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PrimeEvidence is a collection of evidence summaries, practice guidelines, prediction rules and management algorithms from the high-quality sources for primary care listed below. Prediction rules are often interactive web calculators or downloadable Palm files.

  • Selected for usefulness from a variety of high-quality sources.
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  • Each item is individually indexed. Items include articles, topics, chapters, reports, summaries, rules or guidelines.


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    AHRQ Evidence Reports
    Agency for Health Research Quality

    BMJ Clinical Evidence
    Evidence summaries on therapeutic questions for common conditions.

    FPIN Clinical Inquiries
    Family Practice Inquiry Network's evidence answers to questions posted by primary care physicians, published in Journal of Family Practice

    Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
    US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reviews and recommendations.

    JAMA Rational Clinical Examination 1999-
    JAMA's series of common clinical diagnostic questions.

    JFP Applied Evidence
    Journal of Family Practice series of topic reviews.

    NEJM Clinical Practice 2001-
    New England Journal of Medicine series of common clinical problems in primary care.

    Prediction rules, calculators, management algorithms and other useful desktop or palm tools, primarily for diagnostic decision making

    Key evidence-based practice guidelines from NIH and associations focused on common conditions seen in primary care

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