Point of Care (PoC) resources are:
We offer a variety of PoC resources, each offering a different scope & coverage:
This guide is a education resource for:
Need a little extra help? Want your team to learn more? We offer regularly scheduled and customized education sessions.
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Evidence-based clinical decision support for all health care staff written by physicians.
Best for its: Breadth/depth of clinical topics, expert overviews and recommendations, easy to find related practice guidelines. Integrated into Connect Care |
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Evidence-based information to support nursing practice at the point of care.
Best for its: Nursing focus, including: nursing considerations for each clinical topic, nursing care plans, patient teaching library. Integrated into Connect Care |
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Step-by-step guidance, covering nursing, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy procedures and skills.
Best for its: Clear skill checklists, procedures with images/videos, groupings by specialty settings. Integrated into Connect Care and Desktop Shortcut (on most AHS devices) |
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Comprehensive drug information with several specialty collections and resources (Trissel's IV-Check, Briggs Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, Martindale, ect.)
Best for its: Patient information handouts, and specialty resources. Integrated into Connect Care |
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Comprehensive drug information and clinical decision support tools
Best for its: Poisoning and toxicology resources |
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Authoritative resource that provides information on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary alternative and integrative therapies.
Best for its: Interactions, adverse effects, and effectiveness of natural medicines. |
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Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS) is the Canadian standard for drug monographs.
Best for its: Health Canada–approved drug monographs, indications, formulations, and doses. |
