Up-To-Date is no longer available at Hahnemann Library; access will end shortly at Queen Lane Library.
The producer of this resource is no longer making it available in a format for use on a single computer, and the cost of a subscription for network-wide access continues to be prohibitive.
Through the Libraries’ website, access is offered to Epocrates Premium and Dynamed, both well-respected point-of-care clinical information tools (with Dynamed also available for smartphone use). The Libraries also offer an extensive listing of key textbooks and clinical handbooks in e-book format, as well as the Cochrane Library (the gold standard for evidence-based practice). Please contact the Hahnemann or Queen Lane Libraries if you would like assistance in accessing or using any of these information sources.
DynaMed is a ‘point-of-care’ clinical reference tool that provides evidence-based summaries for over 3,200 clinical topics, with daily updates. Update features introduced in July include:
- The “Recent Updates” page can be filtered to show results for a specialty like Critical Care, and can be further filtered to show Practice-Changing Updates Only
- Personal email alerts can be set up for a specialty, with the option of receiving Practice-Changing Updates only.
To create a personal alert,
- Click “Recent Updates” on the blue bar at top of DynaMed screen.
- Select a specialty using the “limit by category” menu. If you wish, check “Practice Changing Updates Only”.
- Click the Alert icon (ringing bell) in the Tools section on the right side of the screen.
- Select alert frequency. “Once/day” is the only option now; weekly and monthly choices will be available this Fall.
• Add your e-mail address, then click “Create Alert”
• Follow the instructions in your e-mail to confirm you want to receive these alerts.
For easy access to DynaMed, there is a Quick Link on the Health Sciences Libraries home page. Instructions for setting up DynaMed on a mobile device are available at: https://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/guides/healthsciencesguides/dynamed-for-pdas/:
Have questions about DynaMed alerts or any other information need? Please call:
Hahnemann Library: 215-762-7184 OR Queen Lane Library: 215-991-8740
Congratulations to Dr. Joke Bradt!
According to news from the College of Nursing and Health Professions, the podcast of Dr. Bradt’s Cochrane Review, “Music Therapy for Acquired Brain Injury” has been recognized as having the second highest number of “listens”.
Cochrane Reviews are internationally recognised as the highest standard in evidence-based health care. The Drexel Libraries provide access to the Cochrane Library from the list of QuickLinks on the Health Sciences Libraries homepage, and from our extensive listing of databases.
The Health Sciences Libraries have chosen to subscribe to the Cochrane Library via Wiley InterScience to address access issues that have occured with our current subscription via OVID; our Wiley subscription will have no limit on simultaneous uses.
Currently, you’ll find the Wiley version of the Cochrane Library available through our lists of database (both the Medicine/Biomedical Sciences list, and the alphabetical list). Watch for it as an addition to our homepage QuickLinks in coming weeks for fast, convenient access to the valuable evidence-based practice resource. Please note that the Cochrane Databases will be be removed from the list of databases available in OVID at the end of this month.
The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Cochrane reviews represent the highest level of evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions. The Cochrane Library also includes the Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Methodology Register, Technology Assessments, and Economic Evaluations. Each section can be searched by keywords or MeSH (medical subject headings); the Reviews can also be browsed by topic, by review group or alphabetically. PDFs are provided for printing.
