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Evidence-Based Medicine Resources for the PDA


Free Resources

EBM Calculator
From the University of Toronto?s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. Calculates odds ratios, NNTs, likelihood ratios, and many other functions.

EBM Toolkit for the PDA
From Duke University Medical Center Library.
Includes documents about:

  • EBM Terminology
  • Well Built Clinical Question (article by Richardson)
  • How to evaluate various types of research studies
  • and more...

National Guideline Clearinghouse
Identify practice guidelines of interest and download them to the PDA. Requires a document reader.

NLM Mobile
Includes ?MD On Tap? (formerly PubMed On Tap), software for searching MEDLINE from PDAs, and PubMed for handhelds," a website for searching MEDLINE with the web browser of any mobile device.


Commercial Products

Clinical Evidence
Free trial available.

Evidence-Based Cardiology, Second Edition; Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care; and Evidence-Based Diagnosis
Books in PDA format.

InfoRetriever
InfoRetriever searches a full spectrum of evidence-based content and tools: all POEMs (Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters) 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, and more.

PIER PDA
http://www.acponline.org/pda/ or http://skyscape.com/

From the American College of Physicians (ACP). Physician?s Information and Education Resource (PIER) database ? an evidence-based decision support tool.


Lists of additional EBM resources for the PDA

EBM resources for the PDA
From the University of Connecticut Health Center Library

Evidence-Based Medicine Tools for your Palm-Top Computer
From the AAFP.

Evidence-Based Medicine PDA Resources
From the William H. Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Links to Handheld Computer Resources for Clinical Decision-Making
From Eric W. Vogel, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Last Updated: 3/28/08