UpToDate Discussion Continues
The UpToDate discussion continues on MEDLIB-L (the medical librarian listserv) as well as on the physician blogs. Now is probably a good time for librarians and physicians to be reminded of other point of care resources that people are using instead of UpToDate.
(thank you Kelly Klinke for these links)
Campbell, R., Ash J. An evaluation of five bedside information products using a user-centered, task oriented approach. J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 October; 94(4): 435-441, e206-e207. (free full text)
Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium. A Systematic Evaluation of Evidence Based Medicine Tools for Point-of-Care presented at SCC/MLA October 2006 - revised November 2006 (free zip file includes PowerPoint slides, PDF handout, and three Excel files)
This study looked at 14 different point of care products and evaluated and ranked them according to 6 main categories (General Information, Content, Searching, Resutls, Other Features) and subcategories. The products were ranked in four different ways and each time UpToDate failed to make the top five. ACP Pier was ranked first all four times. Clinical Evidence was ranked second 3 out of 4 times, Dynamed was ranked third 3 out of 4 times.
posted by The Krafty Librarian @ 11:50 AM
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3 Comments:
Thank you for this info - it will be a good argument for when the doctors keep asking me to get Up to Date. I have kept putting them off for the last 4 years, and I know in the last 2 years there was something better out there. I have heard rave reviews about ACP Pier, but I can't seem to get a price quote on this product. I have done a trial on DynaMed a couple of times in the past 3 years, but the docs here at my hospital would still prefer Up to Date over DynaMed.
i am waiting for best practice to come out from the bmj group, it sounds like a good alternative
bmj has launched best practice which I did a quick personal trial of, looks great and has massive coverage, take a look http://bestpractice.bmj.com
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