Drug Information Resources Update

New category!

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:55:02 GMT

A new category on obesity has been added to DIR!

New categories!

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:52:10 GMT

3 new categories have been added to DIR:

Pain Management / Palliative Care

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:49:59 GMT

New Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pain Management

Canadian Guideline for Safe and Effective Use of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (National Opioid Use Guideline Group, 2010)
American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Chronic Pain Management; American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Practice guidelines for chronic pain management: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Chronic Pain Management and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Anesthesiology. 2010 Apr;112(4):810-33.

Tools for Pharmacists has been reorganized with the addition of several new links:

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:37:29 GMT

Checkout the new ?Most Accessed Categories? box on our index page and see the categories users are contacting most frequently.

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:35:40 GMT

Take advantage of our new Search Engine to search the DIR website!

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:34:38 GMT

2 new categories!!

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:33:14 GMT

Tools for Pharmacists ? includes clinical tools such as calculators, reference tables, guides, scoring tools and Assistive Tools for Disabilities
Health Information in Multiple Languages

Oncology

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:29:39 GMT

New links to practice guidelines

Drug Shortages

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:28:42 GMT

Now includes a new dynamic PubMed search.

Drug and Pharmacy Related Stats and Facts

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:20:01 GMT

New resources!!

Canada

Antipsychotic use in seniors: An analysis focusing on drug claims, 2001 to 2007. Ottawa ON: Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI); July 9, 2009.

Nahin RL, Barnes PM, Stussman BJ, Bloom B. Costs of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and frequency of visits to CAM practitioners: United States, 2007. National Health Statistics Reports; No 18. Hyattsville MD: US National Center for Health Statistics. 2009.
Barnes PM, Bloom B, Nahin RL. Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007. National health statistics reports; no 12. Hyattsville MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2008.

Men's Health

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:11:26 GMT

Check out this category?s new organization and the newly added policy statements and practice guidelines.

Cultural Competence in Healthcare

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:30:52 GMT

Introducing a new category dealing with cultural beliefs and health care issues .

Dermatology

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:28:35 GMT

New Guidelines: Canadian Guidelines for the Management of Plaque Psoriasis (Canadian Dermatology Association)

Infectious Disease

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:24:12 GMT

New links for Pandemic Preparedness and H1N1 Influenza.

Pediatrics

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:18:36 GMT

New resources including topics such as compounding, pain, palliative care, evidence-based pediatrics and more!

Medication Errors

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:12:11 GMT

The June 2009 issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology is devoted to Medication Errors. Click here view!

Pharmacoeconomics

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:08:15 GMT

New Dynamic PubMed Searches!!

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:06:33 GMT

Now includes a special section on Clinical Practice Guidelines specific for pharmacists!

Drug and Pharmacy-Related Stats and Facts

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:03:58 GMT

Now includes approximately 40 new links. Some of our favorites are:

Skinner BJ, Rovere M. Paying more, getting less: Measuring the sustainability of government health spending in Canada: 2008 report. Calgary AB: Fraser Institute; October 2008.
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Drug expenditure in Canada, 1985 to 2008. Ottawa ON: Canadian Institute for Health Information; April 16, 2009.
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Workforce trends of pharmacists for selected provinces and territories in Canada, 2007. Ottawa ON: Canadian Institute for Health Information; December 1, 2008
The sixth annual HealthGrades patient safety in American hospitals study. Healthgrades. April 2009.

Pregnant and Lactating Patients

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:03:37 GMT

Resources added:

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Database (DART) - References to developmental and reproductive toxicology literature.
Ferreira,E . Grossesse et allaitement; guide therapeutique 1st edition, 2007

Women's Health

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:47:12 GMT

New Guidelines: Menopause and Osteoporosis Update 2009 (SOGC)

DIR Website

Wed, 27 May 2009 17:48:21 GMT

Check out our New Look !!!

Cardiology - featuring:

Wed, 27 May 2009 18:10:06 GMT

Heart Failure Practice Guidelines - now arranged by country of origin
Including:
- Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference Guidelines on heart failure, update 2009

2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension by Pharmacists

Perform PubMED Dynamic Searches for Clinical Practice Guidelines for the following conditions: