Standard of Care: Clinical Practice Summaries
These tools provide evidence-based summaries of diseases and disorders for clinicians. They include information on incidence, prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and complications.
Health Care Reimbursement
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - data and reports* CMS Data Navigator
* Medicare Provider Utilization & Payment Data
* CMS Drug Spending
Market Reports, News, Trade Publications
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Specialized market research reports covering healthcare, science, and technology sectors. - Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
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Business magazines, newspapers, and journals.
- Company Websites
Standards
- ISO Standards Catalogue* Try the Online Browsing Platform to preview content.
Device Specifications
- Manufacturer/Vendor Websites* Look for technical manuals and device specifications.
* Information is typically found in a section for healthcare professionals.
Drug Information
- DynaMedex This link opens in a new window
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Clinical medical reference tool for diseases, disorders, symptoms, treatments, and Micromedex's evidence-based drug information.
- HSL Guide to Finding Drug InformationRecommended resources for different drug information questions, such as adverse effects, bioequivalency, cost, and off-label uses.
Scientific and Patent Publications
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* Biomedical journal articles covering all stages of research and development: target identification, preclinical development, clinical trials, patient care.
* PubMed Search Tips handout - EMBASE This link opens in a new window
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* Biomedical literature database similar to PubMed, but also includes conference abstracts.
* Good for identifying articles on a particular drug (trade name, non-proprietary name, or lab code), device, or manufacturer. - SciFinder This link opens in a new window
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* Scientific and patent publications.
* Chemistry, biotechnology, material properties.
* Search for substances or company/patent assignee names. - Engineering Village This link opens in a new window
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* Journal articles and conference papers on applied science, computer science, and engineering topics.
Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov* Information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies from around the world.
* Includes protocols and results for trials that are enrolling, completed, withdrawn, or terminated.
Regulations & Guidelines for Clinical Research and Drug & Device Development
- US Food and Drug Association - Clinical Trials and Human Subject ProtectionRegulations, guidance documents, and information on Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
- ClinRegs (NIH)* Country-specific regulatory information for clinical research.
- International Council on Harmonisation (ICH)* Quality, Safety, and Efficacy Guidelines for worldwide drug development.
Drugs and Biologics - European Medicines Agency
- European Public Assessment Reports (EPARs) for Human MedicinesFull scientific assessment reports of medicines authorised at a European Union level.