PDA Resources


ACP Journal Club
The content is carefully selected from over 100 clinical journals through reliable application of explicit criteria of scientific merit, followed by assessment of relevance to medical practice by clinical specialists.
* PDA Application


Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality - Clinical Information
Links to Evidence-based Practice, Outcomes & Effectiveness, Effective Health Care, Technology Assessment, Preventive Services, Clinical Practice Guidelines and National Guideline Clearinghouse. 
* PDA Application


BMJ Clinical Evidence
Promotes informed decision making by summarising what's know, and not known, about more than 200 medical conditions and over 2000 treatments. 
* PDA Application


ClinicalTrials.gov
Provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers.
* PDA Application

Facts & Comparisons (EFacts)
eFacts® is the online Facts and Comparisons, the leader in drug information for the pharmacy. Drug information, interactions, herbal information, and patient medication handouts are constantly updated.  Resources available: A To Z Drug Facts, Cancer Chemo Manual,  Drug Facts & Comparisons, Drug Identifier, Drug Interaction Facts, Herbal Interaction Facts, Investigational Drugs from Drug Facts & Comparisons, MedFacts Patient Information, Nonprescription Drug Therapy, Off-Label Drug Facts and Review of Natural Products.
* PDA Application

MD Consult
The MDConsult Core Collection is comprised of medical reference books, medical journals and clinics, MEDLINE, comprehensive drug information, peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, over 9,500 customizable patient education handouts, daily personalized clinical updates.
* PDA Application: POCKETConsult

Micromedex
Provides summaries and detailed monographs for drugs, diseases, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks, and emergency care.
* PDA Application: Clinical Expert

NLM Mobile
Links to MD on Tap, PubMed for Handhelds,  AIDSinfo PDA tools, Wireless System for Emergency Responders, and NCBI Bookshelf.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
A comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans-Health Insurance Association of America.
* PDA Applications
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
Gold standard for evidence-based, clinical information on natural medicines.
* PDA Application

Open Clinical: Knowledge Management for Medical Care
Non-profit organization co-ordinated by an international group from leading research and teaching organizations; provides an increasingly comprehensive set of resources on advanced knowledge management methods, technologies and applications for healthcare.
* PDA Applications

PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations from MEDLINE® and additional life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950's.  PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
* PDA Applications

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
Aims to improve the quality of healthcare for patients in Scotland by reducing variation in practice and outcome through the development and dissemination of national clinical guidelines containing recommendations for effective practice based on current evidence.
* PDA Application



Judith Welsh, MLS, BSN, RN
Clinical Informationist
NIH Library, 10/1L13
301.594.6211; welshju@mail.nih.gov


January 2008