free (pdf) download of Work Book 2004 on conducting evidence-based research. From Monash University, Australia.
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healthservices/cce/
Clinical Evidence
A international standard, compiles best available evidence, based on systematic reviews and randomized clinical trials (RCTs), to answer clinical questions for some 200 medical conditions. Aimed at healthcare professionals, by subscription (some free samples), from British Medical Journal (BMJ).
http://www.clinicalevidence.com/ceweb/conditions/index.jsp
HSTAT: Health Services/Technology Assessment Text
Large database of full-text evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, technology assessments and health information (produced mainly by the AHRQ, NIH and AHCPR agencies). Searchable by the Search HSTAT tool, from NLM National Library of Medicine).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat
ICSI Healthcare Guidelines
Large collection of evidence-graded practical guidelines with online summaries, full text as pdf. From Minnesota-based Institute for Clinical Systems Integration (ICSI).
http://www.icsi.org/knowledge/browse_bydate.asp?catID=29
DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects)
DARE, which is one of the databases included within the Cochrane Library, provides summaries of systematic reviews which meet the strictest quality criteria of evidence-based medicine, along with critical commentaries on the quality of the reviews. Updated monthly, the online version of DARE contains more information than available in the Cochrane Library. From the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), University of York.
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/darehp.htm
NeLH: Hitting the Headlines
Assesses the reliability and quality of health stories reported in the news media and of the underlying research. A project of NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York, which also produces the DARE database, and commissioned by NeLH (National electronic Library for Health).
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/hth/archive.asp
GAC Clinical Practice Guidelines
The Guidelines Advisory Committee (GAC) provides highly rigorous systematic critical appraisals of clinical practice guidelines using evidence-based methodology (about 60 are currently recommended). GAC is a joint body of the Ontario Medical Association and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
http://www.gacguidelines.ca/
HTA: Health Technology Assessment
Evidence-based systematic assessments of health technology, including interventions, drugs and methods, with over 200 documents plus executive summaries. A program of NHS (National Health Service), based at the University of Southampton.
http://www.hta.nhsweb.nhs.uk/
PEBC: Program in Evidence-based Care
Publishes evidence-based systematic reviews in cancer care and research, with evidence summaries (systematic overviews of best evidence available on the clinical topic ), for both healthcare providers and the public. High methodological quality, based at McMaster University (Canada).
http://www.cancercare.on.ca/access_PEBC.htm
EBOC: Evidence-Based On-Call
Collection of evidence-based critical appraisals and clinical guidelines. High methodological quality, from the Oxford Centre for Evidence-based Medicine.
http://www.eboncall.org/
CFP: Canadian Family Practice
Monthly publication, with a high-quality critical appraisal section in each issue on family medicine (internal medicine, psychiatry, obstetrics, mental health). From the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
http://www.cfpc.ca/cfp
CAHTA Health Technology Assessment Reports
Evidence-based practice guidelines and systematic reviews, from the Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research (CAHTA. In English, Spanish and Catalan.
http://www.aatrm.net/cgi-bin/frame.pl/ang/pu.html
Just the Berries
Large collection of evidence-based commentaries and reviews of family practice topics by clinical experts. "The berries" = the critical points of a given topic. From St. Martha's Regional Hospital, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
http://www.theberries.ns.ca/
Attract
A database of categorized clinical questions, with responses using evidence-based techniques, based in Gwent (South Wales) UK.
http://www.attract.wales.nhs.uk/
Bandolier Home Page
Journal on evidence-based health care with online edition.
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/
Effective Health Care bulletins
A bi-monthly bulletin which examines the effectiveness of a variety of health care interventions. Based on systematic review. Full text available online.
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ehcb.htm
Effectiveness Matters
A bulletin providing updates on the effectiveness of health interventions. Subscribe to the paper version(free) or view the full text published articles online.
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/em.htm
Health Evidence Bulletins - Wales
Collection of evidence based information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a number of common serious health problems.
http://hebw.uwcm.ac.uk/
Netting The Evidence
A ScHARR (School of Health and Related Research) introduction to Evidence Based Practice on the internet. Support and access to helpful organisations and useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals.
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting/
Cochrane Collaboration
Preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care. General information, help for newcomers and guidelines, manuals and software.
http://www.cochrane.org/
Update Software
Electronic publishing and software development in health care, with the emphasis on Evidence Based Medicine and Cochrane productions.
http://www.update-software.com/
The Cochrane Library
Online version of this big and current collection of reviews and meta-analyses in Healthcare. The Cochrane Library is available on a subscription basis.
http://www.update-software.com/cochrane/
UNC Critically Appraised Topics
University of North Carolina Medical School assembled this collection.
http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/edursrc/!catlist.htm
Health Information Research Unit - Evidence-Based Health Informatics
HIRU at McMaster University conducts research in the field of health information science and is dedicated to the generation of new knowledge about the nature of health and clinical information problems, the development of new information resources to support evidence-based health care, and the evaluation of various innovations in overcoming health care information problems.
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/
InfoPOEMs
Delivers daily Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters (DailyPOEMs) by email and produces the InfoRetriever database system of filtered, synopsized, evidence-based information next to a regular print newsletter "Evidence-Based Practice".
http://www.infopoems.com/
Golden Hour - Medical Information center
Israel based tool for Evidence Based Medicine information retrieval. Free medical databases; medical software; consulting services.
http://www.goldenhour.co.il/
ACP Journal Club
Evidence Based Medicine for better patient care from the American College of Physicians. Limited access. Members of the ACP and subscribers have full access.
http://www.acpjc.org/
Evidence-Based Medicine Group of The Scottish Intensive Care Society
An evidence-based resource for critical care.
http://www.sicsebm.org.uk/
Evidencewatch
Portal with links to evidence-based resources in current medicine and complimentary and alternative medicine therapies, some original material in the form of commentaries. Compiled by Constantine Kaniklidis, medical researcher.
http://www.evidencewatch.com/
Informed Health Online
Updated evidence-based health information for consumers and clinicians, as well as education about health research and evidence.
http://www.informedhealthonline.org/
Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
Evidence-based approach in health and social care. CASP aims to enable individuals to develop the skills to find and make sense of research evidence, helping them to put knowledge into practice.
http://www.phru.nhs.uk/~casp/casp.htm
Dr Cave's Black Book
Written by a General Practitioner with evidence based information covering a number of common and less common problems with links to original research whenever possible.
http://black.book.users.btopenworld.com/
Therapeutics Initiative: Evidence Based Drug Therapy
Provides up-to-date, evidence based, practical information and clinical recommendations on drug therapy, in the form of a bi-monthly Therapeutics Letter, from the University of British Columbia.
http://www.ti.ubc.ca/
New Zealand Guidelines Group
Dedicated to New Zealand and international evidence-based best practice initiatives, publishes respected guidelines and the bi-monthly New Zealand Evidence-based Health Care Bulletin.
http://www.nzgg.org.nz/
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM Online)
Bi-monthly publication in which practicing clinicians assess the clinical relevance, quality and validity of the best studies from wide range of international medical journals. From BMJ (British Medical Journal).
http://ebm.bmjjournals.com/
EPC Evidence Reports
Evidence-based practice reports, from the Evidence-based Practice Center of the U.S.-based AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality).
http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/epcindex.htm
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, with both full-text and structured abstracts, unique guideline syntheses, PDA downloads, and a guidelines comparison tool.
http://www.guideline.gov/
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