Pharmacology
Pneumotox
Pneumotox is provided by the Department of Pulmonary and Intensive Care from the Dijon University Hospital in France and is an aid to the diagnosis of drug-induced respiratory disease, providing complete information about all the possible known pulmonary manifestations of medications.
RARE Campaign
The Reducing Avoidable Readmissions Effectively (RARE) Campaign provides resources on 5 Key Areas Known to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions after hospitalization.
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit
The Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit can help hospitals reduce readmission rates by replicating the discharge process that resulted in 30 percent fewer hospital readmissions and emergency room visits. Developed by the Boston University Medical Center and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the newly expanded toolkit helps to ensure a smooth and effective transition from hospital to home.
Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology
Provided by the European Society of Anaesthesiology, Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology provides a series of resources to raise the safety standards across Europe.
SafetyLit
SafetyLit: Injury Research and Prevention Bibliographic Service is a literature review of all papers related to injury occurrence and risk factors, and includes summaries of doctoral theses, "scholarly" reports and journal articles.
CDC Medication Safety
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Medication Safety Program is a collection of campaigns, initiatives and education resources to reduce the risk of harm from medicines.
FDA Initiative to Reduce Radiation Exposure
U.S. Food and Drug Administration White Paper: Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging.
FDA Drug Safety Communications
This webpage contains the most recent Drug Safety Communications from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
MHRA – Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) comprises information targeted for different healthcare professional specialties to assist them in the safe use and management of medicines and medical devices.
MHRA Drug Safety Updates
Drug Safety Update is the monthly electronic bulletin from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Commission on Human Medicines and brings the latest information and advice to support the safer use of medicines.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is a nonprofit organization devoted to medication error prevention and safe medication use. It provides a series of tools and resources on the topic.
Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare
Healthcare-associated infections are among the most common complications affecting patients in a hospital. As well as causing unnecessary pain and suffering for patients and their families, these adverse events prolong hospital stays and are costly to the health system. This publication addresses the issue and provides recommendations that outline the critical aspects of infection prevention and control in the hospital setting.
CDC Healthcare-associated Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthcare-associated Infections page provides campaigns and guidelines on the prevention of infections related to healthcare, antibiotic resistance and more.
CDC Injury, Violence & Safety
The Centers for Disease Control Injury, Violence and Safety page provides Information on a vast range of topics such as child abuse, drowning, falls, violence, poisoning and more.
Choosing Wisely – American Academy of Nursing
The American Academy of Nursing developed a list of things nurses and patients should question to improve care and eliminate unnecessary tests and procedures.
Dovepress
Dovepress provides open access to peer-reviewed biomedical and scientific journals.
BMJ Open
BMJ Open is an online, open access journal, dedicated to publishing medical research from all disciplines and therapeutic areas.
Free Medical Journals
Free Medical Journals is a platform that provides links to most of the free medical periodicals.
Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals provides links to most of the free medical journals and a vast collection of free articles.
Institute of Medicine Reports
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an independent, nonprofit organization that works outside of U.S. government to provide unbiased and authoritative advice to decision-makers and the public.
WHO Publications
The World Health Organization (WHO) provides publications in a wide range of topics pertinent to global health. TIP: You can search all WHO publications directly in our search bar.
WikiDoc – The Living Textbook of Medicine
WikiDoc is an open source website that allows an international community of healthcare professionals to add and edit medical content in a process termed co-creation. As the name implies, it works similarly as Wikipedia, with similar strengths and weaknesses.
Choosing Wisely UK
Advice from Choosing Wisely UK features a list of >40 treatments that bring little or no benefit to patients.
Free Books for Doctors
Link directory to over 350 free medical books.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive offers permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. Some interesting medical books are available, and one must use the search engine to look for the areas of interest.