Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) is a collaboration of health care organizations, is an objective voice dedicated to championing health care quality and to helping its members identify and accelerate the implementation of best clinical practices for their patients. ...In the websites, a large number of health care guidelines, protocols and patient education resources on various area (including O&G) could be found.... |
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care - This website is designed to serve as a practical guide to health care providers, planners and consumers for determining the inclusion or exclusion, content and frequency of a wide variety of preventive health interventions, using the evidence-based recommendations of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – this website also contains a large number of evidence-based reports for the professionals on various topics, including some O&G ones. |
National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) National Guideline Cleraringhouse. The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents from various organizations. The amalgram of gudielines is increasing every week and 146 (as at 15 Novermber 2005) are about pregnancy and female genital diseases. This is a good site to look for up-to-date guidelines in western medicine. |
PubMed® PubMed® is the National Library of Medicine's (NLM®) journal literature search system with access to over 11 million bio-medical literature and free to search for various topics. A tutorial is available using a Web-based learning program that will show you how to search PubMedR, the National Library of Medicine's (NLM®) journal literature search system. |
Action on Pre-eclampsia in UK Action on Pre-eclampsia in UK is a charity organization with various resources and information for both the professionals and laymen, about pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP, pregnancy-induced hypertension etc. Guidelines and useful links are available. |
Hong Kong Cancer Registry Hong Kong Cancer Registry collects the incidence and mortality rates of cancer in the Territory and provides a basis for comparative geographical, epidemiological and clinical research. |
The Cochrane Library The Cochrane Library is one of the best single source of reliable evidence about the effects of health care. Abstracts and plain language summary of regularly updated, systematic review prepared and maintained by The Cochrane Collaboration. The full text of the review is available on subscription. |
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) NICE is the independent organi z ation in United Kingdom responsible for providing national guidance on the promotion of good health and the prevention and treatment of ill health. A large number of evidence-based guidelines and updated reports on various aspects of clinical management and public health care can be found in this website. |
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) SIGN was established in 1993 by the medical Royal Colleges to develop evidence based national guidelines for NHS Scotland. The objective is to improve the quality of health care for patients in Scotland by reducing variation in practice and outcome, through the development and dissemination of national clinical guidelines containing recommendations for effective practice based on current evidence. Over 100 evidence-based clinical guidelines on various topics are currently available. |