Te Whatu Ora has provided all Healthpathways users with access to two free evidence-based medicine tools - BMJ Best Practice, and EBSCO Dynamed.
New links have been added to the Te Manawa Taki Midland Region Community HealthPathways website homepage (see the right-hand side list). Follow the links, sign up for a free profile and have a look around. Both sites give access to up-to-the-minute evidence-based guidance and information on a huge range of medical topics, medical calculators, clinical updates and medical news. Each have different flavours and styles.
In August, Te Whatu Ora will start surveying users to gauge which one will continue to be funded beyond September for universal access to primary and secondary care.
These same tools are available for free to hospital-based clinicians through their library services. Having the opportunity for all providers across the whole system to have access to the same tools means:
This is also a small step towards systematic support for primary care clinicians working in communities from Te Whatu Ora.
If you are a health professional in the Midland Region and would like to have access to Te Manawa Taki / Midland Region Community HealthPathways website, please contact the Midland Region HealthPathways team, who will provide you with a username and password.
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