BMJ Best Practice app - support for clinical decision making on the go

BMJ Best Practice is an online evidence-based support tool, available to all NHS users via OpenAthens login.

Install the app to get access to recommendations and guidelines on the go.

Installation Instructions:

1. Go to the desktop version of BMJ Best Practice and log in with your OpenAthens username.

2. Create your personal BMJ account

3. Go to your app store and search for BMJ Best Practice

4. Download the app from BMJ

5. Install the app and open it

6. Log in with your personal BMJ account

7. Start searching!

Search page for the BMJ Best Practice app

Using BMJ Best Practice:

BMJ Best Practice provide you with topic pages for a wide range of conditions and diseases. Select the topic from your search results.

You are presented with a number of sections; select the one you want to read. Information is presented in an easy-to-read format.

You also have access to clinical calculators as well as images and videos.

List of clinical calculators presented in the app

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