UpToDate Patient and Member Engagement Program Updates and Enhancements - October 2024

The following programs have been released on October 30, 2024. Click here to preview all the programs in this release.
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New Programs

Smoking Cessation: Getting Ready

Program Code: 43701
Subscriptions: UpToDate Health, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage
Release Notes:

  • This video goes over information for those who are thinking about quitting smoking.
Smoking Cessation: Benefits of Quitting

Program Code: 43702
Subscriptions: UpToDate Health, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage
Release Notes:

  • This video goes over the benefits of quitting smoking.
Smoking Cessation: What You Can Do

Program Code: 43703
Subscriptions: UpToDate Health, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage
Release Notes:

  • This video goes over nicotine withdrawal symptoms and tips on how to go about successfully quitting when and if the patient chooses to quit.

Re-released Programs

Smoking Cessation - Thinking About Quitting Smoking

Program Code:  755
Subscriptions: UpToDate Health, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage

Main Changes:

  • Harmonized content with CDI
    • Added language around withdrawal symptoms and quit line numbers
    • Added language around electronic cigarettes
    • Reinforced cessation success using nicotine replacement therapies combined with behavioral therapies
    • Minimized language around breathing exercises
  • Updated for DE&I and accessibility considerations
  • Updated for standard language and style


These updates have also been applied to the following UpToDate Educate programs:

  • Why People Smoke: Overview (32034)

Updated Programs

Angiogram with Possible PTA and Stenting: Lower Extremity

Program Code: 3992

Subscriptions: UpToDate Prep, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage

Main changes:

  • Harmonized content with UTD clinician-facing topics
    • Added information about the possibility of getting regional anesthesia to align with UTD
    • Added information to explain that patients may be awake during the procedure, or they may fall asleep at times
    • Added information about possible allergic reactions to the dye used during the procedure
    • Generalize language around stents to account for all the different types now available
  • Updated program for inclusivity
    • Added more diverse artwork
    • Updated for accessibility
    • Updated for gendered language
  • Streamlined content to shorten overall program length


These updates have also been applied to the following UpToDate Educate programs:

  • What Happens During an Angiogram with Possible PTA and Stenting (Lower Extremity)?: Overview (32434)
Blood Transfusion

Program Code: 3994

Subscriptions: UpToDate Prep, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage

Main changes:

  • Harmonized content with UTD clinician-facing topics
    • Added information about the different parts of blood to increase patient understanding
    • Added information about crossmatching
    • Added information about delayed immune hemolytic reactions to the risk section
    • Edited risk section to distinguish between the risks of TACO and TRALI
  • Updated program for inclusivity
    • Added more diverse artwork
    • Updated for accessibility
    • Updated for gendered language
  • Streamlined content to shorten overall program length


These updates have also been applied to the following UpToDate Educate programs:

  • What Is a Blood Transfusion?: Overview (32112)
Patient Satisfaction: Hospital or Birth Center Labor and Delivery Expectations

Program Code: 25379

Subscriptions: UpToDate Safety, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage

Main changes:

  • Harmonized content with UpToDate
    • Clarified language around C-sections and anesthesia
    • Clarified language around next steps following baby delivery that skin-to-skin time may happen after vaginal or C-section births
  • Added language around postpartum depression in last section
  • Added language around alternatives to pain medicines
  • Updated for DE&I and accessibility considerations
  • Updated for standard language and style


These updates have also been applied to the following UpToDate Educate programs:

  • Preparing for Delivery: Overview (32089)
  • What Happens at the Hospital During Delivery?: Overview (32088)
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Program Code: 23981

Subscriptions: UpToDate Health, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage

Main changes:

  • Harmonized with UTD
    • Removed that it may “run in your family” as there is no genetic component
    • Harmonized which medicines may increase risk of GERD
    • Removed that lowering stress can help with symptoms since it lacks evidence
    • Added surface agents and PCABS to discussion
      • Restructured grouping of medicine types to better align with UpToDate: meds for mild vs more severe symptoms
  • Made less gendered and updated for accessibility considerations throughout
  • Updated language to current editorial style


These updates have also been applied to the following UpToDate Educate programs:

  • Acid Reflux (GERD): Overview (31954)
Female Urinary Incontinence

Program Code: 21290

Subscriptions: UpToDate Health, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage

Main changes:

  • Updated content with AMR feedback
    • Focused call-to-action on seeking treatment and not just living with/managing incontinence
    • Updates to explanation of stress and urgency types of incontinence
    • Updates to the organization of the treatment section to group treatments by type of incontinence
    • Moved language about urgent symptoms (when to seek help right away) to the Overview video chapter
  • Updated program for inclusivity
    • Updated for accessibility
    • Updated for gendered language


These updates have also been applied to the following UpToDate Educate programs:

  • What is Urinary Incontinence (Female Anatomy)?: Overview (31953)
Procedural Abortion: First Trimester

Program Code: 20291

Subscriptions: UpToDate Prep, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage

Main changes:

  • Harmonized content with UTD clinician-facing topics
    • Updated program title to match how UpToDate categorizes abortions and to avoid using the term "D&C"
    • Removed reference to a curette being used because according to UpToDate a procedural abortion may be performed by uterine aspiration in the first trimester
    • Deleted information about testing for RhD status because according to UpToDate, “While RhD status was historically performed on all patients, evidence shows risk of alloimmunization of D-negative patients to be negligible for gestations < 12 weeks"
    • Deleted information about delaying the procedure if there isn’t enough pregnancy tissue, as this is not standard practice
    • Added information about possible cervical preparation prior to the procedure, but acknowledge that this is uncommon
    • Added information about nitrous oxide as another potential option for pain management.
    • Removed information about avoiding baths to align with UpToDate and newer standards of post op care
  • Updated program for inclusivity
    • Added more diverse artwork
    • Updated for accessibility
    • Updated for gendered language
  • Streamlined content to shorten overall program length


These updates have also been applied to the following UpToDate Educate programs:

  • What Happens During a First Trimester Procedural Abortion?: Overview (32472)

Program Name Change:  Procedural Abortion: First Trimester

Program Code: 20291

Subscriptions: UpToDate Prep, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage

Previous title: D and C for First Trimester Termination


Program Name Change: What Happens During a First Trimester Procedural Abortion?: Overview

Program Code: 32472

Subscriptions: UpToDate Prep, UpToDate Educate, UpToDate Engage, Faith-Based UpToDate Engage

Previous title: What Happens During a Dilation and Curettage for First Trimester Termination?: Overview