How is UpToDate different from other resources I use?
UpToDate is unlike any other clinical resource:
More comprehensive than any other individual resource, UpToDate
contains the equivalent of over 80,000 pages of
original, peer-reviewed text.
Its unique format and search capability allow you to access
answers to clinical questions quickly and easily. You get the
answer you need when you need it.
It is continually updated by a staff of physician editors in
conjunction with over 4,000 authors, section editors, and peer
reviewers so that the entire content is always current.
We publish new content every four months.
Our expert faculty synthesizes and summarizes the latest
evidence and provides specific, practical
recommendations for diagnosis and treatment.
It combines broad coverage of adult primary
care, subspecialty internal medicine, ob/gyn, and pediatrics.
We update our content and publish a new release every four
months. This content is available online, and can also be installed on a
desktop or laptop computer and on some mobile devices. Each software
release completely replaces the previous releases. After sending you the
final software release for your subscription period, we will contact you
to renew your subscription. You may also renew online at www.uptodate.com/renew.
UpToDate performs a continuous comprehensive review of over 440
journals to keep the program updated. All topics in UpToDate are revised
whenever important new information is published, not according to any
specific time schedule. Updates are integrated carefully, with specific
statements as to how the new findings should be applied clinically. Each
topic has a date indicating when the topic was last reviewed and/or
modified. On average, approximately 40 percent of the topics are updated
during each four-month cycle. A subset of those updates can be viewed by
clicking What's New on the toolbar and then selecting
your specialty or area of interest. These updates represent, in our
editors' view, the most important new information added during the
previous four months. They include Practice Changing Updates, a
compilation of studies with important or immediate implications for how
clinicians practice.
UpToDate was designed by physicians to be easy to use. You do not
need special computer knowledge. All you need to do is point and click.
Simply go to www.uptodate.com and
log in. Individual subscribers can also install UpToDate on a desktop or
laptop computer and on some mobile devices.
Subscribers can view demonstrations of the online and installed
versions by visiting www.uptodate.com/help,
and our Technical Support and Customer Service representatives are
available to help you during your subscription period.
How can UpToDate help for teaching, conferences, and
documentation?
Our content includes thousands of full-color graphics and charts
that you can print or use as slides. Topics can also be printed to use
for handouts at lectures or to give to referring physicians within
the provisions of our Subscription and License Agreement.
If you would like temporary access to UpToDate online
for use in a course or workshop, please e-mail us at
educate@uptodate.com.
UpToDate is available online, and can also be installed on a
desktop or laptop computer and on some mobile devices. See our system
requirements for further information.
