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Clinicians Worldwide Confirm Impact of UpToDate on Quality of Care in 2014Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that clinicians worldwide accessed more than 314 million clinical topics in UpToDate® in 2014, and that 94% of UpToDate users report the acclaimed clinical decision support resource improves the quality of care they provide to patients.
Positive Impact on Care Reaffirmed in Survey 92% of users reported UpToDate improved care by helping them conduct more appropriate diagnostic testing. In all, 98% of the UpToDate users surveyed stated they are satisfied or very satisfied with the award-winning clinical decision support resource.
Increased Access and Impact around the World By the end of 2014, UpToDate users in 174 countries worldwide viewed more than 26 million clinical topics per month, on average. In addition to continuously updating topics in response to new research, UpToDate actively seeks feedback from its global community of engaged users. Last year alone, UpToDate reviewed over 2,800 feedback emails submitted by users, which resulted in more than 1,000 editorial updates.
Studies Explore New Frontiers of the Impact of UpToDate
Improving Care in Times of Great Need Ebola made an indelible impact on the lives of people in West Africa, even as healthcare professionals and humanitarians worked tirelessly to care for the affected and to stop the spread of the disease. To that end, UpToDate partnered with Global Health Delivery to provide healthcare professionals with full access to UpToDate to battle Ebola and related illnesses. Anyone visiting www.uptodate.com with an IP address originating in the West African countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia has had immediate and free access to UpToDate. While West African countries have been hardest hit by this devastating and deadly virus, its impact has been felt around the world. In response, UpToDate also provided clinicians and the general public with free, worldwide access to continuously-updated Ebola topics. "As we assist in the decision-making of more clinicians than ever, we are vividly reminded of the great responsibility we have to get things right," said Denise Basow, MD, Vice President and General Manager, UpToDate at Wolters Kluwer Health, Clinical Solutions. "In the year ahead, we will continue to work towards improving the quality and effectiveness of care provided around the world. Everything we do will be focused on accomplishing that." Follow UpToDate on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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About Wolters Kluwer Health Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company. Wolters Kluwer had 2013 annual revenues of €3.6 billion ($4.7 billion), employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 40 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY). Follow our official Twitter (News - Alert) handle: @WKHealth.
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