Point of Care ??
Step one : What could be the disease ? What is the diagnosis ?...
Not sure about the diagnosis ?? use the Diagnosis tools
Isabel: differential diagnosis tool
- Provide the clinical features and other information, the system will rank the possible diseases or drugs producing theses effects.
- direct link to DynaMed, PubMed Clinical Query...
- link e-CPS
Gideon : for diagnosis through two options:
- Probability engine creates a ranked differential
- Five steps walkthrough to diagnosis
- Offer ebooks, and more information on disease, microbes, by countries...
Step two : Confirm the evidence
Point-of-care: Evidence synthesis
- clinical reference tool which synthesize the evidence and provide objective analysis.
- Provide reliable information. Images, Calculators, Guidelines, Patient education pamphlets are also available
- Equivalent of UpToDate
Step three : Find the right treatment
Point of care for drugs and medications
- Canada's authoritative source for prescribing and managing drug therapy, and also synthesize the evidence for medical conditions.
- Provide patients information.
- RxVigilance is the ideal assistant when it comes to pharmacological treatment that allows you to quickly access the information or perform a comprehensive analysis of a patient's pharmacological profile.
- Provide information and documentation, legislation by provinces.
Note: both tools offer documentation in French and English
Dare to explore: DynaMed
- DynaMed » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowDynaMed is the clinical reference tool that physicians go to for answers to clinical questions. Written by a team of physicians and researchers who synthesize the evidence and provide objective analysis. DynaMed Plus topics are always based on clinical evidence and the content is updated multiple times each day to ensure physicians have the information they need to make decisions at the point of care. Images, Calculators, Guidelines, Patient education pamphlets are also available.
Conseils / Tip Sheets
Instructions:
You will need to create an account in DynaMed. Click on the login account icon at the top right corner of the screen and click "Register now". Use the same username/password to sign in the App
Conseils / Tip Sheets
Dare to explore : Isabel
- Isabel » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowIsabel is a sophisticated Differential Diagnosis (DDx) generator which helps clinicians broaden their differential by providing clinicians with a list of ranked likely diagnoses based on the symptoms entered.
Conseils / Tip Sheets
Instructions:
To obtain the institutional ID and password, you will need to access Isabel and follow the instruction in the box "Isabel on your mobile".
On your device, go to: www.isabelhealthcare.com, save the shortcut to your home screen. Click on the icon – select ‘login’ and enter your institutional ID and password, check ‘remember me’ to save login details.
Point of Care Tools
- DynaMed » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowDynaMed is the clinical reference tool that physicians go to for answers to clinical questions. Written by a team of physicians and researchers who synthesize the evidence and provide objective analysis. DynaMed Plus topics are always based on clinical evidence and the content is updated multiple times each day to ensure physicians have the information they need to make decisions at the point of care. Images, Calculators, Guidelines, Patient education pamphlets are also available.
- CPS » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowCPS (formerly RxTx) is Canada's authoritative source for prescribing and managing drug therapy at the point of care. It provides online access to evidence-based drug and therapeutic information. Available in French and in English. One tool for two well known Canadian resources.
Rx = The Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS), formerly known as e-CPS, contains more than 2000 product monographs for drugs, vaccines and natural health products, including monographs, including CPhA monographs written by the Canadian Pharmacists Association's editorial staff, based on the best available evidence and reviewed by expert physicians and pharmacists. Include also a module of drug interactions.
Tx = The Compendium of Therapeutic Choices (CTC), formerly e-Therapeutics, is a Canadian source for evidence-based treatment information for all health care practitioners involved in therapeutic decision-making. - TRIP: Turning Research into Practice » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowIdentifies and links to evidence based material from a variety of English-language sources such as peer-reviewed journals, etexts, images, and patient information.
- RxFiles » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowRxFiles is a tool providing objective, comparative Canadian drug information to health professionals.
- Jama Evidence » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowIncludes full content from the second edition of Users' Guides to the Medical Literature and Rational and Clinical Examination, as well as education guides, a glossary of EBM terms and definitions, calculators, worksheets, and other tools to aid in understanding and applying the medical literature and making clinical diagnoses.
Diagnosis tools
- Isabel » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowIsabel is a sophisticated Differential Diagnosis (DDx) generator which helps clinicians broaden their differential by providing clinicians with a list of ranked likely diagnoses based on the symptoms entered.
- GIDEON » Ce lien s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre / This link opens in a new windowGIDEON:The Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network is an expert system that helps physicians diagnose infectious diseases (337 recognized) in some 224 countries and stay up to date on the latest trends in epidemiology and treatment.