Thursday, September 29, 2022

UpToDate Continues to be Enjoyed by all at UMHS

UMHS has renewed our UpToDate institutional subscription for 2023 for all our students and Faculty, and it comes with many new enhancements!! 

We are so excited, we had to share with all the UMHS Library blog readers. Check out all the new features!! For further information regarding your access - see the UMHS LMS under the 'Library Services' section. 


UpToDate is your "go-to" resource for clinical point-of-care and medical decision support information.

Answering more critical questions, with clarity

  • Hundreds of new topics, including COVID-19; expanded renal dosing, adverse drug reaction content
  • Patient perspective topics
  • Expanded international brand drug names

Speed to answer, supporting shifts in care delivery

  • “Go Directly To” drug information
  • Enhanced display of drug dosing by indication
  • Commonly asked questions, answered in search results

Enhancing the continuing professional development experience

  • Direct CME submission to more medical specialty and state licensing boards - including Surgery and Pediatrics in 2021
  • Complete your CME reflection questions in-topic and in real time.

Content and contributor highlights:

  • Added over 100 new authors, editors and peer reviewers, now 7,400
  • Added over 180 new topics - now 12,300 in 25 specialties
  • Over 400 unique drug topics
  • Added over 900 new graphics to the 37,000
  • Added 10 more medical calculators to the 215
  • Added over 15,000 references to the current 530.000

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Enjoy UpToDate (UTD) at UMHS

UpToDate (UTD) for Evidence-based Clinical Decision Support is now provided to UMHS students and faculty! Check out the access link on the Anne Ross Library Home page and further information on the UMHS LMS - Library Services section.

    "When you care for patients, the stakes are high and every decision counts.You need the best evidence and clinical guidance at your fingertips to answer even the most complex questions with confidence.

Healthcare professionals turn to UpToDate as the one trusted reference for answers even when the evidence isn’t clear. When you face a challenging clinical question or need to confirm your approach, you can turn to UpToDate for trusted answers based on the latest evidence and best practice.

    Registration provides the following benefits:

  • Easy remote access to UpToDate(outside of the UMHS network)

  • Convenient continuing education credits (CME/CE/CPD)earned researching clinical questions using UpToDate onsite, remotely, and on mobile.

  • CME Real-time reflection: Look for the blue checkmark in the top navigation of the topic review to complete your CME reflection in real-time.

  • Electronically submit UpToDate CME credits for MOC points for these boards:
    American boards of Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology (head and neck surgery), Pathology,Pediatrics, and Surgery."

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