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Links to Internet ResourcesProvided below is an assortment of links to Databases and Information on Clinical Trials, Evidence-Based Medicine resources, Databases and General Information about Grants, Medical Search Engines, Available Clinical and Administrative Databases, Quality Focused Organizations, and General Sites of Interest. A brief paragraph from the site's Web site is included below the link to provide some background information. If there are other sites you feel belong on these pages please email bphillips@facs.org. Links to Databases and Information on Clinical TrialsNational Institute of Health Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov provides regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details. The information provided on ClinicalTrials.gov should be used in conjunction with advice from health care professionals. NIH Clinical Trials Search the collection of research studies being conducted at the NIH Clinical Center. The Current Controlled Trials Current Controlled Trials allows users to search, register and share information about randomized controlled trials. Access to all the information on this site is free; charges for the registration services offered by Current Controlled Trials are available on request. Publication services are also available via the range of open access peer-reviewed journals published by our sister company, BioMed Central. Trials Central TrialsCentral™ provides free and confidential access to listings of clinical trials. This information about current clinical research studies helps to support informed, evidence-based decision making in health care. CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listings This is a listing of industry-sponsored clinical trials that are actively recruiting patients. You can use this listing to search for clinical trials by therapeutic area and geographic region. ASSERT: A Standard for the review and monitoring of controlled clinical trials The ASSERT statement is the articulation of A Standard for the Scientific and Ethical Review of Trials. It proposes a structured approach whereby research ethics committees review proposals for, and monitor the conduct of, randomized controlled clinical trials. UK Clinical Research Collaboration The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) is a partnership of organizations working to establish the UK as a world leader in clinical research, by harnessing the power of the NHS. Our aim is to re-engineer the environment in which clinical research is conducted in the UK, to benefit the public and patients by improving national health and increasing national wealth. Cancer specific databasesCoalition of National Cancer Cooperative Groups The Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups, Inc. is the nation's premier network of cancer clinical trials specialists. Our members include cooperative groups, cancer centers, academic medical centers, community hospitals, physician practices, and patient advocate groups. Together, they represent the interests of more than 17,000 cancer investigators, hundreds of patient advocates, and thousands of patients worldwide. Emergingmed.com Emergingmed.com is a free and confidential cancer clinical trial matching and referral service. National Cancer Institute Searchable database of clinical trials focusing on cancers. Links to Evidence-Based MedicineBandolier An independent journal about evidence-based healthcare. Pubmed and the Cochrane databases are scanned for interesting and coherent articles that are than summarized and published in the Bandolier with addition comments and brief recommendation. Best Bets BETs were developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. BETs take into account the shortcomings of much current evidence, allowing physicians to make the best of what there is. Although BETs initially had an emergency medicine focus, there are a significant number of BETs covering cardiothoracics, nursing, primary care, and pediatrics. Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care This Web site is designed to serve as a practical guide to health care providers, planners and consumers for determining the inclusion or exclusion, content and frequency of a wide variety of preventive health interventions, using the evidence-based recommendations of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)*. Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Oxford Contains established levels of evidence as well as explanation of evidence-based medicine and searching tips. Centre for Health Evidence The Centre for Health Evidence (CHE) is a multi-disciplinary initiative that brings universities, health organizations, and professional associations together. CHE supports the learning, teaching, and practice of evidence-based health care. Evidence Base on Call In this evidence compendia, you will find evidence-based summaries of 38 on-call medical conditions. Every recommendation links via a plus icon + to a short summary of the evidence which in turn link to one-page summaries (called CATs) of every article used via a cat icon. Evidence Based Decision Making Web site containing links to the following evidence based site categories: Evidence based resources, Journal clubs, Health service resources, EB guidelines and pathways, and many others. Evidence Based Medicine Resource Center The Web Page contains references, bibliographies, tutorials, glossaries, and on-line databases to guide those embarking on teaching and practicing evidence-based medicine. It offers practice tools to support critical analysis of the literature and MEDLINE searching, as well as links to other sites that help enable evidence-based medical care. Evidence-based Medicine Journal Co-published by the American College of Physicians and the British Medical Journal. The site contains full text summaries from all issues as well as six related sources. Also contains links to other evidence-based journals and resources. Evidence-based Practice Centers Agency for Health Research and Quality provides 5 year contracts to institutions in the US and Canada to serve as Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC). The EPCs review all relevant literature on a variety of scientific topics as well as monitor the methodologies of current research. This site contains links to the EPCs as well as a long list of other EB sources. NHS Learning and Development: Sources of Evidence The following is a guide to some of the publications, databases, web resources and organizations that may be useful in helping you to locate evidence-based health care information, compiled by librarians in the Health Libraries and Information Network (HeLIN) in the Oxford Deanery of the South East Region and CASP. This guide is not an attempt at a comprehensive list, but does hopefully point towards the main sources of evidence that exist in this area. The Cochrane Library An international network of individuals committed to "preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care". The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels. It contains the following databases: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and The Cochrane Review Methodology Database. Universities with Evidence-Based Medicine ResourcesCentre for Reviews and Dissemination The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) was