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Hospitals around the world find great value in DynaMed for use at the point-of-care. As
the only point-of-care, evidence-based resource updated daily, DynaMed offers quality, well-organized
information and an intuitive means for accessing this material. DynaMed is available on
an unlimited basis via the Web (on-site and remotely) and via PDA for easy access at the point-of-care.
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Research Validates the Benefits of DynaMed
Research supported by the National Science Foundation (a randomized, controlled trial) found
that with access to DynaMed, primary care clinicians answered more clinical questions
than without access to DynaMed. More importantly, with DynaMed, primary care
clinicians found more answers that changed clinical decisions. Further still, in terms of how
DynaMed ranked versus competing services, the Level of Evidence for answers in
DynaMed met or exceeded what could be found in a combination of commonly used
point-of-care references - 87% of the time. The resulting article for this study was published
in Annals of Family Medicine (November/December 2005).
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Why is DynaMed Needed in Hospitals?
- According to the National Academy Press (2001) 44-98,000 American deaths per year occur due
to preventable medical errors; medical errors are estimated to cost the U.S. $17 to $29
billion annually
- Using the "best available evidence" for clinical decision-making improves health
outcomes and reduces health care costs
- Busy clinicians use "fast and easy" resources expected to answer most of their
questions instead of resources designed to provide the best current evidence
- Clinicians sometimes turn to textbooks and online resources with substantial breadth,
but these resources do not use the best available evidence
- Physicians and other health care professionals need a resource where they can reliably answer most questions quickly and
accurately (i.e., with the best available evidence)
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