Using UpToDate in public healthcare to improve health quality and access

e202202023

Authors

  • Peter Bonis Wolters Kluwer Health. Waltham. Massachusetts. Estados Unidos.
  • Teresa Bau Wolters Kluwer Health. Clinical Effectiveness. Barcelona. España.
  • Abel Pedro Aldama Roy Unidad de Apoyo a la Dirección General de Salud Pública. Ministerio de Sanidad. Madrid. España.
  • Sergio Mira Unidad de Apoyo a la Dirección General de Salud Pública. Ministerio de Sanidad. Madrid. España.
  • Mª Aranzazu López Franco Revista Española de Salud Pública. Ministerio de Sanidad. Madrid. España.

Keywords:

UpToDate, Salud Pública, Acceso a la salud

Abstract

Health professionals in the practice of patient care encounter multiple clinical questions every day. Answering these questions is necessary to provide the best possible diagnosis and treatment. Likewise, the quality of responses has a substantial influence on clinical decisions and, consequently, on the care processes and health outcomes of healthcare organizations.

The need for reliable information at the right time has intensified with the COVID-19 pandemic. For health professionals, making sense of the deluge of new information that has been published in recent months about this disease has represented a major challenge. To date, more than 209,000 scientific articles have been published on COVID-19, according to PubMed, not counting pre-prints and studies not made public that have also been used to guide health policies and
clinical decisions.

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Published

2022-02-08

How to Cite

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Bonis P, Bau T, Aldama Roy AP, Mira S, López Franco MA. Using UpToDate in public healthcare to improve health quality and access: e202202023. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2022 Feb. 8 [cited 2024 Nov. 23];96:4 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/240

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