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FirstConsult
FIRSTConsult is designed to work with you while you practice medicine; offering logically and consistently presented tools for differential diagnosis,
evaluation and management of medical topics, patient education and procedure skills review:

* Differential Diagnoses files for rapid evaluation of presenting signs and symptoms,
with interactive access to lists of over 1,800 potential diagnoses sorted by age and prevalence

* Medical Topics presents FIRSTConsult's database of clinically compiled, weekly updated information on patient evaluation,
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* Patient Education handouts written in both English and Spanish

* Procedures provide clear, systematic guidance, in the form of text, video and medical animation on procedures
integral to practising medicine across most specialities


eMedicine
Nearly 10,000 physician authors and editors contribute to the eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base,
which contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders.
The evidence-based content, updated 24/7, provides the latest practice guidelines in 59 medical specialties.
eMedicine's professional content undergoes 4 levels of physician peer review
plus an additional review by a PharmD prior to publication.
The eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base contains 30,000 multimedia files
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InfoRetriever
Whether on your handheld, at your desktop, or online, InfoRetriever allows you to simultaneously search the complete POEMs database
along with 6 additional evidence-based databases, plus the leading quick-reference tool,
to enable rapid lookup and application of information and tools while you practice.

Within seconds, you are presented with search results from all InfoPOEMs,
all Cochrane Systematic Review abstracts, 230 decision rules,
over 2,500 predictive calculators, 750 summaries of evidence-based practice guidelines, the full 5-Minute Clinical Consult, including photos
Many extras... such as an ICD9 look-up to find the right codes fast, an E/M coding assistant for payments,
guided searches of Medline and other Internet references,
and 100s of indexed links to patient-education materials on the Web.
All results are organized and presented for immediate application
to your practice, designed by clinicians for clinicians.