Clinical Knowledge Summaries CKS

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Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)

• The new name in clinical knowledge

Dr. Sharon Smart Director of Clinical
Knowledge Clinical Knowledge Summaries
ServiceSowerby Centre for Health Informatics at
Newcastle Ltd
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What is the CKS service?

• An up to-date-source of clinical knowledge that
  can help healthcare professionals manage the
  common conditions generally seen in primary and
  first contact care
• Based around 200 topics that cover acute and
  chronic diseases, and disease prevention
• News service
• Links to other resources e.g. patient information
  leaflets and DynaMed

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What is the CKS service based on?

• The CKS service will principally utilise
  secondary research and evidence from standard NHS
  resources, and a range of high quality
  peer-reviewed systematic reviews
• .using primary research and expert opinion where
  appropriate

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Who is providing the CKS service?

• In October 2006, SCHIN (a not for profit company)
  and EBSCO Publishing were awarded the contract to
  provide the CKS service for the NHS
• Knowledge developed by a multidisciplinary team
  of doctors, information scientists, pharmacists
  and nurse specialist in prescribing based in
  Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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Who is the CKS service for?

• Generalist healthcare professionals GPs, GP
  registrars, nurse practitioners, practice nurses,
  health visitors, district nurses
• Medical librarians
• NHS managers, students, other healthcare
  professionals and patients

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How will the knowledge be presented?

• Topic reviews, in a number of formatsfrom March
  2007
• Full text summary basic information, management
  options, information on the effectiveness of clini
  cal interventions and tests, and links to further
  information and to references
• Clinical Summaries side of A4 and prescriptions
• Immediate Reference designed to be read in 15
  seconds or less

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What will the news service offer?

• This is still be finalised but likely offerings
  include..
• What is circulating in your area?
• Test of the week
• Newly published trials that may be of interest to
  generalists
• Weekly Gems and daily facts from the Cochrane
  Library

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What is happening to PRODIGY Knowledge?

• The CKS service will build on the existing
  PRODIGY knowledge base
• PRODIGY guidance (full text and quick reference
  guides) will initially be available through the
  CKS service
• PRODIGY guidance will gradually be replaced by
  Topic Reviews over a period of 3 years
• PRODIGY guidance will be kept up-to-date until
  replaced

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Why use the CKS service?

• Answers your clinical questions providing
  knowledge
• At the point of decision making
• For continual professional development and
  learning
• Bridges the gap between what and when to do and
  how to do it..
• Supports development of local protocols, PGDs,
  care pathways
• Facilitates decisions about commissioning
• Helps to keep you up-to-date

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Can you trust the content of the CKS service?

• Evidence-based
• Systematic literature search
• Literature critically appraised
• Carefully structured and clearly presented
• Externally reviewed
• Professional organisations, patient groups, ABPI,
  experts, users, guideline groups
• Processes approved by an expert Advisory Group
• .. independent of the pharmaceutical industry

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Where does the CKS service fit into the NHS?

• Funded by the NHS
• Responsibility of Sir Muir Gray, Clinical
  Director of the National Library for Health
• Central resource of NLH
• Sits alongside other primary care resources
  e.g. Mentor, GP Notebook, BNF

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How can you access the CKS service?

• From the website cks.library.nhs.uk - new portal
  available in March 2007
• Through the NLH website www.library.nhs.uk
• Other platforms e.g. Map of Medicine and Mentor
• And later in 2007 through mobile technologies

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What will the web portal offer going forward?

• A personal view of CKS clinical content,
  discussion forums and other relevant knowledge
• Access to CKS web communities, community content
  and discussion forums
• New tools to find relevant clinical knowledge
  quickly and easily
• Access to CKS clinical content using PDA and
  mobile browsers
• Access to CKS clinical content through RSS feeds

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CKS service in summary

• Evolvement, enhancement and expansion of the
  PRODIGY knowledge base
• Topic Reviews that clearly link an evidence
  summary to a practical recommendation
• News service
• Links

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CKS service in summary

• Primary care facing
• NHS funded and freely available
• Compliments and support the implementation of
  NICE guidance and other national policies
• A key resource of the digital library of the NLH

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DynaMed Integration with CKS

• Seamless linking between services
• Sometime in summer?
• NHS and CKS Branding
• Access via EBSCO Publishing available
• Supports linking to FT resources
• Athens authenticated
• contact Julie Boyd-Reynolds