{"id":2985,"date":"2017-09-28T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/?page_id=2985"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:23:04","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>BMJ Best Practice is <strong>a<\/strong> generalist point of care tool particularly useful for medical residents, multidisciplinary teams, specialists working outside of their specialty, and General Internal Medicine doctors. It is uniquely structured around the patient consultation with advice on symptom evaluation, test ordering, and treatment approach.<\/h3><br \/>\r\nSince the launch of BMJ Best Practice in 2009, we have supported thousands of customers and users worldwide to improve clinical decision making and ultimately patient outcomes.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This clinical decision support tool is particularly useful for medical students, junior doctors, multidisciplinary team members (such as nurses and pharmacists), specialists working outside of their specialty, and primary care practitioners.<\/span><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BMJ Best Practice includes<\/span><b>&nbsp;1000+ evidence-based condition and symptom topics across&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/specialties\">32 clinical specialties&nbsp;<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which provide the user with&nbsp;<\/span>guidance throughout the full patient journey<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from determining diagnosis and treatment approach to follow up support.<\/span><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clinical information focuses on the most commonly presented conditions, as well as those that are clinically significant or relevant to global health such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/topics\/en-gb\/3000168\">COVID-19<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/topics\/en-gb\/1210\">Ebola<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/topics\/en-gb\/1302\">Zika virus<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Our team of experts<\/strong><\/h2><br \/>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our in-house<a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/benefits-features\/evidence-based\/\">&nbsp;evidence team<\/a>&nbsp;collaborates with over 1,600 international expert authors and over 2,500 peer reviewers to ensure that users always have the latest evidence-based information that is practical for the clinical setting.<\/span><br \/>\r\n<h2><strong>BMJ Best Practice also offers&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2><br \/>\r\n<ul><br \/>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bestpractice.bmj.com\/info\/us\/app\/\"><b>&nbsp;award-winning app<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;to provide both online and offline access<\/span><\/li><br \/>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">500+&nbsp;<\/span><b>clinical calculators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;which are available both online and offline to provide quick criteria and calculation support to health professionals<\/span><\/li><br \/>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">access to over 400 evidence-based<\/span><b>&nbsp;patient leaflets.&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The leaflets provide concise, accessible summaries to reassure patients and carers and help them to make informed, shared decisions with healthcare professionals<\/span><\/li><br \/>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>visual alerts to practice-changing evidence.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;A summary of the most recent updates is provided on the homepage and within relevant topics. 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