BMJ Best Practice

BMJ Best Practice

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BMJ Best Practice provides access to the latest evidence-based information for healthcare professionals,  with advice on symptom evaluation, test ordering, treatment approach and follow up. It also offers clinical calculators, patient information leaflets and some procedural videos.

BMJ Best Practice offers

  • Daily updates of evidence summaries covering over 1,000 conditions
  • 250 clinical calculators
  • 400 patient leaflets
  • Procedural videos and images
  • Links to BNF and BNF for Children for drug information, and Cochrane Clinical Answers for more evidence

Ask at Shrewsbury or Telford Health Library if you need help or more information. 

BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager

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Access to BMJ Best Practice has been extended to include the Comorbidities Manager. In the UK, one in three adults suffer from multiple chronic conditions and most patients in the acute setting have more than one medical condition.

The BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager supports the management of the whole patient by including guidance on the treatment of a patient’s acute condition alongside their pre-existing comorbidities.

Available on desktop or app, NHS staff and learners in England can use BMJ Best Practice for free via an NHS OpenAthens account.

BMJ Best Practice clinical decision tool

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BMJ Best Practice is now available to all NHS organisation in England.

It provides access to the latest evidence-based information for healthcare professionals, structured around the patient consultation, with advice on symptom evaluation, test ordering, treatment approach and follow up. It also offers clinical calculators, patient information leaflets and some procedural videos.

 

Onsite at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals (SaTH) simply visit the BMJ Best Practice website for password-free access. You'll have the option to create a personal account to record usage for CME/CPD points.

For off-site access, you can use an NHS OpenAthens account. Visit the BMJ Best Practice website and login with your NHS OpenAthens account. You can also use a personal account created whilst on-site at SaTH.

Mobile apps are available for Android and iOS devices. These require a personal account to authenticate which can either be created whilst on-site on a SaTH PC, or off-site by logging in with NHS OpenAthens account and then registering for a personal account.

You'll also find BMJ Best Practice as an option in OmniSearch where it can be searched along with many other resources.

For more details or advice, pop into one of our libraries.