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McMaster Premium Literature Service (PLUS): an evidence-based medicine information service delivered on the Web
Jennifer Holland1, R Brian Haynes,
1McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Background:
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) attempts to narrow the gap between knowledge and practice, but ready access to evidence-based resources remains a challenge to practicing physicians.
Objective:
To describe a new, EBM information delivery service, its trial design, and baseline data.
Methods:
McMaster PLUS (Premium Literature Service), composed of a continuously updated database and web-based interface, delivers scientifically rigorous and clinically relevant research literature matched to individual physicians' clinical interests. A cluster randomized controlled trial is currently underway, comparing 2 versions of the PLUS system.
Results:
As of Feb 2005, the PLUS database contained over 5700 scientifically sound, clinically relevant articles, published from 2001 to present. 68% of articles have full text links. Over 200 physicians in Northern Ontario have been randomized to one of 2 PLUS interfaces.
Conclusion:
McMaster PLUS has been designed to aid physicians to home in on high quality research that is highly relevant and important to their own clinical practice.
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