NHS Wales e-Library has extended its national subscription to BMJ Best Practice to include the Comorbidities Manager for all NHS Wales healthcare professionals.
In the UK alone, one in three patients admitted to a 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 Comorbidities Manager with BMJ Best Practice supports the management of the whole patient by including guidance on the treatment of a patient’s acute condition alongside their pre-existing comorbidities.
NHS Wales e-Library provides access to BMJ Best Practice as a practical clinical support tool to help NHS Wales healthcare professionals to meet the changing and more complex needs of patients, and maximize NHS Wales resources, together resulting in better care and improving outcomes for patients.
All authorised users of the NHS Wales e-Library can use BMJ Best Practice. Log in at bestpractice.bmj.com. Access is instant from the NHS Wales network or through an NHS Wales OpenAthens account.
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