Ten Minute Training March 21, 2012 Alerting

2 |2 | DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical reference tool designed primarily for use by health care professionals at the point-of- care. Updated multiple times daily, DynaMed includes clinically organized evidence-based summaries for over 3,200 topics.

3 |3 | Study Findings Published in BMJ Study Objective Evaluate the ability of international point of care information summaries to update evidence relevant to medical practice Study Results The updating speed of DynaMed clearly led the others. Study Setting Top five point of care information summaries (Clinical Evidence, DynaMed, EBMGuidelines, eMedicine, UpToDate) ranked for coverage of medical conditions, editorial quality and evidence-based methodology. Source: BMJ 2011;343:d5856

4 |4 | KLAS CDS Report Study Objective Evaluate the impact disease reference tools have on standardizing care, clinical decisions and patient outcomes. Study Results DynaMed was ranked highest in the Disease Reference category. Reasons cited include the evidence is complete, clearly labeled and updated daily. Study Setting KLAS asked healthcare providers using DynaMed, MD Consult and UpToDate to rate their impact for making clinical decisions. Source: Clinical Decision Support 2011: Understanding the Impact. © 2011 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.

5 |5 | DynaMed Topic Alerts To ensure the alert feature was optimized for physician use at the point of care, the DynaMed alert engine design was modeled after Google Alerts. Easy one click set up One Click to Verify One Click to Cancel

6 |6 | Set Up a Topic Alert View the DynaMed topic Click the bell icon on the toolbar on the right

7 |7 | User enters address and clicks “Create Alert” Alert frequency defaults to “Once a Day”. A future release will also include “Once a Week” and “Once a Month” options Set Up a Topic Alert

8 |8 | A confirmation message displays indicating that a message has been sent to the address provided Set Up a Topic Alert

9 |9 | Verify Alert An is immediately sent to the address provided The user must click on the “Verify this DynaMed Alert Request” link to complete the alert set up process.

10 | Receive Alert alerts are sent once a day for topics updated on the previous day Users can click on the topic title link to go directly to DynaMed and view the topic

11 | Remove Alert Every alert includes a link to remove the alert. This can be done in just one click.

12 | Benefits of Using DynaMed Alerts Proactive way to keep current on new evidence impacting many areas of clinical practice Common and uncommon diseases and conditions (e.g., Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)) Symptoms (e.g., Chest pain, Foot pain – differential diagnosis) Medications (e.g., Tiotropium) Other clinically-important topics (e.g., Breastfeeding, Cardiac stress testing) Specific popular interest (e.g., West Nile virus encephalitis, Acute radiation syndrome) New scope of information based on developing research (e.g., Metabolic syndrome, D-dimer testing for venous thromboembolism) Guidelines (e.g., American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines for cervical cancer screening) Quick & Simple to Set Up Enter the address to send alerts to Verify the address in one click Quick and easy to remove One click to stop alerts if areas of interest or focus change

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