Transcript Effective Use of the Internet for Enquiry Answering

Major Websites for MI
NMITC July 2009
Bridget Rankin
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS
Trust
Aim
Provide an introduction to websites and
databases commonly used when working
as a Medicines Information pharmacist
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, you should
have:
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Developed your knowledge of useful
medicines information websites [overview].
Found answers to example questions using
specific MI databases (where applicable).
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
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
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
eMC
www.medicines.org.uk
SPCs
searchable by text and by section
PILs
X-PIL service
Medicine Guides
dm+d
Medicines Complete
Stockley, Martindales, AHFS, Herbal
Medicines & Handbook of Injectable
Drugs. Enteral Feeding
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
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
National Library for Health
NHS Evidence
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
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
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
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
NHS Choices
www.nhs.uk
General resource
Portal for NHS Services
Patient information
Map of Medicine
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
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
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
Natural Medicines Database
www.naturaldatabase.com
Comprehensive database
Good for checking interactions
Searchable under product name, drug name or
disease/condition
Efficacy
Referenced
Pro-File
Identify and source
unlicensed “special”
medicinal products
Obtain the most
appropriate products from
the most appropriate
sources.
Access via your MI
pharmacist (restricted
access).
www.pro-file.nhs.uk
UCLH Solutions
Medicine supply
problems.
Product Shortage
Information updated daily.
Critical Drugs section.
Advice for dealing with
the problem.
www.solutions.nhs.uk
Toxbase
Commissioned by
HPA
National Poisons
Information Service
Poisons, antidotes etc
Medicines in
Pregnancy
http://www.toxbase.org/