established in January 1994, and aims to provide research-based information about the effects of interventions used in health and social care. The University of Alberta Library A broad overview of resources for evidence-based practice. Resources include: finding books and reports, key textbooks and manuals, finding journals articles, evidence-based practice journals, evidence-based practice Web sites, sources for systematic reviews, meta-analysis, clinical practice guidelines, and resources for critically appraising health care literature. Evidence-based Tool Kit Contains a set of tools (questions and worksheets) that will help the user analyze all different types of research articles. Contains links (http://www.cche.net/che/home.asp) to peer reviewed journals that focus on analyzing evidence-based medicine. McMaster University Based at McMaster University this site contains a large amount of evidence-based healthcare information and related links. ScHARR Netting the Evidence Netting the Evidence is intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by providing support and access to helpful organizations and useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals. The Ottawa Hospital This site focuses on evidence based health care and has resources for the following areas: Clinical trials and systematic reviews, Cochrane Collaboration, Critical appraisal, Education resources, Guidelines, Health specialties, and Health technology assessment. The University of Sheffield: Sheffield Evidence for Effectiveness and Knowledge The Trent Research Information Access Gateway TRIAGE is the Trent Research and Development Support Unit's gateway to hundreds of Web sites containing teaching tools, tutorials, articles, and other educational materials relating to health research. This site is not intended to provide links to resources on specific medical topics, only on broad subject areas. University of Hertfordshire Excellent summary of the current available resources relating to evidence-based medicine. Resources include: Definitions, references, protocol and reviews in BMJ JAMA and the Lancet, journals, databases, evidence-based health Web resources, clinical guidelines, and much more. Contains many links to unique evidence-based medicine Web sites. University of Rochester Site contains a solid list of organizations, guides and tutorials, tools and search filters, systematic reviews, critically appraised topics, journals, and practice guidelines. Links to Databases and General Information about GrantsCommunity of Science For-profit organization with large databases of funding opportunities, Community of Science, Inc. (COS) is the leading Internet site for the global R&D community. COS brings together the world's most prominent scientists and researchers at more than 1,600 universities, corporations and government agencies worldwide. COS provides tools and services that enable these professionals to communicate, exchange information, and find the people and technologies that are important to their work. Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) is a searchable database maintained by the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health that catalogs federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions. The database includes projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Office of Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH). Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, Department of Defense Contains searchable list of DoD funding opportunities in the following areas: Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Neurofibromatosis, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, and Breast Cancer. Also contains publications concerning supported research. Grants.gov Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 1000 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. The US Department of Health and Human Services is proud to be the managing partner for Grants.gov, an initiative that will have an unparalleled impact on the grant community. This site contains all grants from the CDC as well as the FDA. GrantsNet Welcome to GrantsNet, your one-stop resource to find funds for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education. Through the support of HHMI and AAAS, this service is completely free. Links to Medical Search EnginesAccess Medicine Searchable medical references including internal medicine, cardiology, genetics, pharmacy, diagnosis and management, basic sciences, patient care, and more. The references are Harrison's Online, Hurst's The Heart, The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, and CMDT Online. BioMed Central BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research: over 140 open access journals covering all areas of biology and medicine. Cinahl Information Systems Originally a print index to the literature of nursing and eventually allied health information, the CINAHL® database has emerged as a comprehensive and versatile guide to an exploding body of knowledge and now extends beyond the limits of a bibliographic print index. Electronic Journals Service List of 12,548 journals. Includes publisher information as well as specific information about the journal. Embase More than 16 million validated biomedical and pharmacological records from EMBASE and MEDLINE. eMedicine Nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base, which contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders. The evidence-based content, updated 24/7, provides the latest practice guidelines in 59 medical specialties. eMedicine's professional content undergoes 4 levels of physician peer review plus an additional review by a PharmD prior to publication. HealthWeb HealthWeb is a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation. Currently there are over twenty actively participating member libraries. InfoPOEM Organizational goal is to improve the health and lives of people by providing patient-oriented evidence that matters in a rapid and accessible form. MD Consult MD Consult operates a family of electronic information resources that meet the clinical content needs of physicians and other health care professionals. Medscape Medscape offers integrated medical information and educational tools. Medscape's features include Physician Optimized MEDLINE, a free subscription to Medscape's MedPulse®, over 250 online CME activities, and access to more than 50 medical journals and textbooks. Medical World Search The major goals of Medical World Search are to provide a search engine that operates over a selection of the most high quality medical sites on the Web and to facilitate searching by using a medical thesaurus that understands medical terminology and can thus search for related terms automatically. MedicalMatrix Subscription necessary site. Searches over 6000 medical Web sites and over 1.5 million documents. Ovid Ovid Technologies is an internationally recognized leader of electronic medical, scientific, and academic research information solutions. By providing a customizable suite of content, tools and services, Ovid supports the diverse research needs of its 13 million users worldwide—academic, medical, and corporate professionals and students seeking fast, accurate answers to important questions that help to fuel discoveries, explore topics, or research diagnoses. PubMed PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles dating back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. SUMSearch SUMSearch selects the best resources for your question, formats your question for each resource, and makes additional searches based on results. The Free Medical Journals Database of journals that are free to view after a certain date past publication. MedReviews Reviews produced from the following journals: Reviews in Urology, Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders, and Reviews in Neurological Diseases. Thomson ISI We combine authoritative information with innovative technologies to enhance our customers' ability to achieve world-class research and business results. Our databases assist professionals at every stage of research and development from discovery and analysis to product development and distribution. Turning Research Into Practice The TRIP Database allows users to rapidly and easily identify high quality medical literature from a wide range of sources. Searching: 22,988 Evidence-Based Records; 6,427 Clinical Guidelines; 5,199 Clinical Questions & Answers; 12,091 eTextbook Articles; 83,762 Medical Images; and 4,178 Patient Information Leaflets. Links to Available Clinical and Administrative DatabasesHealthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) HCUP databases bring together the data collection efforts of state data organizations, hospital associations, private data organizations, and the federal government to create a national information resource of patient-level health care data. It includes the following databases: The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) with inpatient data from a national sample of over 1,000 hospitals. The Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) is a nationwide sample of pediatric inpatient discharges. The State Inpatient Databases (SID) contain the universe of inpatient discharge abstracts from participating states. The State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) contain data from ambulatory care encounters from hospital-affiliated and sometimes freestanding ambulatory surgery sites. The State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) contain data from hospital-affiliated emergency departments for visits that do not result in hospitalizations. National Healthcare Disparities Report (AHRQ) Valuable resource containing links to information about the following data sources: California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Social Security Administration's Death Master File The products advertised on this Web site contain the complete official Social Security Administration database extract as well as updates to the full file of persons reported to the SSA as being deceased. Medical Society DatabasesAmerican College of Surgeons – National Trauma DataBank Contains background information, documents to request the database, and an online version that allows you to query the latest version. American College of Surgeons – National Cancer Database Contains databases allowing users to search for Approved Cancer Programs, frequently asked questions about AJCC Staging, Cancer Program Standards 2004, Collaborative Stage, Facility Oncology Registry Data Standards, and the National Cancer Database (Inquiry and Response (I&R), National Cancer Database (NCDB) Benchmark Reports, and National Cancer Database (NCDB) Survival Reports. Society of Thoracic Surgeons This site contains information for both potential and current participants in any of the STS National Databases. American College of Cardiology The ACC-NCDR® is the American College of Cardiology-National Cardiovascular Data Registry, a confidential quality measurement program for cardiac and vascular facilities. It now operates three national registries. Links to Quality Focused OrganizationsAMA Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement The Consortium's mission is to improve patient health and safety by: identifying and developing evidence-based clinical performance measures that enhance quality of patient care and that foster accountability; promoting the implementation of effective and relevant clinical performance improvement activities; and advancing the science of clinical performance measurement and improvement. The Consortium's vision is to fulfill the responsibility of physicians to patient care, public health, and safety by: becoming the leading source organization for evidence-based clinical performance measures and outcomes reporting tools for physicians; and ensuring that all components of the medical profession have a leadership role in all national forums seeking to evaluate the quality of patient care. Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance In September 2004, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American College of Physicians (ACP), America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), joined together to lead a collaborative effort for determining, under the most expedient timeframe, how to most effectively and efficiently improve performance measurement, data aggregation, and reporting in the ambulatory care setting. The mission of this effort – named the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance (AQA) – is to: improve health care quality and patient safety through a collaborative process in which key stakeholders agree on a strategy for measuring performance at the physician level; collect and aggregate data in the least burdensome way; and report meaningful information to consumers, physicians, and other stakeholders to inform choices and improve outcomes. Institute for Health Care Improvement IHI is a reliable source of energy, knowledge, and support for a never-ending campaign to improve health care worldwide. The Institute helps accelerate change in health care by cultivating promising concepts for improving patient care and turning those ideas into action. National Quality Forum The National Quality Forum is a private, not-for-profit membership organization created to develop and implement a national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting. The mission of the NQF is to improve American health care through endorsement of consensus-based national standards for measurement and public reporting of health care performance data that provide meaningful information about whether care is safe, timely, beneficial, patient-centered, equitable, and efficient. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality: Patient Safety and Quality This page contains information that fall under the following topic areas: Health Information Technology, National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™, Consumer Assessment of Health Plans®, Measuring Health care Quality, Medical Errors & Patient Safety, WebM&M: Morbidity & Mortality Rounds, Quality Indicators, Quality Information & Improvement, and Talking Quality. This is a comprehensive government resource. Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine The Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine is dedicated to advancing health care through the improved use of laboratory tests and services. Links to General Sites of InterestNational Institutes of Health (NIH) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) National Electronic Library for Health British Medical Journal
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