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Access InfoPOEMs online

About InfoPOEMs

Install InfoRetriever on your handheld device

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About InfoPOEMS

InfoPOEMS: The Clinical Awareness System is designed to place evidence-based decision-making tools at the clinician's fingertips. Available for the web, Pocket PC, and Palm OS devices, InfoPOEMS consists of two parts: daily InfoPOEMS® and InfoRetriever®. InfoPOEMs® is a collection of searchable evidence-based information for clinicians. The primary care and family practice journal literature is continuously surveyed by InfoPOEMS to identify valid and clinically applicable new evidence that is summarized in brief synopses or InfoPOEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters). InfoPOEMS can be delivered daily to subscribers via e-mail. The InfoRetriever® search engine allows users to simultaneously search via keyword a number of evidence-based resources, including: 2,828 InfoPOEMs 2,393 Abstracts of Cochrane Systematic Review The complete 5-Minute Clinical Consult (2006 edition) 229 Decision Support Calculators 734 Evidence-Based Practice Guideline Summaries 1,373 Diagnostic Test Calculators 1,345 History and Physical Test Calculators ICD-9 Look-Up Tool For an overview of the different types of searches available via InfoRetriever® and information about the databases searched by InfoRetriever®, access the InfoRetriever® Product Manual (PDF).

InfoRetriever for Palm and PocketPC

InfoRetriever is available for most handheld computers. For download and installation instructions, USC School of Medicine Faculty and Students should click here.