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

Acute myocardial infarction
congestive heart failure stroke

Surgical infection prevention

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Pneumonia

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

Shorter length of stay: 372,000 shorter hospital stays
Lower mortality rates: 11,500 shorter hospital stays

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 

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

39% Changed treatment decisions

57% Fewer delays in treatment

48% Fewer delays in diagnosis

52% Fewer unnecessary tests

28% Less time to discharge

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

Changing clinical decisions

Researchers at Singapore’s National University Hospital found that use of UpToDate led to a change in investigations, diagnosis or management 37% of the time.
Case Study

Enhancing quality of care

Researchers at Harvard University concluded that, at more than 1,000 hospitals studied over a three-year period, use of UpToDate was associated with improved quality of care for every condition on the Hospital Quality Alliance Metrics and an estimated 372,000 hospital days saved per year.
Case Study

Reducing errors

At a hospital in Japan, the diagnostic error rate for patients seen by physicians using UpToDate was 2%, whereas the rate was 24% for patients seen by clinicians without UpToDate.
Case Study
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

Clinical knowledge declines over time
Review Research
Clinical questions are common, but most are unanswered
Review Research
UpToDate answers clinical questions more effectively than other resources
Review Research
UpToDate improves patient care
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UpToDate has an important role in medical education
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UpToDate provides quantifiable ROI
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UpToDate saves time
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UpToDate is used more than other electronic clinical resources
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UpToDate has an important role for health care in resource-limited settings
Review Research
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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