The UpToDate App serves as a point-of-care resource for users that want to access topic pages, drug monographs, drug interactions, and calculators. Helpful Hint: You must create your own UpToDate account before you are able to access the app. Click here for the mobile app. Log into the EMR. Click on the UpToDate tab on the top toolbar. Upon initial access, you will be brought to the UpToDate Log In or Registration page. Registration gives UpToDate permission to provide and track your CME as well as enabling you to use the UpToDate Anywhere app. Download this app from Microsoft Store for Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 Team (Surface Hub). See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for Up To Date.

Access the UpToDate app: Register for a free UpToDate account from a Providence/Swedish computer. For more information, download the Registration Guide. Download the app and log in with your username and password. More instructions on how to access UpToDate. For additional UpToDate training videos visit UpToDate User Academy.

UpToDate entries can be formatted according to the 7th edition APA style. This guidance on citing UpToDate is provided: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples/uptodate-article-references

It is also covered in Section 10.1 (page 319) in the APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition.

Author, A. (date). Title of entry. UpToDate. Retrieved Month day, year, from from http://xxxxxxxxx

Here is an example:

Berry, S., & Kiel, D. P. (2018). Falls: Prevention in nursing care facilities and the hospital setting. UpToDate. Retrieved June
15, 2020 from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/falls-prevention-in-nursing-care-facilities-and-the-hospital-setting.
Parenthetical citation: (Berry & Kiel, 2018)
Narrative citation: Berry and Kiel (2018)

Notes:

Use the year of last update for the date (2018 in the example above).
Include the retrieval date since the content of UpToDate is designed to change over time and versions of content are not archived.
In the reference list, italicize UpToDate. In the body of the paper, do not italicize UpToDate.
(Ex: In UpToDate, Berry and Kiel (2018) recommend......)

Commercial Medical References available through VA: Apps for VA Health Care Employed Professionals that display a lock icon require you to authenticate you are with the VA, by establishing a personal account while on the VA computer network. Register to get started with UpToDate. This app is not maintained by VA but is included in the national subscriptions purchased and sponsored by the Library Network Office. If you need help with this app, please contact the app's developer: UpToDate, Inc..

UpToDate is a clinical decision support resource with evidence-based clinical information – including drug topics and recommendations that clinicians use at the point of care. UpToDate covers 25 specialties, including internal medicine, psychiatry, infectious disease, and cardiovascular medicine.

Features:

Persistent login
Search with auto-completion
Earn and track free CME/CE/CPD credit
Bookmarks and history
Print and email topics or graphics to patients and colleagues
Options for desktop access and mobile complete for remote use
Tools that can increase patient safety: clinical calculators, detailed medical graphics and a select set of drug and drug interaction databases powered by Lexicomp

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