Introducing

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Introducing
BMJ GROUP Presentation ANKOS Conference
2009 Pauline Dilworth, BMJ Regional Manager
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Best Practice

• Best Practice from the BMJ Evidence Centre is a
  new, comprehensive online decision-support tool
  designed to be used at the point of care.

• Highlights
• Breadth and depth of coverage (over 10,000
  diagnoses, 3,000 diagnostic tests, 6,300 drug
  monographs, 4,000 full text guidelines, 3,000
  systematic reviews, 1,000s of images, 200 patient
  summaries)
• Gold standard peer review multiple sign-off
  editorial process
• Constantly updated
• Standard structure for each condition including
  summary and definition, aetiology, epidemiology,
  key diagnostic steps, treatment options,
  recommendations, guidelines and evidence

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A completely new concept in healthcare
information delivery
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Key selling points

• BMJ Group
• BMJ Group is a global leader in creating the best
  possible knowledge that supports evidence-based
  clinical practice
• The BMJ Evidence Centre is a division of the BMJ
  Group. Clinicians know they can trust us. Our
  expert team search, appraise and summarise over
  200,000 new research articles, in some 8,000
  journals, covering over 40 medical specialities,
  each year

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Key points

• Best Practice
• Best Practice is a completely new concept in
  information delivery, structured around the
  patient consultation
• Best Practice is the best blend of expert
  opinion, guidelines and research evidence that
  make it quick and intuitive to use
• Rather than investing their time in searching for
  answers, they can instead find answers AND
  continue to expand their professional knowledge

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Content overview
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Best Practice content

• For each condition, Best Practice covers the
  following categories
• Highlights Summary / Overview
• Basics Definition / Epidemiology / Aetiology /
  Pathophysiology / Classification
• Prevention Primary / Screening / Secondary
• Diagnosis History Examination / Tests /
  Differential / Step by Step / Criteria
  /Guidelines / Case History
• Treatment Details / Step by Step / Emerging /
  Guidelines / Evidence (powered by BMJ Clinical
  Evidence)
• Follow-up Recommendations / Complications /
  Prognosis
• Resources References and Links / Images / Online
  resources / Patient Leaflets/Credits

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Drug database

• Drug information is seamlessly linked in disease
  monographs - Martindale drug database
• This covers interactions, side-effects, warnings
  precautions, uses and administration

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Evidence information

• The Evidence section under treatments is powered
  by BMJ Clinical Evidence one of the worlds most
  respected and trusted sources of evaluated
  medical research.
• This section covers
• Common clinical questions doctors may want to ask
  
• Presentation of the treatment options and their
  effectiveness
• Full evidence summaries/ systematic reviews
• Links through to the detailed Clinical Evidence
  article on benefits and harms of treatment
  options
• Where appropriate content from Clinical Evidence
  is incorporated directly into Best Practice
  monographs

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Save time

• Easy navigation means no scrolling through pages
  of text access exactly the required information
  quickly and easily.
• Each condition has a consistent structure
  including a summary and definition, key
  diagnostic steps and tests, treatment approaches,
  guidelines, evidence and recommendations for
  patient follow up.

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Depth and breadth

• Best Practice contains information relating to
  over 10,000 diagnoses, more than 3000 diagnostic
  tests and over 4000 diagnostic and treatment
  guidelines.
• It incorporates seamless links to a full drug
  formulary for quick checking of prescription
  guidance, and patient leaflets to support
  treatment options.
• Best Practice covers the information needed to
  make the right decisions.

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Trusted content

• As part of the BMJ Evidence Centre, Best Practice
  comes from one of the most trusted names in
  evidence-based medical information.
• It incorporates content from Clinical Evidence
  including clear summaries of effectiveness of
  treatments as well as detailed information on the
  benefits, harms, compromises, alternatives and
  processes associated with diagnosis and treatment
  options.

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Customisable

• Institutional customers of Best Practice can
  upload local guidelines and links and make them
  available to users from within their institution.
  
• Individuals can create a free My Best Practice
  account to save searches or bookmark favourite
  articles.
• Navigation elements are available in seventeen
  languages.

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How is Best Practice Different?

• No other product combines expert opinion, gold
  standard evidence and clearly-signposted access
  to drug information
• No other product echoes the doctor - patient
  workflow as closely in the way it structures
  information
• No other product has been designed from the
  ground up for use at the point of care
  providing quick, easy access to the right
  information quickly
• No other product is backed by the independent
  review, validation and synthesis of evidence
  provided by the BMJ Evidence Centre

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DEMO
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Search
Browse alphabetically or by clinical category
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Users can use the tab headings to filter by
content type
Search results are ranked by relevance
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Assessment monographs provide guidance on
diagnosis of key clinical symptoms and signs
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They advise on important diagnostic tests and
procedures
including differential diagnoses, which can be
sorted by category or frequency
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Condition monographs provide detailed guidance on
complete management of an extensive range of
medical conditions
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The latest clinical reviews relating to the
condition, from Clinical Evidence, are
incorporated along with seamless links to drug
reference data
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Patient information
Institutions can incorporate local guidelines and
links
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Other features
Available in different languages

• Best Practice is available in 17 other languages
  including Turkish Spanish Chinese Japanese
  German Portuguese Greek French and Italian

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Other features

• Online images

• Best Practice aims to provide full colour images
  for conditions when appropriate.

Images available for wrist fractures
(Complex) intra-articular fracture of the distal
radius--lateral view.
Extra-articular fracture of the distal
radius--lateral view
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• Best Practice is a completely new concept for
  information
• delivered at the point of care. In one single
  source the BMJ has
• combined the latest research in evidence,
  guidelines and expert
• opinion presented in a step-by-step approach,
  covering prevention,
• diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
• BestPractice provides a second opinion in an
  instant!
• For a free trial, contact Pauline Dilworth
  pdilworth_at_bmjgroup.com