New pilot program Text a Librarian

Away from your computer and not
able to send e-mail to the NMCSD
Library? Try sending us a text/SMS
from your cell phone instead.
It’s a great service for getting answers
to your clinical questions at point-of-care
locations or asking a simple Do you have...? questions.

Dial 66746 and start your message
with the keyword nmcsd.
Example:
nmcsd beneprotein use in preterm infants
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(Your service provider’s standard text messaging fees apply)

BMJ Case Reports database available

BMJ Case Reports Database

BMJ Case Reports delivers a focused, peer-reviewed, valuable collection of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. This is the largest single collection of case reports online with more than 1500 articles from over 55 countries. The library subscription covers all NMCSD staff members who are automatically considered fellows who can access all published material and submit as many cases as they like free of charge. To be able to submit your case reports contact the library for a submission code at library@med.navy.mil.

DynaMed trial

The NMCSD staff have the opportunity to test until the end of April a point of care product by Ebsco called DynaMed. For more information about DynaMed please see bellow or contact the library at library@med.navy.mil.

DynaMed is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use primarily at the ‘point-of-care’. With clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,000 topics, DynaMed is the evidence-based reference shown to answer most clinical questions during practice. Based on the results of a study published in Annals of Family Medicine (November/December 2005), not only did primary care clinicians answer more clinical questions with access to DynaMed than without DynaMed, but these clinicians also found more answers in DynaMed that changed clinical decisions.

DynaMed is updated daily and monitors the content of over 500 medical journals and systematic evidence review databases directly and indirectly by using many journal review services. Each publication is reviewed cover-to-cover, and each article is evaluated for clinical relevance and scientific validity. The new evidence is then integrated with existing content, and overall conclusions are changed as appropriate representing a synthesis of the best available evidence. Through this process of systematic literature surveillance, the best available evidence determines the content of DynaMed.