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Medical software company
UpToDate, Inc.
is a company in the
Wolters Kluwer Health
division of
Wolters Kluwer
, the main product of which is the eponymous UpToDate, a software system that is a
point-of-care medical resource
.
The UpToDate system is an
evidence-based
clinical resource. It includes a collection of medical and patient information, access to
Lexicomp
drug monographs and
drug-to-drug interactions
, and a number of
medical calculators
. UpToDate is written by over 7,100 physician authors, editors, and
peer reviewers
. It is available both via the Internet and offline on personal computers or mobile devices. It requires a subscription for full access.
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The company was launched in 1992 by
Burton Rose
along with Joseph Rush out of Rose's home.
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They started with
nephrology
and have since added over twenty other specialties, with more in development.
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UpToDate's articles are
anonymously peer-reviewed
and it mandates the disclosure of
conflicts of interest
by the authors of its articles. In 2014, an article was published in the
Journal of Medical Ethics
which scrutinised six articles on UpToDate and
DynaMed
focusing on conditions where the best means of management is contested, or which are treated mostly by branded drugs. The authors found that all six articles examined from UpToDate contained numerous potential conflicts of interest, with contributors having worked as consultants for or received research grants or speaking fees from manufacturers of drugs mentioned in the relevant UpToDate entry.
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Full access to the service requires a subscription, which costs US$559 a year as of 2021 for a physician in the
United States
(lower cost for longer term subscription).
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Through the Norwegian Electronic Health Library, people in
Norway
have free access to
BMJ Best Practice
, UpToDate (through registered employers or educational institutions
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) and drug database
Micromedex
.
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UpToDate was made available for free in New Zealand after the
2011 Christchurch earthquake
, in Haiti after the
2010 earthquake
and in Nepal after the
April 2015 earthquake
.
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The
Global Health Delivery Project
at
Harvard University
administers access to UpToDate for those who offer medical care to poor or underserved populations outside the United States.
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Better Evidence by Ariadne labs provides health professionals from less developed countries full access for free.
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