NEW: Australasian Neonatal Medicines Formulary (ANMF)
ANMF is a collection of treatment protocols for neonates developed by multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals specialised in neonatal care. Aiming to improve patient outcomes and reduce treatment variation, ANMF provides evidence-based information to support clinicians in the delivery of treatments available at the time decisions are being made. Find ANMF in the CKN Medicines menu.
Most Queensland Health clinicians use CKN, but even the most frequent users will sometimes need help understanding CKN’s potential. We know that many people are barely scratching the surface. The CKN Clinical Champions Program is helping building awareness and capacity among clinical staff to make the best use of the information resources available to them. This is your chance to get involved.
Of all women who gave birth vaginally in Australia in 2014, 3% had a third or fourth degree perineal tear. Severe perineal trauma, if not recognised and repaired at the time, can have serious long-term consequences for women. The ACSQHC is now inviting comments on the draft Severe (Third and Fourth Degree) Perineal Tears Clinical Care Standard.
Micromedex has recently added the new "Ask Watson" feature to help answer your drug information questions. Ask Watson uses the IBM Watson question-answering AI computer system, able to respond to questions written in natural language. Queensland Health clinicians are now invited to trial the pre-release mobile version.
Tokens for the eTG complete app from Therapeutic Guidelines are available for CKN users. The app provides access to the full collection of evidence-based recommendations for patient management from Therapeutic Guidelines.
The Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Medicines Guide (PBMG) provides clinicians with the latest evidence-based information to ensure pregnant and breastfeeding women receive the information they need to make an informed decision about their health. Following are the latest PBMG updates.
Queensland Clinical Guidelines (QCG) is seeking expressions of interest from clinicians interested in participating in the working party for the review of the "Neonatal respiratory distress and CPAP clinical guideline", supplement and parent information brochure.
The clinical decision support tool, DynaMed has been fully-revised and is now available on CKN. This major, next-generation update replaces the previous version, DynaMed Plus, with an all-new user interface, personalisation features and a reengineered app, to give Queensland clinicians fast and efficient access the highest quality evidence-based information.
Most Queensland Health clinicians use CKN, but even the most frequent users will sometimes need help understanding CKN’s potential. We know that many people are barely scratching the surface. The CKN Clinical Champions Program is helping building awareness and capacity among clinical staff to make the best use of the information resources available to them. This is your chance to get involved.
The Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Medicines Guide (PBMG) provides clinicians with the latest evidence-based information to ensure pregnant and breastfeeding women receive the information they need to make an informed decision about their health. Following are the latest PBMG updates.