Essential Evidence Plus

Launched in January 2008 to replace 'InfoPOEMS with InfoRetriever', Essential Evidence Plus (EE+) is marketed as a point of care resource for clinicians who provide “first contact care”.

EE+ currently consists of three main databases:

InfoRetriever is the main search interface of EE+. It allows ‘any word’ searching and browsing of multiple databases and tools as well as subject browsing. Search results include a Level of Evidence used by the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford.

POEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters) are added daily, and can be accessed through email alerts or RSS feed, and are also released as podcasts.

EBM Guidelines is a collection of collection of clinical guidelines for primary care combined with the best available evidence. EBM Guidelines includes 1,000 concise primary care practice guidelines, 3,000+ evidence summaries and a library of 1,000 photographs and images.

EE+ also includes a number of clinical tools such as Clinical Rules and Calculators, and Derm Expert.

Related Links:
· Essential Evidence Plus
· Wiley-Blackwell to Relaunch InfoPOEMs with InfoRetriever as Essential Evidence Plus, Wiley Press Release, Nov. 27, 2007

Allison Thompson,

Health Sciences Library, McMaster Univesity