Physicians: Resource Page

Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • NEW! Guidelines Advisory Committee - A joint body of the Ontario Medical Association, Ontario Ministry of Health and ICES.
  • Canadian Medical Association Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • The Red Book
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    Drug-Related Government Agencies

  • Heath Canada Drug Product Database – The Government of Canada has a very powerful, but very friendly and easy to use Drug Product Database (DPD). This database allows you to search for drug products marketed in Canada.
  • The FDA: U.S. Govt. Food & Drug Administration
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    Drug Industry & Association Sites

    • Canada’s Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies - Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies improve the quality of life of all Canadians and enhance our health care system by fostering the discovery, development and availability of new medicines.
    • The Canadian Drug Manufacturers Association (CDMA) represents the Canadian-based pharmaceutical industry: a dynamic group of entrepreneurial companies which specialize in the production of high quality, affordable generic drugs, fine chemicals and new chemical entities.
    • Pharmahorizons.com is focused on career advancement and workforce development in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare sectors. It features jobs, training, and recruitment and e-learning technology.
    • Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers Assocation includes drugs in development, industry statistics and FAQs
    • Drug Database
      This site has a searchable consumer database of 4000+ RX and OTC drugs with interaction info and list of the Top 200 Drugs
    • Physician's Desk Reference
      Physician's Desk Reference is available online. You need to register to use it, but registration is free.
    • Drug Monographs
      This site has a searchable database of drug monographs provided by the U.S. Pharmacoepial Convention (the USP) with brand names, precautions, dosage and usage, side effects.
    • Drug Science
      This site provides chemical structures, pharmacokinetics, contraindications, cost index, etc. Free, but requires registration.

    Checking for Adverse Drug Reactions

    Multum offers a drug-drug and drug-food interaction checking tool for providers; a version is also available to consumers via several leading consumer health sites. (For more information, refer to the article Reduce Risk of Drug Interaction in the eHealthCoachMonthly, March 2000)

    Online Health Records

    4HealthLife.com

    • provides paper-based forms that can be downloaded, completed and printed. Topics include Release of Medical Records, Return to Work, Advance Directive, Notification of Hospitalization and more.

    • enables patients to store medical records on the Internet to share with physicians. It offers alternative medicine resources and links to medical sites on arthritis, asthma, government agencies, pharma companies and more. Multilingual.

    • links to various on-line self-health exams.

    Decision Support Sites

    This site links to many online medical journals and decision support systems.
    http://www.keukahealth.com/medprof.htm#Medical Decision Support Systems

    Patient Diagnostic Tools

    • Computerized Medical Diagnoses is a site designed for use by patients. It offers computerized medical diagnosis by enabling patients to input symptoms and then displaying possible diseases.
    • DiagnosticDoc and AmericasDoctor.com are consumer health sites that use automated and human intervention to offer medical advice and in   formation, with disclaimers they aren't providing "diagnosis" and recommendations to consult your physician

    PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) Software