Where can I get point of care clinical information?
Answer
A point-of-care tool is something that contains pre-filtered information to serve the emergent reference needs of a health-care professional within their clinical setting. These resources can also be described as evidence-based, encyclopedic content with special features that can assist the professionals with differentials, decision trees, and current therapies and dosage levels. Many point-of-care tools have mobile apps that increase the viability and usage of the product within clinical settings and on-the-go.
UNE subscribes to some useful point-of-care tools and resources but the best fit, point-of-care tool for you is dependent on your purpose. See the list below for links to some of our more commonly used Point-of-care tools:
- UptoDate
- An easy-to-use, physician-authored, clinical knowledge system. It is evidence-based, mobile friendly and has one of the widest array of health topics on the health information market. To try this resource, follow this link and set up a personal account for full access. The personal account you set up allows you to collect CE and make this resource mobile.
- Dynamed
- A primary care database that applies evidence ratings to their evidence summaries based on a systematic critical appraisal process. Very similar in content and functionality to UpToDate, some people just prefer the layout and navigation. You are able to set up a personal account to collect CE/have mobile access but it is not required as it is with UpToDate.
- LexiComp
- A point-of-care pharmacological resource that is all things medication. It delivers time-sensitive, clinical decision support via an easy-to-use interface (also mobile friendle) with a goal to reduce medication errors in the healthcare professional. It also includes a natural medicine database that can be pulled into comparison with market medications.
- Micromedex
- Micromedex used to be called the PDR or the 'Red Book' and was on every medical library shelf in the nation. It is a reference resource that provides summary and in-depth information on FDA-approved drug-to-disease and toxicology subjects. It has a wide range of pharmacological resources that feed into it but its biggest asset is its ability to parse short phrases and search things like "drugs that cause [name of adverse effect]" or REMS for Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies.
- Clinical Key
- A Point-of-Care crossover tool that has a variety of functions and media. While the content can be utilized for providers in practice, it is also commonly used by students for its procedure videos, drug monographs, access to current field literature in full text, sought after field specialty textbooks, and its presentation maker.