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Information was current at time of publication.{"id":2807,"date":"2009-11-30T09:05:11","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T14:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2009-11-30T09:05:11","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T14:05:11","slug":"clinical-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/clinical-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing&#8230; Clinical Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/guides\/clinical\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clinical Focus<\/a> is a search portal that provides quick access to high-quality clinical information.\u00a0 Clinical Focus uses HSLS\u2019 familiar search box format and clustering technology from <a href=\"http:\/\/vivisimo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vivisimo, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To search Clinical Focus, enter a disease, symptom, drug, procedure, test or other short phrase into the search box in the center of the page.\u00a0 The system searches a pre-selected set of full-text \u201canswer tools\u201d and electronic textbooks from HSLS\u2019 extensive collection.\u00a0 These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Consult\u2019s Medical Conditions<\/li>\n<li> Current Diagnosis and Treatment textbooks from the Lange Educational Library<\/li>\n<li>ACP Pier<\/li>\n<li>MICROMEDEX<\/li>\n<li>Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews<\/li>\n<li>BMJ Clinical Evidence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Search results are clustered into meaningful categories and are directly accessible to any computer on the UPMC or Pitt network, or any authorized remote user.\u00a0 Users can \u201cremix\u201d the clusters if desired, or \u201csearch within clusters\u201d to further refine their results.<\/p>\n<p>On the right-hand side of the screen are other links leading to helpful information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2942 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/files\/2009\/11\/1-Clinical-Focus_v2.jpg\" alt=\"1- Clinical Focus_v2\" width=\"432\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/files\/2009\/11\/1-Clinical-Focus_v2.jpg 432w, https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/files\/2009\/11\/1-Clinical-Focus_v2-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Medical Calculators opens MedCalc 3000, a reference and tool set offering medical formulae and equations, clinical criteria sets and decision tree analysis tools.\u00a0 Clicking on Patient Education opens a new search box that will retrieve patient education resources from UPMC, MedlinePlus and MDConsult (UPMC\u2019s handouts are always \u201cboosted\u201d to the top of the results page in a yellow box.)\u00a0 Mobile Apps finds information on e-resources for Blackberry, iPhone, Palm or Pocket PC devices.\u00a0 The <em>EBM<\/em> button is a quick link to HSLS\u2019 EBM Resource Pyramid.<\/p>\n<p>From every Clinical Focus page, you can link directly to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">HSLS home page<\/a>, offering the library\u2019s full range of services and electronic resources.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re stumped, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/askalibrarian\/\">Ask a Librarian<\/a> for individualized assistance, or call the Falk Library Reference Desk at 412-648-8796 (412-623-2415 if you\u2019re at UPMC Shadyside).<\/p>\n<p>Clinical Focus is accessible from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">HSLS home page<\/a> under Quick Links.\u00a0 From the UPMC eRecord, click on \u201cHealth Sciences Library\u201d on the PowerChart tool bar.\u00a0 In EpicCare, Clinical Focus is found via Links\/Medical References\/Health Science Library System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clinical Focus is a search portal that provides quick access to high-quality clinical information.\u00a0 Clinical Focus uses HSLS\u2019 familiar search box format and clustering technology from Vivisimo, Inc. 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