Fast, focussed support to improve patient outcomes
Research shows that patients have improved care when healthcare professionals use BMJ Best Practice. Filter below to find more about the wide range of improvements BMJ Best Practice can deliver.
Managing patients with comorbidities
An article recently published in Future Healthcare Journal outlines the importance of taking into account comorbidities when managing patients, and how BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager can support healthcare professionals with this.
The paper, written by leading specialists, outlines how the healthcare system needs to change so that it can provide a better service for patients. The clinical specialists outline how common comorbidities can interact with other conditions and the risks associated with these interactions.
Study shows BMJ Best Practice supports delivery of evidence-based medicine
The results of a study on 200 doctors and residents at the Air Force Medical Center, Beijing, shows the impact of BMJ Best Practice on both self-directed learning and clinical care.
– 86.3% of doctors agreed that the information provided by BMJ Best Practice had enabled them to make an evidence-based diagnosis
– 80.4% of doctors had used BMJ Best Practice to help them provide evidence-based treatment, and,
– 70.1% of doctors achieved a valued outcome of being able to share decision-making with patients and their carers.
77% of users said the guidance from the Comorbidities tool changed the care they give to patients
Over 1,000 users completed a survey on the Comorbidities tool. 96% of users said having a treatment plan that is tailored to your patient’s comorbidities is helpful or very helpful and 97% would consider using the tool to improve the care that they give in the future.
Accuracy and Effects of Clinical Decision Support Systems Integrated With BMJ Best Practice–Aided Diagnosis: Interrupted Time Series Study
The CDSS [clinical decision support systems] integrated with BMJ Best Practice improved the accuracy of clinicians’ diagnoses. Shorter confirmed diagnosis times and hospitalization days were also found to be associated with CDSS implementation in retrospective real-world studies.
The utility of e-learning and clinical decision support resources in improving the practice of healthcare professionals in infectious diseases.
This evaluation showed how healthcare professionals used BMJ Best Practice to improve their clinical decision making at the point-of-care. In this evaluation healthcare professionals used BMJ Best Practice to improve care in differential diagnosis, management and follow up.
From classroom to clinical: three doctors share their experience of BMJ Best Practice
Three doctors from India share their experience of BMJ Best Practice and describe how they use the resource to manage a variety of conditions ranging from malaria to cholangitis and how it has helped them to practice evidence-based medicine.
