ABC Health Matters: Getting Evidence-Based Treatment

– Consumer guide to understanding and applying the concept.

AHRQ: Evidence Reports

– The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the United States presents summaries and assessments for healthcare providers and clinicians. Documents may be viewed or downloaded at no cost.

BETs: Best Evidence Topics

– A searchable database of evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, with details of courses and teaching material. Developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom.

California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF)

– A California public service forum conducting evidence-based reviews of new and emerging medical technologies; CTAF reviews across a broad spectrum of medical topics are available as downloadable PDFs.

Clinical Evidence

– Summarises current knowledge about the prevention and treatment of disease, based on appraisal of systematic reviews and randomized clinical trials. Free on-line access for physicians in the United Kingdom or in developing countries.

EBM Guidelines Evidence Based Medicine

– Commercial evidence-based guidelines service that provides primary care practice guidelines developed by general practitioners, along with supporting evidence-based summaries.

EBOC: Evidence-Based On-Call

– Collection of summaries and critical appraisals regarding common on-call medical conditions, with definitions and a list of the specialties covered.

Evidence Based Calculator

– Free downloadable calculator computing sensitivity and selectivity, control event rates, numbers-needed-to-treat, and other evidence-based factors.

EvidenceUpdates

– Searchable best evidence database, plus tailored email alert service, from the British Medical Journal and McMaster University. Free subscription required.

FirstCONSULT

– FirstCONSULT is a commercial evidence-based clinical decision support system designed for physicians at the point of care. Contains a differential diagnosis tool, evidence-based medical topics knowledgebase, and patient information and procedure.

General Practice Notebook: Evidence-Based Medicine

– The principles and applications are explained, with examples provided for different specialties.

Hayes Health Technology Assessment

– Commercial services providing evidence-based health technology assessment reports of new, emerging, and controversial health technologies.

James Lind Alliance

– A non-profit initiative seeking to identify the most important gaps in the evidence for treatment efficacy, and to forge patient-clinician working partnerships to identify and prioritize unanswered questions, working closely with evidence-based affiliates. Also publishes a glossary of common evidence-based terms.

Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd

– Commercial service providing preparation of systematic reviews, meta-analyses, rapid reviews, and health technology assessments.

NHMRC Clinical Practice Guidelines

– A list of publications for general practitioners and consumers, from the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia. Available for purchase or free download as PDF files.

NHS Evidence Search

– Search engine from NHS Evidence for health and social care professionals, providing access to evidence-based health information to assist in delivering quality patient care. Includes a Specialist Collections, along with periodic Annual Evidence Updates issued by topic area.

Practical Evidence-Based Internet Resources

– The American Academy of Family Physicians presents a summary and assessment of five web-based research tools. Available as PDF download.

Progress in Evidence-Based Medicine

– Assessment of where we stand in evidence-based medicine as of 2008.

Trip Database

– Medical search engine with emphasis on evidence based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines and queries, including content from Cochrane and Bandolier.

UNC Department of Internal Medicine: Critically Appraised Topics

– The University of North Carolina presents an alphabetical list of clinical research topics, each with a review of strengths and weaknesses.

Evidence based medicine: increasing, not dictating, choice

– A defense of evidence-based medicine from the perspective of women’s health concerns.
(January 06, 2007)