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.
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.
Authors: R Brian Haynes; Jennifer Holland; Chris Cotoi; R James McKinlay; Nancy L Wilczynski; Leslie A Walters; Dawn Jedras; Rick Parrish; K Ann McKibbon; Amit Garg; Stephen D Walter Journal: J Am Med Inform Assoc Date: 2006-08-23 Impact factor: 4.497
Authors: Angela M Barbara; Maureen Dobbins; R Brian Haynes; Alfonso Iorio; John N Lavis; Parminder Raina; Anthony J Levinson Journal: BMC Res Notes Date: 2017-07-11
Authors: L Martínez García; A J Sanabria; I Araya; J Lawson; I Solà; R W M Vernooij; D López; E García Álvarez; M M Trujillo-Martín; I Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta; A Kotzeva; D Rigau; A Louro-González; L Barajas-Nava; P Díaz del Campo; M D Estrada; J Gracia; F Salcedo-Fernandez; R B Haynes; P Alonso-Coello Journal: BMC Med Res Methodol Date: 2015-07-31 Impact factor: 4.615