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Dynamed - the clinical decision support tool for UHNM staff

 Dynamed is an evidence-based, clinical decision support tool available to UHNM staff via OpenAthens login. You can access Dynamed by going to our NHS Resources page, clicking the Dynamed link and log in with your NHS OpenAthens username.

Dynamed Features

Dynamed has a range of features to help you to get to good quality information quickly.

screen-shot of the main screen of Dynamed highlighting the key features

The key features include:

  1. A simple search box, which includes predictive text to help you to use the right search terms.
  2. The option to browse topics by specialty.
  3. A wide range of clinical calculators.
  4. The option to view recent alerts and practice changing updates.
  5. You can create a personal account to access more personalised options.

Topic Summaries

You can view topic summaries for an evidence-based overview of specific topics.

Topic summary page for coronavirus
  1. Topic summary pages are available in an easy to read format to help you get straight to the information you need.
  2. Information is divided up into sections such as epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, complications, screening etc. Use the section list to jump straight to the section you need. References are always included at the end.
  3. You can also jump straight to the images if they are available.
  4. View the latest updates to see how newly published research has impacted this topic.
  5. You can follow the topic to get the latest practice-changing updates in your inbox.

More help

For more help on using Dynamed please see our help page for tutorials, videos and step-by-step instructions


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