Created by a community of 3,000 expert clinicians, UpToDate is a clinical information resource that provides current answers to clinical questions at the point of care. This popular tool is now available via a link under Core Resources on the JEFFLINE homepage.
Jefferson provides unlimited campus-wide access to UpToDate online for all of the physicians and other health care professionals on the main Jefferson campus and the Methodist Hospital campus. We're sorry, but NO OFF-CAMPUS ACCESS IS AVAILABLE, due to prohibitive costs.
- No user name or password is needed.
- There is no limit to the number of concurrent users.
- You can use it with a Pocket PC on Jefferson's wireless networks.
UpToDate offers original, evidence-based, peer-reviewed information including over 7,500 topic reviews. For each topic review, physician experts address each clinical problem then tell you what they would do based on the best available information. UpToDate is current and comprehensive and integrates topic overviews, drug information, practice guidelines and other references, and related topics.
Does it have full text?
Yes! UpToDate is all about full text. Think of it as a whole shelf full of leading textbooks in your pocket.
What does it cover?
UpToDate helps physicians to:
- Recognize the clinical manifestations of a wide variety of disorders and describe current options for diagnosis, management and therapy;
- Determine the efficacy, doses, and interactions of individual drugs;
- Identify optimal screening and prevention strategies.
UpToDate offers comprehensive information in 13 specialties:
- Adult Primary Care and Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Endocrinology and Diabetes
- Family Medicine
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Hematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Nephrology and Hypertension
- Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
- Oncology
- Pediatrics
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Rheumatology
More modules are under development.
CME optional
UpToDate also offers category 1 CME credit while you work. Your time using the service is automatically tracked online.
We're in good company
UpToDate receives no commercial backing or sponsorship from any organization. UpToDate is an official educational program of, or offered in cooperation with, major medical societies in the U.S., including:
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American College of Rheumatology
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Society of Nephrology
- Society of General Internal Medicine
- The Endocrine Society
UpToDate is recommended by: American Academy of Family Physicians
UpToDate is currently part of the clinical practice at many prominent hospitals including: Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago Hospitals and many more.
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