UpToDate® Adds Hospital Medicine as a Specialty

Waltham, Mass. (October 19, 2010) — UpToDate, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announced today that it has added a section on Hospital Medicine to its evidence-based clinical information resource. UpToDate in Hospital Medicine will include both existing content as well as additional topics developed specifically for hospital medicine clinicians. This new section will be available to subscribers December 1, 2010.

UpToDate is an evidence-based resource that provides fast, accurate clinical answers to physicians and other medical professionals, particularly at the point of care. UpToDate is available online via computer or mobile device.

“UpToDate topics have always addressed clinical issues relevant to both inpatient and ambulatory care,” said Denise S. Basow, MD, President and Editor-in-Chief of UpToDate. “With the continued development of Hospital Medicine as a specialty, we feel it is important to designate certain topics as having particular interest to hospital-based clinicians.”

The Editor-in-Chief for this new section will be Mark Aronson, MD.

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