Responsible Literature Searching

MICROMEDEX® Database Overview

Greenblatt Library subscribes to two MICROMEDEX® applications:

“MICROMEDEX® Healthcare Series”

Organizes specialized databases by subject tabs

“CareNotes™ System”

Patient Education tool

Can also be accessed from within the Healthcare Series application.

The MICROMEDEX® home page provides for comprehensive searches on:

Disease information

Drug information

Specific drug interactions

IV compatibility

Lab advisor components

Patient Education

mobileMICROMEDEX® is the point-of-care resource for Evidence-based clinical information for physicians, pharmacists, and nurses. It is compatible with both Palm OS® and Pocket PC

Specific drug databases are included in the Drug Safety Module

Access MICROMEDEX® via library web site quick link

MICROMEDEX® Search Strengths

Wide range of resources available from multiple databases

Find patient treatment and drug information with one search

Can search by subtopics to find results in specific areas

Key resource for differential diagnosis and treatment information

General search screen results are listed by area of database

System will suggest terms to use in the search

Can use truncation symbol (*) to capture multiple endings such as diabetes, diabetic

MICROMEDEX® Search Cautions

Does not perform a multiple word term searching well

Best for broad term searching such as angina

No method to combine multiple patient conditions

Searching across all databases is the default

Information presented via multi-database search can be overwhelming

Must chose specific database search option and checkmark databases

Hard to determine which section of the database to begin searching

MEDLINE references are included, but are usually not the most recent unless searcher chooses studies/alerts option