Clinical Tools Provided by Rush University
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JoVE Education This link opens in a new window
The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) publishes peer-reviewed scientific video article protocols to accelerate biological, medical, chemical, physical research.
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ClinicalKey This link opens in a new window
ClinicalKey is a dynamic clinical resource designed to provide physicians with fast, clinically-relevant answers from Elsevier’s enormous library of proprietary medical and surgical content. ClinicalKey was built specifically to meet the search needs of physicians that a clinical resource be comprehensive, trusted, and fast.
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UpToDate This link opens in a new window
UpToDate covers more than 7,400 topics in 13 medical specialties and includes more than 76,000 pages of text, graphics, links to Medline abstracts, more than 254,000 references, and a drug database. Physician editors and authors review and update the content continuously. An updated version of UpToDate is released every four months. UpToDate is evidence-based and uses a literature-driven updating system; more than 400 journals are monitored by editors and authors, and anytime something of importance is published, it is incorporated into the program. Check out our UpToDate Guide for additional guidance.
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VisualDx This link opens in a new window
VisualDx is a web-based visual decision support tool, merging medical images with a problem-oriented findings-based search.
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BMJ Best Practice This link opens in a new window
Best Practice brings together regularly updated research evidence and guidelines with peer-reviewed expert opinion. Healthcare professionals get information they can trust quickly — and in an intuitive format that recognizes the demands of everyday clinical practice. Best Practice is the only point of care tool to include a clinical workflow component, anticipating clinical questions and providing answers in seconds without sifting through large quantities of text.
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Cochrane Clinical Answers This link opens in a new window
Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs) provide a readable, digestible, clinically focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane Reviews. They are designed to be actionable and to inform point-of-care decision-making. CCAs form a key strand of Cochrane’s Knowledge Translation strategy, providing concise, evidence-based answers to Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome (PICO) clinical questions based on Cochrane Reviews
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American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) Red Book Online This link opens in a new window
The AAP's authoritative guide to the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of more than 200 childhood conditions.
Open Access Clinical Tools
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U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in disease prevention and evidence-based medicine. The Task Force works to improve the health of people nationwide by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services.
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Neuro LocalizerNeuro Localizer is a free application for medical professionals – or for anyone who wants to know more about how the nervous system works - interested in exploring the basics of neurologic localization.
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Epocrates Reference Tools for Healthcare ProvidersThe free version of this highly-rated app includes drug information, interaction check, pill ID, clinical practice guidelines,
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FindZebra Rare Disease SearchIntended for physicians and other health professionals, this website connects symptoms to possible rare diseases as well as relating genes.
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Medscape Drugs and DiseasesAvailable online and via major mobile devices, all content is free. This clinical information covers diseases and conditions, procedures, anatomy, drug monographs, drug interaction checker, formulary information, medical calculators, images, and links to citations in Medline.
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Merck Manuel - Professional VersionThis highly-rated free medical reference app provides health care practitioners with clear, practical explanations for thousands of conditions in all major medical and surgical specialties. Content includes etiology, pathophysiology, and options for evaluation and treatment, including "how to do" procedures and examinations.
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Smart Medical ReferenceThis free app offers many features: 1) the most commonly performed laboratory tests, presented in a consistent format with normal findings, indications, test explanation, test results and clinical significance, 2) Over 600 drug monographs, 3) diagnostic tests and procedures, 4) differential diagnosis, 5) medical calculators, 5) English to Spanish medical dictionary, 6) and access to search PubMed as well as other databases/websites.