Background Clinical end users of MEDLINE have a difficult time retrieving articles that are
both scientifically sound and directly relevant to clinical practice. Search filters have been …

Objective To develop and test optimal Medline search strategies for retrieving sound clinical
studies on prevention or treatment of health disorders. Design Analytical survey. Data …

Objective: To develop optimal search strategies in Medline for retrieving systematic reviews.
Design: Analytical survey. Data sources: 161 journals published in 2000 indexed in Medline…

Background The study of implementing research findings into practice is rapidly growing
and has acquired many competing names (eg., dissemination, uptake, utilization, translation) …

Objective To develop optimal search strategies in Medline for retrieving sound clinical
studies on the diagnosis of health disorders. Design Analytical survey. Setting Medline, 2000. …

Objective: The ability to accurately identify articles about therapy in large bibliographic
databases such as EMBASE is important for researchers and clinicians. Our study aimed to …

Background The use of computerized clinical decision support systems (CCDSSs) may
improve chronic disease management, which requires recurrent visits to multiple health …

Background: Evidence from health services research (HSR) is currently thinly spread through
many journals, making it difficult for health services researchers, managers and policy-…

Background: The growing interest in qualitative research within the evidence based practice
framework highlights the need for accurate search strategies to enhance the retrieval of …

OBJECTIVES: Systematic reviews of the literature are instrumental for bridging research to
health care practice and are widely available through databases such as MEDLINE and …