Open Directory - Health: Medicine: Evidence Based Medicine
See also: This category in other languages: - International not-for-profit organisation preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care. General information, access to the Cochrane Library, guidelines, manuals and software. - Consumer guide to understanding and applying the concept. - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the United States presents summaries and assessments for healthcare providers and clinicians. Documents may be viewed or downloaded at no cost. - A searchable database of evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, with details of courses and teaching material. Developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom. - A California public service forum conducting evidence-based reviews of new and emerging medical technologies; CTAF reviews across a broad spectrum of medical topics are available as downloadable PDFs. - Summarises current knowledge about the prevention and treatment of disease, based on appraisal of systematic reviews and randomized clinical trials. Free on-line access for physicians in the United Kingdom or in developing countries. - Medical information database of clinical topic summaries, including a grading the quality of evidence cited, designed primarily for point-of-care use; updated daily. - Commercial evidence-based guidelines service that provides primary care practice guidelines developed by general practitioners, along with supporting evidence-based summaries. - Collection of summaries and critical appraisals regarding common on-call medical conditions, with definitions and a list of the specialties covered. - Free downloadable calculator computing sensitivity and selectivity, control event rates, numbers-needed-to-treat, and other evidence-based factors. - Searchable best evidence database, plus tailored email alert service, from the British Medical Journal and McMaster University. Free subscription required. - FirstCONSULT is a commercial evidence-based clinical decision support system designed for physicians at the point of care. Contains a differential diagnosis tool, evidence-based medical topics knowledgebase, and patient information and procedure. - The principles and applications are explained, with examples provided for different specialties. - Commercial services providing evidence-based health technology assessment reports of new, emerging, and controversial health technologies. - Delivers daily Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters (DailyPOEMs) by email and produces the InfoRetriever database system of evidence-based information next to a print newsletter "Evidence-Based Practice". - A non-profit initiative seeking to identify the most important gaps in the evidence for treatment efficacy, and to forge patient-clinician working partnerships to identify and prioritize unanswered questions, working closely with evidence-based affiliates. Also publishes a glossary of common evidence-based terms. - Commercial service providing preparation of systematic reviews, meta-analyses, rapid reviews, and health technology assessments. - A list of publications for general practitioners and consumers, from the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia. Available for purchase or free download as PDF files. - Search engine from NHS Evidence for health and social care professionals, providing access to evidence-based health information to assist in delivering quality patient care. Includes a Specialist Collections, along with periodic Annual Evidence Updates issued by topic area. - The American Academy of Family Physicians presents a summary and assessment of five web-based research tools. Available as PDF download. - Assessment of where we stand in evidence-based medicine as of 2008. - Medical search engine with emphasis on evidence based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines and queries, including content from Cochrane and Bandolier. - The University of North Carolina presents an alphabetical list of clinical research topics, each with a review of strengths and weaknesses. - A defense of evidence-based medicine from the perspective of women's health concerns. (January 06, 2007) - Discussion of the applicability of evidence-based medicine in Latin American countries. (August 30, 2005) - An anesthesiologist's examination of some strengths and weaknesses of evidence-based medicine. (June 01, 2005) - An article from the Medical Journal of Australia explains the basic processes and concepts, with descriptions of common computer-assisted research tools. (January 01, 2001)
