Thank you for the time and effort put into testing, reviewing, and providing feedback on UpToDate and DynaMed Plus. The usage and survey responses are critical to the Library’s role of providing resources that promote the highest quality education and patient care at UT Southwestern.

The Clinical Library Resources Advisory Subcommittee reviewed all the survey data, comments received from the survey, and physician emails. We discussed subscribing to both UpToDate and DynaMed Plus, but because UpToDate is highly used in clinical practice and the majority of the feedback was highly favorable of UpToDate, we decided that it was not fiscally responsible at that time to subscribe to both resources.

However, when the Library communicated with the DynaMed Plus vendor, EBSCO, about this decision, they were able to offer full access to DynaMed Plus for 2016 at a rate that was fiscally responsible. As a result, both UpToDate and DynaMed Plus are available in UT Southwestern’s EPIC and from the “Popular Links” section of the Library’s website.

We will continue to monitor usage on these resources, as well as welcome feedback throughout the year on these or any of the resources through the Library’s Feedback Form.

Kelly Gonzalez, M.S.I.S., M.B.A., A.H.I.P
Assistant Vice President for Library Services
Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center