Many clinicians and educators at UAMS have recommended UpToDate for our Library’s collection. UpToDate is a clinical tool used to assist physicians in making decisions for patient care. It provides current, practical information about diagnosis and treatment recommendations supported by medical evidence.

One factor important to the popularity of this resource are the physician authors and peer-review processes used to build and revise the content in UpToDate.

The authors for UpToDate interpret and synthesize the best available medical evidence from literature and use clinical experience to provide diagnosis and treatment recommendations. These authors are identified by an editorial board and participating clinical societies. The content for UpToDate goes through a continuous peer-review process, and is updated every four months. Each review contains a supportive reference list.

UpToDate provides topic reviews for the following specialties; adult primary care and internal medicine, allergy and immunology, cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology and diabetes, family practice, gastroenterology and hepatology, hematology, infectious diseases, nephrology and hypertension, neurology, obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health, oncology, pediatrics, pulmonary and critical care medicine, and rheumatology.

Authors at UAMS

UpToDate is a cooperative effort of recognized physician authors from leading institutions across the Nation, including UAMS. The following are UAMS clinician authors and the content they provide to answer clinical questions in UpToDate.

Infectious Disease:

Elias Anaissie, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Supportive Care
Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy
ACRC/UAMS

Elias N Kiwan, MD
Assistant Professor
Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy
ACRC/UAMS

Evaluation for infection before hematopoietic cell transplantation
Overview of infections following hematopoietic cell transplantation-I
Overview of infections following hematopoietic cell transplantation-II
Overview of infectious complications following purine analog therapy
Prophylaxis of infections in stem cell transplant recipients

Nephrology and Hypertension:

Muhammad G Alam, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of Nephrology
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

Peritoneal dialysis solutions

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine:

Marcia L Erbland, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Role of inhaled corticosteroid therapy in COPD
Role of systemic corticosteroid therapy in COPD

UpToDate is also involved in American Medical Association’s (AMA) self-directed Internet pilot program. They offer online CME credit for AMA PRA category 1. There is a small fee attached to this program. For more information see, CME credit.

To access the Library’s subscription to UpToDate, from the UAMS Library homepage, select Electronic Reference Sources and choose UpToDate. Due to publisher requirements, UpToDate is not available off-campus.

If you would like a demonstration of UpToDate, please contact the Library's Reference Department at 686-6734.

Abby Holt, MLIS
Campus Outreach Liaison