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

UpToDate Demonstration (Video)

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To maintain your access to UpToDate you will need to simply login to UpToDate from within the Department of Veterans Affairs computer network.

Tip: Not sure if you are logged in to UpToDate? If you do not see your name and CME tally on the top right of the screen, then click Login/Register to login. View how.

If you need assistance contact UpToDate Customer Service , 1-800-998-6374 or +1-781-392-2000.