UpToDate Now Available for Health Care Providers in Manitoba

UpToDate® Anywhere is now available for all physicians in the province and for all staff in organizations funded by Manitoba Health.

Doctors Manitoba, Manitoba Health, the University of Manitoba, Regional Health Authorities, Diagnostic Services Manitoba (DSM), and CancerCare Manitoba worked together to establish and fund a provincial contract with Up to Date that provides health care providers in Manitoba with access to UpToDate through any desktop or mobile device. This is the first clinical decision support tool to be included in what will become a Manitoba “virtual health library” that aims to provide equitable access to information resources for all healthcare providers in the province.

UpToDate is an electronic Clinical Decision Support used by clinicians and non-clinicians in the delivery of healthcare. It includes more than 10,500 topics covering general internal medicine and more than 20 specialities; a select drug database and drug interaction tool (in partnership with Lexicomp®); more than 1,500 patient education topics; more than 28,000 graphics; links to more than 400,000 references; and a number of medical calculators.

What is included with UpToDate Anywhere?

  •  Free UpToDate Mobile App for your iOS®, Android™, or Windows 8 device
    chosen as one of “The Best Apps in Publishing” by EContent Magazine
  •  Easy access to UpToDate by logging in from any computer with an Internet connection
  •  Free continuing education credit. This program meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for up to 0.5 CFPC Mainpro®-M1 Credits per Internet point-of-care learning cycle. You may earn up to 15 CFPC Mainpro®-M1 Credits per year for this category of electronic CME/CPD activity. Use of UpToDate may be recorded on the basis of .5 credits per activity in Section 2 (Scanning) of the Royal College Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program. (CME/CE/CPD) may be earned when you research a clinical question using UpToDate onsite or remotely – including on your mobile device
  • A bi-weekly clinical update with selected What’s New and Practice Changing UpDate notices

How do I access UpToDate? If you already have access today through an institutional subscription, your path for access will remain the same in addition to gaining some new features. If you do not yet have access to UpToDate, please contact the entity that best describes your affiliation listed below to learn more.

You will need your MHIKNET library card number and password.   Please contact us if you need to register for a library card or reset your password.

Click on the link that best describes your primary affiliation to learn more.

  • Faculty, student or resident at University of Manitoba- http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/services/
  • Affiliate of Winnipeg Regional Health Authority – http://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/wrha/uptodate.
  • Affiliate of Prairie North Regional Health Authority- Use current access.
  • Affiliate of Interlake Regional Health Authority- Use current access.
  • Affiliate of Santé Sud Regional Health Authority- Use current access.
  • Affiliate of Northern Regional Health Authority- Use current access.
  • Affiliate of Cancer Care Manitoba- Access through your institutional intranet or network.
  • Affiliate of Diagnostic Services Manitoba –  Access through your institutional intranet or network.
  • Other Healthcare entity including private physician offices- http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/Home

For more information on who is eligible, how to access UpToDate, how to create an account, etc. please visit our FAQ’s.

Questions:

  • University of Manitoba http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/services/
  • UpToDate:
    o If you are an affiliate of WRHA or University of Manitoba: Fell, Patrick Patrick.Fell@wolterskluwer.com.
    o All others contact : St-Francois, Christopher C.St-Francois@wolterskluwer.com
  • UpToDate Customer Service via email Manitoba@Wolterskluwer.com using the subject line UpToDate Anywhere, or call +1-781-392-2000.
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