Thursday 11 April 2013

Changes at NICE


 
As a result of changes at NICE, NHS Evidence is now called 'NICE Evidence Services'.

NICE Evidence Services aim to help professionals make better and quicker evidence-based decisions and are a suite of services that provide online access to high quality, authoritative evidence and best practice. The services are:


Evidence Searchwhich provides access to a unique index of selected and authoritative health and social care evidence-based information.

Healthcare Database Advanced Search (HDAS) – which provides access via a federated search to a set of bibliographic databases purchased by NICE on behalf of the NHS.

Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) – which provide primary care practitioners with access to evidence-based guidance on over 300 key conditions presenting in primary care.

BNF microsite – which provides open access to BNF content across the UK.

• UK DUETS – a database of Evidence Uncertainties which provides research funders and researchers, access to the 'known unknowns' in the evidence base.

Bulletins, Alerts and Evidence Awareness service – which helps busy professionals keep up to date with important new evidence.


Wednesday 10 April 2013

News about features on Dynamed


Click here to access this resource with your Athens username and password

Useful feature number 1.

Drug information now links to the BNF.

Useful feature number 2.

You can download this resource to an Android phone, ipad, iphone or a number of other mobile devices.  Click this link to find out more information.  Contact the Library for the serial numbers needed to set it up.

Useful feature number 3.

Use the  'Get CME' tool, top left, to support you in the evidence for revalidation. It is a really simple way of providing the evidence that you have kept abreast of current practice in the medical field by using DynaMed. 




Friday 5 April 2013

Latest ClinicalKey Information


**  Stockport NHS Foundation staff and students now have access to this resource
 via Athens until 28th June 
** Go to www.clinicalkey.com and login via the top right hand corner.  Click on 'Go to Athens...' and then type NHS England in the left hand box to open an Athens login box

** Guides to help you use it can be found here
** Information about getting an Athens logon can be found here