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Websites for MI

Websites for MI. NMITC July 2008. UKMI. www.ukmi.nhs.uk Supports the UKMi network MI News Highlights new resources Fridge Database Latex database Other specialist MI resources Medicines Q and A. UKMi Enquiry Answering Page. Is under the Clinical Governance heading www.ukmi.nhs.uk

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Websites for MI

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  1. Websites for MI NMITC July 2008

  2. UKMI www.ukmi.nhs.uk • Supports the UKMi network • MI News • Highlights new resources • Fridge Database • Latex database • Other specialist MI resources • Medicines Q and A

  3. UKMi Enquiry Answering Page • Is under the Clinical Governance heading www.ukmi.nhs.uk Standard search Websites/Web-based Resource Links. A word document to use / adapt. Will help you create your own ‘favourites folders Effective Use of the Internet for Enquiry Answering. A PDF document that provides guidance on safe and efficient use of the Internet

  4. eBNF & eCBNF www.bnf.org.uk • Search or browse – sometimes browsing is easier • Navigate using tree structure • BNF extra – advanced information on what will be new in next edition • Calculations/conversions

  5. eMC • www.medicines.org.uk • SPCs searchable by text and by section • PILs • X-PIL service • Medicine Guides • dm+d

  6. Medicines Complete • Stockley, Martindales, AHFS, Herbal Medicines & Handbook of Injectable Drugs www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/ • Trial subscriptions available • Special price for UKMI – contact regional centre for details • Easy to search • Access out of hours on-call

  7. NELM • www.nelm.nhs.uk • News headlines • What’s new • Register and “log in” to see full content • Easy to search the many products individually or separately

  8. National Library for Health • http://www.library.nhs.uk • Quick links to many resources • “log in” using your Athens UN/password • Easy to search the many products individually or separately • Evidence Based Reviews • Guidance • Specialist Libraries , Books and Journals • Training available from your library service

  9. Cochrane Can be accessed via • NHS Wales e-library for health / NHS Scotland e-Library & National Library for Health www.library.nhs.uk Contains a number of different databases including: • The Cochrane Databases of Systematic Reviews and Methodology Reviews (Recognised as gold standard) • Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials • NHS Economic Evaluation Database (Economic Evaluations). • Health Technology Assessment Database

  10. Department of Health www.dh.gov.uk Difficult to navigate • Lots of archived documents – your 1st ‘hits may not be the most up to date • Put in the year – sometimes helps • Use Google add “www.dh.gov.uk” to your search

  11. Google & Google Scholar • www.google.co.uk • Powerful search engine • Thousands of hits • Many ways of limiting searches • Scholar - limits to academic sites • BUT use it wisely

  12. MHRA – Drug Analysis Prints Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency www.mhra.gov.uk Another website that isn’t easy to navigate Save the URL into MiDatabank or favourites folder DAPs http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Onlineservices/Medicines/Druganalysisprints/index.htm

  13. NHS Choices www.nhs.uk • General resource • Portal for NHS Services • Patient information • Map of Medicine

  14. eMIMMs www.healthcarerepublic.com/login/ • Username and log in from your regional centre • Useful for prices • Some good tables comparing drugs in the same therapeutic class (eg Insulins, HRT) • Summaries of guidelines • Self-help directory

  15. Clinical Knowledge Summaries (Previously Prodigy) • Clinical Knowledge Summaries www.cks.library.nhs.uk/ • Guidelines for GPs • Useful for enquiries relating to conditions mainly managed in primary care • Regularly updated

  16. Lexi-comp www.lexi.com/ • Is not a cheaper substitute for Micromedex – there is less detail and not as well referenced but some easy to access information • Drug monographs with subsets • Poisoning/toxicology • Alternative medicines • Clinical / diagnostics

  17. Natural Medicines Database www.naturaldatabase.com • Comprehensive database • Good for checking interactions • Searchable under product name, drug name or disease/condition • Efficacy • Referenced

  18. Toxbase http://toxbase.u5e.com/ • Free registration for NHS users • Poisons, antidotes etc • Good for pregnancy enquiries (though check date of monograph)

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