Thai medical centre first to adopt Wolters Kluwer Health's UpToDate Anywhere in Asia

Wolters Kluwer Health, an information provider for healthcare professionals and students, has announced that the first Asian deployment of its UpToDate Anywhere product is by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center in Thailand. UpToDate Anywhere enables hospitals and healthcare organisations to provide clinicians with mobile access to UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support (CDS) resource.

"Most physicians and residents at our hospital use UpToDate on a daily basis. I can't think of any other resource that presents the latest evidence-based information in an easy-to-read format which can immediately be used to manage challenging cases, teach medical students, as well as provide educational material for patients," said Dr Brian Lee, of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center, Srinakharinwirot University.

The HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center is a 500-bed, tertiary hospital established in 1992 and affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Srinakharinwirot University. HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center maintains its level of excellence by providing clinicians and residents with access to the best clinical learning and decision-making resources, including UpToDate Anywhere.

"We are dedicated to helping hospitals improve the quality and effectiveness of healthcare in their communities by providing clinicians the best answers to their clinical questions, whether they are at the bedside of a patient, at the office, or at home," said Dr Denise Basow, Vice President and General Manager, UpToDate at Wolters Kluwer Health, Clinical Solutions. "We applaud HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center and the other hospitals in Asia who have already implemented UpToDate Anywhere for their efforts to ensure rapid, mobile access to trusted clinical decision support anytime, anywhere."

The launch of UpToDate Anywhere in Asia has been enthusiastically received by the healthcare community in Asia. Other adopters include: 

Thailand:
Health Science Center, Burapha University
Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital
Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital
Nonthavej Hospital
Phramongkutklao Hospital
Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Thammasart Hospital

Hong Kong:
St. Teresa's Hospital

Korea:
Daegu Catholic University Hospital
VHS Daejeon Hospital (Daejeon Veterans Hospital)

Taiwan:
Jian Ren Hospital

As doctors and healthcare enterprises embrace mobile health initiatives and increasingly adopt tablets and smartphones as clinical tools, they can now get answers to point-of-care questions on-site, at satellite offices, at home or on the go by using the UpToDate mobile app. UpToDate is available in iOS, Android and Windows 8 mobile platforms as well as via any Internet browser. Nearly 300,000 clinicians can access the UpToDate mobile app in over 160 countries.

Asian hospitals and healthcare systems with a strategic objective to enhance clinical workflow integration can also now opt to embed UpToDate in electronic medical record (EMR) systems such as Cerner, InterSystems, and ezCaretech. This allows users to search UpToDate with fewer clicks and without additional windows or logins.

Doctors and clinicians at healthcare organisations in Asia also benefit from Search in Your Own Language, a customisable suite of multi-language search and navigation tools that enables clinicians to pose clinical questions in nine languages, including Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean (beta), and Japanese. The auto-complete feature predicts words or phrases in a clinician's preferred language to deliver faster search results.