More than 100 studies concur: Patients receive better care when clinicians use UpToDate

Clinicians turn to UpToDate to keep up with best standards and for authoritative advice on managing patients. Over the years, research has shown that widespread usage of UpToDate® is associated with improved patient outcomes and hospital processes.

Learn how access to evidence-based clinical decision support improves healthcare outcomes

Studies show access can change diagnostic and treatment decisions for 1 in every 5 patients, by answering clinicians' questions - 60% of which would otherwise go unanswered.

UpToDate improves patient care and reduces the needs for consultants and unnecessary tests.
Learn how UpToDate improves patient care and reduces the needs for consultants and unnecessary tests.

Harvard University research studies

Over a three-year period, researchers at Harvard University found improved quality of care for1

Research also shows shorter length of hospital stays and lower mortality rates when clinicians used UpToDate

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 

90% of clinicians at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, surveyed reported2

University of Chicago

During a 5-week pilot controlled trial, researchers at the University of Chicago found3

With UpToDate

Without UpToDate

Questions were answered

34.3%

18%

Changed their approach

35%

19.5%

With UpToDate

Without UpToDate

Questions were answered

34.3%

18%

Changed their approach

35%

19.5%

Subscribing Clinicians4

Chart 98%

I trust UpToDate as a point-of-care clinical information solution.

 

Chart 88%

I changed patient management

Read case studies from Singapore's National University, Harvard University, and a hospital in Japan

UpToDate has been essential to my education and clinical practice for years. Dr. Burton Rose [UpToDate founder] was a visionary and a trailblazer in medical app development for point of care access to medical information.
Dr. Steven Bollipo, Director of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy at John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, and Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle, Australia

Explore the research categories below to learn about how published studies underscore the need for — and impact of — UpToDate clinical decision support

1 Use of UpToDate and outcomes in US hospitals. Isaac T, Zheng J, Jha A. J. Hosp. Med. 2012 Feb;7(2):85-90 doi: 10.1002/jhm.944 Epub 2011 Nov 16 6 UpToDate Twitter post and replies: https://twitter.com/UpToDate/status/1254175701370052608 2 How doctors make use of online, point-of-care clinical decision support systems: a case study of UpToDate. Addison J, Whitcombe J, Glover SW. Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2012 30, pp. 13-22 3 Blackman D, Cifu A, Levinson W. Can an electronic database help busy physicians answer clinical questions? J Gen Intern med 2002; 17Suppl1:220. 4 UpToDate Individual Subscriber Survey October 2018, N=12,304 [UTD Facts-at-a-Glance-SS]
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