Wolters Kluwer Health has added seven new organisations to its UK customer list for clinical decision support tool UpToDate, as hospitals turned to evidence-based support during the COVID-19 crisis.
During the crisis, Wolters Kluwer Health provided clinicians with access to its evidence-based information on COVID-19 topics free of charge.
The new organisations who have signed up to use the system, are:
- Leeds University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustWalsall NHS Trust
- University Hospital Southampton
- Norwich Medical School (UEA)
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Amad Khan, chief resident, neurosurgery, University Hospital Southampton said: “Doctors are used to dealing with complex and unpredictable cases, but the COVID-19 pandemic made this a daily reality, presenting us with challenging situations never faced before, with many clinicians working outside their usual specialities. Hospitals adopted a crisis footing to manage and treat the unprecedented number of patients, with doctors working in an unfamiliar setting, treating an unknown disease. In this situation it was crucial to have access to the latest evidence-based research and treatment recommendations. UpToDate, with its authoritative, regularly updated information across 50 COVID-19 topics, was a big help.”
So far during the Coronavirus crisis, the COVID-19 topics on UpToDate have been viewed by 11.4 million views worldwide and 9,000 unique users in the UK.
