ACP PIER ©: HSLS’ Newest EBM Tool
American College of Physicians (ACP) PIER© (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) is HSLS' new clinical decision-support tool, providing evidence-based guidance to improve patient care and outcomes.
PIER© is arranged in seven main sections: Diseases, Screening and Prevention, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Ethical and Legal Issues, Procedures, and drug information through AHFS DI® Essentials™.
PIER's disease section contains more than 350 modules that can be searched or browsed alphabetically or by organ system. Each disease module includes the following subcategories:
• Prevention
• Nondrug Therapy
• Screening
• Drug Therapy
• Diagnosis
• Patient Education
• Consultation for Diagnosis
• Consultation for Management
• Hospitalization
• Follow-up
All modules are selected by ACP and are based upon prevalence in clinical settings. The evidence and references to the primary literature are evaluated, and the credibility of the evidence is displayed with a rating. References are linked to PubMed, providing quick access to the article's citation and/or full text.
PIER© is available through STAT!Ref and is searchable alone or with other STAT!Ref titles such as "Current Critical Care Diagnosis & Treatment." STAT!Ref is a collection of electronic resources for healthcare professionals, allowing users to cross-search a wealth of core medical, nursing, and drug reference books, evidence-based clinical guidance tools, and Anatomy.tv, an online 3-D interactive human anatomy resource .
To access ACP PIER©, type "ACP PIER" into the search.HSLS quick search box on the HSLS home page or select ACP PIER© on STAT!Ref's table of contents page.
--Charles Wessel
