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Dictionary
None
The Dictionary Look-Up feature allows the
user to highlight any word or phrase and
then click on the Dictionary link for the
results/definition
Care Plans
Yes
Yes, but only as a searchable book with no
ability to print individual care plan pages.
Our care plans are part of the primary content set and
each can be easily accessed from the homepage as well
as each printed separately to be included in a patient’s
records.
Custom Hospital
Protocols/
Notes
Allows user to add
protocols/notes to existing
topics or add new ones.
None
Ability to add facility-specific, custom information to
disease, diagnostic test, treatment, sign & symptom,
and drug entries via the Protocols/Notes feature to
help standardize and improve quality of care and
patient safety.
Clinical Updates and
news
No
Yes; peer-reviewed articles
CE program attached to MNC. News feed
from national wire service is updated
daily.
There's no time or nurses to read articles at the point
of care.
Practice Guidelines
Includes National Guidelines
for Diseases/Conditions,
Treatments/Interventions,
Organizations including the
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality.
Over 250 nursing-focused practice
guidelines and position statements from
roughly 90 organizations are browsable by
topic, specialty, patient age and authoring
organization. The collection contains a
concise summary of each guideline with
links to the full guideline when available.
Any alerts associated with the guideline
are also provided.
Delivery
Online
Online
Access
IP authenticated, which means
individual users do NOT need
to sign on to reference content
of any type.
User log on with user name and password.
Most likely IP authentication also
available.
Referring URL provides the ability to use IP
authentication on accounts which do not
have specific IP ranges for each hospital.
Cross-linking to
related topics
Yes, can link to associated
disease, diagnostic test, signs
& symptom, treatment entries.
Can link to related journal
articles when you have Ovid
subscription
No, only linking to journal articles
included in MNC.
More closely mirrors the workflow and point of care
needs of the nurse. Makes LA a better quick reference.
Lippincott Advisor
