Clinical decision tools are special databases whose purpose is to assist clinicians with making sound bedside/patient-facing decisions based on expert synthesized reviews of the available evidence. Unlike academic databases such as CINAHL or MEDLINE which provide individual research articles related to a topic, clinical decision tools provide gold standard approaches and curated key information related to specific conditions and/or medications to assist in making sound evidence-based decisions when dealing directly with patients.
- Key Databases Provided by Leddy Library
Certain clinical decision tools are provided on a fee-basis and are available to practitioners at a cost. The Leddy Library provides two key tools to assist with clinical decision making:
- Key Databases Available for Free Online
There are free available resources online to help you with clinical decision making. These are particularly useful if you are no longer affiliated with a university and/or hospital that has access to paid clinical decision making tools. These tools are generally of high quality, but always verify any information you find here prior to any real-world application:
- Tabers Medical Dictionary: A convenient, high quality, free medical dictionary
- Merck Manual: Comprehensive and free evidence-based clinical care manual covering a variety of conditions/patient presentations as well as drug information.
- Mayo Clinic Diseases & Conditions: Free evidence-based clinical care guidelines for a varity of dseases/conditions.
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