The Physicians' Information and Education Resource (PIER) is an electronic, evidence-based, decision-support tool designed for point-of-care use by internists and other physicians. PIER is a product of the American College of Physicians and was launched in 2002.
Information in PIER is presented in a "drill down" format, in which the user clicks from an opening guidance statement through to specific recommendations for treatment and the evidence used to formulate the recommendations.
The South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA) ranked ACP's Physicians' Information and Education Resource (PIER) as the leading evidence-based, point-of-care tool compared to 13 other major evidence-based medical resources. This top grade given by the South Central Chapter is significant, as the national organization represents more than 1,100 institutions in the health sciences information field.
Recently, at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, a poster was presented by researchers at the University of Toronto Libraries that placed PIER at the top of the distillation pyramid, where evidence-based material is at its most distilled.
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