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Drug Resources
- mobileMICROMEDEX (via Dal network; NS Hospitals)
- Lexi-Drugs (highly rated resource; contains Canadian brand names) (www.lexi.com)
- ePocrates Rx Pro (There is a free version - ePocrates Rx) ( www.epocrates.com)
- PEPID Portable Drug Companion (www.pepid.com)
- RxFiles website (www.rxfiles.ca) Drug comparisons. Sask. Health Region
- very useful free on-line medication comparison charts
- Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia (www.tarascon.com)
EBM Resources
- InfoPOEMS (Inforetriever) (www.infopoems.com)
Free access for CMA members. Go to the Clinical Resources section of the CMA website
Includes all POEMs and Cochrane Systematic Review abstracts, more than 200 decision support tools, more than 2,200 diagnostic calculators supporting selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests and the H&P, over 700 summaries of evidence-based practice guidelines, plus, the full 5-Minute Clinical Consult.
- FIRSTConsult (www.firstconsult.com) (By subscription)
Offers access to differential diagnosis, medical conditions, patient education, and more. Continually updated.
- EBM2GO (www.ebm2go.com) (free)
Includes guidelines, summaries of studies, clinical trial summaries, selected provincial formularies (but not Nova Scotia or New Brunswick), and tools such as an opioid converter.
- Clinical Evidence via Unbound Medicine (www.unboundmedicine.com) (By subscription)
- Mobile EBM Guidelines (www.ebm-guidelines.com) (By subscription)
Includes more than 900 articles on most important diseases. Individual treatment recommendations are supported by evidence summaries based on high-quality systematic reviews.
- EBM tables from Mount Sinai Hospital. University Health Network (free) (www.cebm.utoronto.ca/palm/nnt) Includes NNT and LR tables
Other Sources
- Harrison's Manual of Medicine. 16th ed. ( harrisons.unboundmedicine.com) (By subscription)
- 5 Minute Clinical Consult (www.unboundmedicine.com) (By subscription)
- Ovid@Hand (www.unboundmedicine.com) (By subscription)
Includes journals, drug databases, and disease management resources.
- PEPID (www.pepid.com) (By subscription)
There is a specific package for primary care physicians with detailed monographs on every disease and condition found commonly in practice.
- Clinical Medicine Consult (http://cgwebermd.tripod.com/) (By subscription)
The collection covers 2,500 topics in most specialties, including 135 step-by-step procedures.
- eMedicine (www.eMedicine.com) (By subscription)
Offers a variety of useful PDA resources for various specialties are available, in addition to the online material. One can subscribe to and download the entire eMedicine reference collection as a set of PDA ebooks, or individual specialty ebooks.
- C-Tools - American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/COM/content/div_TX/COM_5_1x_The_C-Tools_20.asp?sitearea=COM
- PDA tool that will provide you with instant access to the most recent cancer information
- free download for health professionals
Databases
* Source for much of this is the "Recommendations for Handheld Hardware and Software", Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine - Spring 2005, 6th ed. (http://handheld.medicine.dal.ca)
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