The BMJ usage portal will allow administrators to access their usage for both BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Journals.     To get an account set up for your institution, send an email to emeasupport@bmj.com requesting access to the usage portal.  Please include details of the account you would like to run usage for (preferably the NHS OpenAthens organisation ID) and an email address that you would like used as the username.  If you administer two or more separate institutions, you will need a separate email address for each.  BMJ recommends using generic email addresses if you have them so they don't have to be changed when staff members change. For more information, see this guide.

In the UK, one in three patients admitted to hospital as an emergency have five or more conditions. This poses a significant challenge for healthcare professionals. Clinical guidelines often focus on single conditions, but failure to treat the whole patient can lead to worse clinical outcomes, and longer lengths of stay. The global COVID-19 pandemic further highlighted the problem with over 60% of patients admitted to intensive care units having comorbidities. The BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager is the only point of care tool that supports the management of the whole patient by including guidance on the treatment of a patient's acute condition alongside their pre-existing comorbidities. Healthcare professionals are prompted to consider the patient’s comorbidities when accessing treatment information. The tool then produces an initial management plan that is tailored to the unique needs of the patient. For more information see here.

Adding a referral link to your intranet will allow your busy healthcare professionals to access BMJ Best Practice in a single click, enabling fast access to the latest evidence-based practice.   We have outlined the steps below to help you set up your referral link and increase the visibility of BMJ Best Practice access on your website.   Steps to set up your referral link 1. Contact support@bmj.com to request your referral link to BMJ Best Practice. You will need to give them the URL for the page where you're going to publish the link. 2. Once the referral link has been set up, add it to the designated page (same URL as you provided BMJ with) where it will be visible to your staff. 3. If space allows, you could add the BMJ Best Practice button/logo (use the .png file attached here) and this short description of BMJ Best Practice:   Nationally funded, free to the NHS in England. Fast access to clinical decision support anytime, anywhere. BMJ Best Practice uses the latest evidence-based research, guidelines, and expert opinion to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention. Find out more at bmj.com/nhse. 4. You could also point to some of the user guides such as: Searching and browsing BMJ Best Practice How to download the app