Point-of-care resources compared
| Resource | Cost | CME credit | Add-on features | Key features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Evidence | $36 for 48 hours of access for 1 review $53 for 30 days of viewing all content | No | Large major reviews of conditions and treatments with graded evidence Drug and safety alerts Links to full-text major guidelines | Easily navigated Intuitive organization Personalized notes, bookmarks Identifies evidence, lack of evidence |
| Dynamed | Physicians: $395/year Residents: $150/year Students: $100/year | Yes | Drug database update alerts Links to articles Practice-changing updates Electronic health record integration Patient information | Synthesized summary from primary data directed at primary care physicians All evidence-based findings Most frequently updated Bulleted information |
| Evidence Essentials | $85/year | Yes | Medical calculators | Ability to filter results Likelihood and odds ratio calculators “Overall bottom line” Bulleted information |
| First Consult | Based on packages, eg, $499 for internal medicine (8 journals and 11 books), $998 for extended internal medicine (45 journals and 23 books) | Yes | White papers such as “Best time management tips for physicians” | Extensive free trial Access to original articles and books through Elsevier Presentation assistance |
| Medscape | Free with registration | Yes | Drug database Patient information Pill identifier Visual images and videos | Medication checking “In the news” Care algorithms |
| UpToDate | Physicians: $499/year, $53 for a 30-day recurring subscription Residents, fellows, and students: $199/year, $19 for a 30-day recurring subscription | Yes | Drug database Update alerts Links to articles Practice-changing updates Electronic health record integration Patient information | Summary information written by experts in narrative form for a complete disease process review for any clinical staff Narrative information Largest compilation of topics Quickest search results Offline access |