Getting Started

Learn how to get started with an UpToDate account available through your organization. Explore overview materials, and learn how to register for an account through your organization, maintain access, and use the UpToDate mobile app.

Register for an Account

By registering for an UpToDate account, you can download the mobile app, earn CME and get remote access to UpToDate. The registration process is quick and easy, and you only need to do it once.

How to Register
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Register for a free UpToDate account through your organization.
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Register for a free UpToDate account through your organization's EHR or other portal.
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If your hospital has invested in UpToDate Anywhere, you can now get immediate access to UpToDate whenever and wherever you need it.

Additional Information

  • How to register via EHR or intranet

    Please check with your organization to see if you have access to UpToDate within your EHR or intranet. Registration/Log In through the EHR is a one-time process and you will be automatically signed into UpToDate and identified moving forward when you access UpToDate through this method.

    1. Log in to your EHR
    2. Locate UpToDate within your EHR
    3. The first time you access UpToDate through your EHR you will be brought to the Registration page. If you don’t see the Registration page, please click the “CME” link at the top of the navigation. If you already have an existing user name and password, please click Log In from the Registration screen – do not register again.
    4. On the UpToDate Registration page, complete all fields, including an email that is regularly checked and a username and password.
    5. You will be asked to submit a verification code, sent to the email address on the registration form. Click Send Verification code, then retrieve the code from your email and enter it in the verification code fields and click Submit.

    Your registration process is now complete and you'll receive a welcome email with instructions on downloading the mobile app. You will also receive a biweekly clinical newsletter with important updates from our editorial team.

  • How to register on www.uptodate.com

    Visit www.uptodate.com/online while connected to your organization’s network.

    1. If you don’t have an existing user name and password, please click the “Register” button in the top navigation. If you already have an existing user name and password, click Log In and enter your credentials.
    2. On the UpToDate Registration page, complete all fields, including an email that is regularly checked, along with a username and password.
    3. You will be asked to submit a verification code, sent to the email address on the registration form. Click Send Verification code, then retrieve the code from your email and enter it in the verification code fields and click Submit.

    Your registration process is now complete and you'll receive a welcome email with instructions on downloading the mobile app. You will also receive a biweekly clinical newsletter with important updates from our editorial team.

    To maintain access to UpToDate, please make sure you log into UpToDate at least once every 90 days from your organization's network.

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