Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
http://www.ahrq.gov
AHRQ works with 12 Evidence-Based Practice Centers that develop evidence reports and
technology assessments on topics relevant to clinical, social science/behavioral, economic, and
other healthcare organization and delivery topics. Professional societies, health plans, insurers,
employers, and patient groups can nominate topics. AHRQ sponsors a National Guideline
Clearinghouse at http://www.guideline .gov.American College of Physicians DynaMed Plus
https://www.acponline.org/clinical-information/clinical-resources-products/dynamed-plus
DynaMed Plus provides evidence-based guidance to improve clinical care. Topics include
diseases, screening and prevention, complementary/alternative medicine, ethical/legal issues,
procedures, quality measures, and drug resources.BMJ Clinical Evidence
http://www.clinicalevidence.com/ceweb/index.jsp
BMJ Clinical Evidence presents summaries that address common or important clinical
conditions seen in primary and hospital care and benefits and harms of preventive and
therapeutic interventions. A rigorous process of developing the summaries is described. Drug
safety alerts and links to national guidelines are included.DynaMed
http://www.dynamed.com/home/
DynaMed provides clinically organized summaries of nearly 1,800 evidence-based topics for use
at the point of care via the Internet.Evidence-Based Medicine
http://ebm.bmj.com/
Evidence-Based Medicine presents abstracts of international medical journals with commentary
on its clinical application to primary medicine.Evidence-Based Nursing
http://ebn.bmj.com/
Evidence-Based Nursing presents abstracts of selected research with an expert commentary on
its clinical application.BOX 12-2 Databases to Search for Evidence
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