Community-based specialists: No-cost access to UpToDate

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 64, No. 2, March 2022, Page 59 News

Community-based specialists with no active hospital privileges have free access to UpToDate, a subscription-based online clinical decision support resource that provides clinical guidance to complex questions with the latest evidence and best practices.

Available for desktop or mobile, the platform offers more than 10 000 peer-reviewed topics in 21 specialties from international and Canadian authors, as well as drug information, medical calculators, and patient information sheets.

Interested, eligible specialists can get their free subscription by emailing the Specialist Services Committee (SSC) at sscbc@doctorsofbc.ca and stating they do not have access to the resource through a health authority. Within 2 weeks, they will receive an email with details on how to log in and register to get started with UpToDate.

Funding for the subscription is provided by the SSC, partnering with the General Practice Services Committee. In the past, free subscriptions for specialists with active admitting privileges have been available through health authorities, and for family doctors through their local division of family practice.

The GPSC and SSC are two of four Joint Collaborative Committees that represent a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government.

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