BMJ Clinical Evidence Now Available Online to 20,000 Canadian Health Practitioners in Saskatchewan.Resource Provides Systematic Reviews of Evidence for More Than 3,000 Interventions and Provides Answers to Hundreds of Clinical Questions DENVER -- BMJ BMJ n abbr (= British Medical Journal) → vom BMA herausgegebene Zeitschrift Group today announced that it has signed a one-year agreement with the Saskatchewan Health Information Resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. Partnership (SHIRP) to provide online access to BMJ Clinical Evidence to every health practitioner in the province of Saskatchewan. Launched in 1999, BMJ Clinical Evidence remains the gold standard in evidence-based synopses on the effectiveness of common clinical interventions. It provides systematic reviews of evidence for over 3,000 interventions and provides answers to over 570 clinical questions. It is currently used by over 1 million clinicians worldwide, including 500,000 physicians in the U.S. "We're excited to be participating in SHIRP's vision to help healthcare professionals make effective clinical decisions," said Stella Dutton, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BMJ Group. "BMJ Clinical Evidence was recently rated as one of the best evidence-based tools for point of care by users in an independent study by the Medical Library Association, and we're very proud of that fact." SHIRP is an innovative, first in Canada initiative designed to create, maintain and support an online library providing point-and-click access to core evidence-based health information resources at the point of care. "SHIRP is at the forefront of an exciting movement to provide province-wide access to high-quality, standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. medical resources for all of our practitioners," said Susan Powelson, SHIRP co-chair. "We're extremely pleased to be partnering with the British Medical Journal The British Medical Journal, or BMJ, is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world.[2] It is published by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd (owned by the British Medical Association), whose other to bring an excellent evidence-based resource to our doctors and other healthcare professionals. In the last five years there has been a definite shift toward a more evidence-based curriculum in our medical schools, and BMJ Clinical Evidence fits in very well with these developments." About SHIRP SHIRP, the Saskatchewan Health Information Resources Partnership (www.shirp.ca), is an innovative initiative designed to ensure that critical evidence-based health information is available to all health care practitioners province-wide. These resources will allow all Saskatchewan health care providers to access current, knowledge-based health information, where and when it is needed. SHIRP facilitates continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). and lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. , and assists healthcare practitioners in finding solutions to their information needs. About BMJ Group BMJ Group (www.bmjpg.com) is one of the world leaders For a list of heads of state, see . World leaders is a MMORPG. The game involves creating a state, joining an alliance and going into war. It is mostly played by players from Israel, China, USA, Britain, Brazil and Saudi-Arabia. in medical publishing. The Group publishes the BMJ (British Medical Journal), leading journals covering major medical specialties Medical Specialties See also anatomy; disease and illness; drugs; health; remedies; surgery. adenography the science of the description of glands. — adenographic, adj. , BMJ Clinical Evidence, as well as several other evidence-based resources. The mission of the Group is to publish intellectually sound material that will serve the needs of doctors, other healthcare professionals, the scientific community, and the public. |
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