UpToDate's mission is to help clinicians provide the best possible care for their patients. Our editorial board of over 4,800
authors, editors, and peer reviewers
contribute to this mission by writing and continuously updating over 9,000 topics across 19 specialties addressing questions that arise in clinical practice. In addition to comprehensive presentation of the evidence, each topic offers practical, detailed, and
evidence-based recommendations
that clinicians can use at the point of care. There is no question that UpToDate offers the most current, authoritative and easily accessible information available on a clinical topic.
Serving clinicians since 1992
Launched in 1992 by Dr. Burton D. Rose along with Dr. Joseph Rush, UpToDate is now available in most internal medicine subspecialties as well as adult primary care, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics. With over 450,000 clinicians using UpToDate in 149 countries, we serve the needs of clinicians around the world.
Approved provider of CME, CE and CPD
UpToDate is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians, accredited by The College of Family Physicians of Canada to provide continuing medical education to Mainpro® participants, and is approved as a provider of nurse practitioner continuing education by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. We offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™, AAFP Prescribed credit, AANP contact hours, AAP credit, AAPA equivalent credit, ACEP credit, ACOG cognate credit, AOA credit, CFPC Mainpro®-M1 credit, RACP credits, and RANZCOG points.
Recognized by professional medical societies
UpToDate is an official educational program of, offered in cooperation with, or recommended by a number of major medical associations.
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Available to patients
To enable shared decision making between clinicians and patients, we offer a
website
where patients can view our patient-level information for free or subscribe to access physician-level content.
No commercial support accepted
We are committed to providing a service free of bias. UpToDate accepts no commercial support.
UpToDate is part of Wolters Kluwer Health
On October 22, 2008,
Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, completed its acquisition of UpToDate, Inc. Wolters Kluwer Health, a division of Wolters Kluwer, is a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools and textbooks, such as
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and
Facts & Comparisons®, and electronic information providers, such as
Ovid®,
Medi-Span®,
ProVation®,
Pharmacy OneSource® and
Lexicomp™.
Wolters Kluwer Health and UpToDate share a common history of successfully developing quality content and electronic platforms for use by clinicians as essential tools in their everyday work. We also share a common view of and are excited about ongoing technological changes in the healthcare industry and resulting opportunities to enhance our clinical information and point of care decision support offerings for the benefit of our customers. Together, we offer the most robust suite of clinical information and decision support products, and empower clinicians to make their most critical decisions timely, effectively and with improved productivity.
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