A Clinical Decision support tool from BMJ including evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion is available to all SWASFT staff and students.
This clinical decision support tool is particularly useful for medical students, junior doctors, multidisciplinary team members (such as nurses and pharmacists), specialists working outside of their speciality, and primary care practitioners. BMJ Best Practice includes 1000+ evidence-based condition and symptom topics across 32 clinical specialties which provide the user with guidance throughout the full patient journey, from determining diagnosis and treatment approach to follow-up support. The clinical information focuses on the most commonly presented conditions, as well as those that are clinically significant or relevant to global health.
BMJ Best Practice has an innovative Comorbidities Manager that prompts healthcare professionals to consider the patient’s comorbidities when accessing treatment information for acute conditions. This produces an initial management plan that is tailored to the unique needs of the patient. BMJ Best Practice is the only clinical decision support tool to do this.
Meanwhile, the BMJ Clinical Intelligence provides knowledge engineering at scale, ensuring the translation of clinical guidelines into computable evidence. Its unique knowledge graph format allows the seamless integration of evidence directly into systems. This capability allows easy linking of evidence within your infrastructure, enhancing decision-making and improving outcomes at both individual and population levels.
You may need a SWASFT NHS Athens account to access some resources.
If you have any queries about information resources or Athens accounts contact:
Discovery Library (Lead library for SWASFT), Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Tel: 01752 439111 or email library.mailbox@nhs.net