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World-renowned Authors
RelevantContent
UpToDate’s Value Proposition
Easy to Use
UpToDate synthesizes the most recent medical information into evidence-based, practical recommendations clinicians trust to make the right point-of-care decisions.
• 9,000+ topics in 18 specialties
• Additional 5,000+ unique drug entries
• 700+ patient information topics
• 4,800+ physician authors, editors and peer reviewers
• 7,700+ graded recommendations
• 450,000+ users in 149 countries
UpToDate Facts-at-a-Glance
Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Adult Primary Care and Internal Medicine
Allergy and Immunology
Cardiovascular Medicine
Dermatology*
Endocrinology and Diabetes
Family Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Geriatrics
Hematology
Hospital Medicine
Specialties Covered in UpToDateInfectious Diseases
Nephrology and Hypertension
Neurology
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health
Oncology
Pediatrics
Psychiatry*
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Rheumatology
Surgery* *In development
UpToDate has users in149 countries
UpToDate Is Trusted Worldwide
UpToDate’s Editorial Process
• Authored and edited by leading physicians
• World-renowned expertise
• Hand-searching of 460+ journals
• Three-tiered peer review process
UpToDate’s Editorial Process
UpToDate
EditorialProcess
Our authors collaborate withmultiple specialty editors tocreate or update the topic.
Final topic contentconsensus is reached.
New clinical studiesare released thatimpact care.
Topic isavailable tocliniciansworldwide viaUpToDate.
The topic ispeer-reviewed.
A gradingeditor reviews
the gradedrecommendations.
Graded Recommendations
Grades denote strength of recommendation and quality of evidence
• Strong recommendation = Grade 1 [ “We recommend” ]
• Weak recommendation = Grade 2 [ “We suggest” ]
• Evidence = Grade A, B or C [ High, moderate or low quality ]
Hierarchy of Evidence
High - Quality
Low - Quality
Meta-analyses of randomized trialsof high methodological quality
Randomized trials with methodological limitations
Observational studiesUnsystematic clinical observations
Graded Recommendations
Users Say
UpToDate Improves Care
89% changed management
94% improves quality of care
81% changed diagnostic testing
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Source: UpToDate Subscriber Survey, 2010
UpToDate “changes the wayyou practice medicine — really.”
Medical Professionals
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Pam Wetzel, MDChief Medical Information OfficerSwedish American Hospital, Rockford, IL
Marc Greenwald, MDChief of MedicineSignature Healthcare-Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA
Medical Professionals
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UpToDate “applicability to patients is in evidence every day.”
R.M. Valentijn, MDMDHAGA Hospital, the Hague, the Netherlands
“UpToDate is …a new way of practicing medicine …for day-to-day practice there is no other product.”
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