Selected Evidence-Based Medicine Resources on the Net
Resource Information

See also Evidence-Based Medicine Web Resources Table

ACP Journal Club (print copies available in Health Sciences Library)
http://www.acpjc.org/Content/index.htm
American College of Physicians. 1991-. Published bimonthly.

• "Value-added" abstracts to journal articles selected according to explicit criteria from 100-150 peer-reviewed medical journals.
• Subject areas: internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery
• Limited free access available at web site; complete contents available to ACP members or by subscription (also available from Ovid Technologies).
• Subscription information at http://www.acponline.org/catalog/journals/acpjc.htm

Bandolier
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/index.html
Produced from Pain Research, Oxford. 1994-. Monthly.

• Print and Internet journal about health care
• Starting May 2002 print available by subscription only. See http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/backnos.html
• Uses evidence-based medicine techniques to provide advice about particular treatments or diseases for healthcare professionals and consumers

Clinical Evidence
http://www.clinicalevidence.com/
BMJ Publishing Group. 1999- Semi-annual (web monthly updates)

• Compendium of evidence on the effects of clinical interventions. Summarizes the current state of knowledge, including knowns and unknowns, based on thorough searches.
• UW Access: all UW-IP computers (includes access through the proxy server or UWICK software) 
• Available on subscription basis on the Internet, CD-ROM and print. (also available from Ovid Technologies)

Cochrane Library
http://www.cochranelibrary.com/enter/
The Cochrane Collaboration. Oxford: Update Software; 1996-. Updated quarterly.

• background:
  • International, mostly volunteer
  • Originated with Pregnancy and Childbirth Database
  • Aims to cover all areas of medicine
  • Concentrates on interventions
• contents:
  • Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) - a full-text database containing systematic reviews of mainly randomized controlled trials;
  • Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE) - Selection of quality assessed reviews in those subjects where there is currently no Cochrane review ( also available from publisher - see below)
    
  • Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (CCTR) - bibliography of clinical trials;
  • Cochrane Review Methodology Database (CRMD) - bibliography of books and articles on the science of research synthesis
• access:
  • UW: all UW-IP computers (includes access through the proxy server or UWICK software)
  • Alternative access with a user id and password.  Users who cannot use the Proxy Server or the UWICK software should contact hslhsser@u.washington.edu for assistance.
  • Available on subscription basis on the Internet or CD-ROM. See http://www.update-software.com/Cochrane/order.htm

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
http://144.32.228.3/scripts/WEBC.EXE/NHSCRD/start
University of York, NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. Monthly.

• Structured abstracts of good quality systematic reviews from around the world.
• Reviews identified by regular searching of bibliographic databases, hand searching of key major medical journals, and by scanning grey literature

National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
http://www.ngc.gov/
Produced by AHCPR, in partnership with AMA and AAHP.
Released December 1998. Website is updated weekly with new and changed guidelines.

• Comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. The NGC mission is to provide physicians, nurses, and other health professionals ... an accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation and use.

Patient Oriented Evidence That Matters (POEMs)
http://www.medicalinforetriever.com/poems/jcindex.cfm
Journal of Family Practice 1994- . Monthly.

• "80 journals to identify the 8 articles with patient-oriented outcomes that have the greatest potential to change the way primary care clinicians practice."
• Top eight POEMs per month for 1994-2001 (also in Journal of Family Practice) available on web
• 20-25 additional POEMS in Evidence-Based Practice Newsletter
• Included in InfoRetriever software (additional information at http://www.medicalinforetriever.com/)

PrimeAnswers - PrimeEvidence Search
http://www.primeanswers.org
University of Washington Health Sciences Library

• Designed for Adult Primary Care clinicians
• PrimeEvidence is a searchable collection of more than 450 evidence summaries, practice guidelines, etc., chosen from a variety of a number of EBP sources
• Access to some documents restricted by license

• UW Access: all UW-IP computers (includes access through the proxy server or UWICK software) note: some documents require additional passwords 
  

PubMed - Clinical Queries
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.html
NCBI, National Library of Medicine. Updated constantly.

• Clinical Queries Using Research Methodology Filters
  • Search filters developed by Brian Haynes et al, McMaster University
  • Search for studies on therapy, diagnosis, etiology, or prognosis with emphasis on sensitivity or specificity
• Systematic Reviews

TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Database
http://www.tripdatabase.com
The Primary Care Clinical Effectiveness Team for Gwent (part of the Clinical Effectiveness Initiative for Wales)

• Features include: the TRIP database, a newsletter (TRIPe) and services for primary care practitioners in Gwent
• TRIP database performs a simple search of more than 60 databases, including CDSR abstracts, NGC, ACP Journal Club, Evidence-Based Medicine, DARE, POEMs, etc.