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VisualDX Trial
The EVMS Library has a trial through the end of June to VisualDX, a visual clinical point-of-care decision support tool that helps clinicians diagnose visually presenting conditions. VisualDX integrates with UpToDate, so during our trial you may notice additional content … Continue reading
Posted in Databases, Mobile Apps, Point-of-Care, Trial
Tagged Databases, Mobile, Point-of-care, Trial
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Evidence Based Healthcare and Downton Abbey
Continuity of care, the problem with expert opinion, and evidence-based medicine – sounds like your Epi-Bio class, right? Actually, these topics were all covered in the third season of Downton Abbey. Family members were divided on whether the very pregnant … Continue reading
Remembering David Brown
Outside the Brickell Medical Sciences Library is a display case containing David Brown’s blue jumpsuit. You’ve probably walked past it dozens, if not hundreds, of times. Today, take a moment to look at some of the items in the case; … Continue reading
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Finding Answers to Clinical Questions: the 6 “S” Model
Where do most of you go when you need to find answers to clinical questions? We posed that question to a group of students recently, and heard a lot of ‘Google’s in the audience. Google is a great search engine, … Continue reading
Outreach Services Coordinator Available to Present at Your Event by Ruth Smith
Happy New Year! Are you looking for a speaker for your 2013 calendar? Consider inviting Ruth Smith, Outreach Services Coordinator, to give her presentation EVMS CARES: Consumer Health Information at Your Fingertips. Contact Ruth at smithrm@evms.edu or phone (757) 446-5849. … Continue reading
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Dynamed and UpToDate ranked 1 and 2 out of 10 evidence-based summary sources.
McMaster University faculty evaluated 10 evidence-based “Summary” resources and found that DynaMed and UpToDate “consistently ranked near the top of each category.” 1 Breadth of coverage, i.e., percentage of ICD-9 topics covered, ranged from highs of 83% (UpToDate) and 82% … Continue reading
Outreach Services Coordinator Available to Present at Your Event
The holidays are approaching! Are you scrambling to find a speaker for your service group? Consider inviting Ruth Smith, Outreach Services Coordinator, to give her presentation EVMS CARES: Consumer Health Information at Your Fingertips. Contact Ruth at smithrm@evms.edu or phone … Continue reading
Outreach Events by Ruth Smith
Outreach Services Coordinator Available to Present at Your Event Do you have a service group or event where you would like a speaker? Will you be hosting a conference or meeting where there will be booth opportunities? Ruth Smith, Outreach … Continue reading
Epocrates Essentials Free for Medical Students during August
Epocrates is offering their $159 Essentials version free to medical students during the month of August. Go to this link to download the product to your mobile device- http://www.epocrates.com/e/FreeforMedicalStudents2012. Epocrates Essentials‘ “all-in-one clinical reference suite provides you with drug & … Continue reading
Library Outreach Brings Health Information to the Community by Ruth Smith
Since 2001, over eight thousand citizens from Southeastern Virginia have attended Brickell Library outreach events at a variety of venues, including public libraries, senior centers, health fairs, employee benefit sessions, public schools. These informative events provide the region’s non-health science … Continue reading