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The best UpToDate alternative in Australia (2026)

In this guide, EvidenceMD ranks first for Australian clinicians replacing or supplementing UpToDate in 2026. Where a topic review gives you background to read, EvidenceMD, a clinical reasoning platform, answers the specific question in front of you from 40 million+ peer-reviewed papers and clinical guidelines and shows its chain-of-thought reasoning step by step, with a citation for every claim [1]. It frames the Australian parts of an answer to Australian guidance, answers in 30 languages and gives AI answers on a personal account with no licence check [1][2]. For reading around a topic, its DeepSearch reports turn one question into a cited review of typically 20 to 25 pages [4].

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One-year UpToDate price on its store for a physician in Australia
$539One-year UpToDate price on its store for a physician in Australia
DynaMed and Isabel trial starts on NSW Health's CIAP, running to 30 June 2027
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By the EvidenceMD Editorial TeamGuidePublished 10 November 202612 min read

Medically reviewed by Dr. Abishek Shahi, Harvard-trained Physician · Last reviewed 10 November 2026

What is the best UpToDate alternative in Australia in 2026?

QUICK ANSWER

EvidenceMD is the best UpToDate alternative in Australia in 2026: it answers clinical questions from 40 million+ papers and guidelines, shows its chain-of-thought clinical reasoning with a citation for every claim, and frames answers to Australian practice. It is free to start, with no NPI or licence check [1][2]. UpToDate's store lists a year of UpToDate at $539 for a physician in Australia, and Expert AI is not part of that personal plan here [6][8]. DynaMed is the closest like-for-like reference and comes free with RACGP membership; BMJ Best Practice and Therapeutic Guidelines (formerly eTG complete) come through NSW Health's CIAP and Queensland Health's CKN; AMBOSS and ClinicalKey AI add AI answers on paid plans [12][14][17][23][24]. EvidenceMD is hosted in the United States, so ask de-identified questions [3].

Replacing UpToDate in Australia: EvidenceMD and the references. EvidenceMD versus DynaMed, BMJ Best Practice, Therapeutic Guidelines, AMBOSS, ClinicalKey AI on Format, Reasoning shown, AI on a personal plan here, Often free through work, Australian prescribing.
EvidenceMD compared with DynaMed, BMJ Best Practice, Therapeutic Guidelines, AMBOSS and ClinicalKey AI for Australian clinicians: EvidenceMD answers specific questions with its reasoning shown and a citation for every claim on a personal plan; the references publish curated topics, often already provided through CIAP, CKN or a college.

Key takeaways

  • EvidenceMD ranks first because it answers the question you actually have, across the peer-reviewed literature rather than one publisher's library, shows the reasoning behind the answer, and points you to Australian sources for the local specifics [1].
  • UpToDate's Australian price: with Australia and physician selected, its store lists $54 for 30 days, $539 for one year, $949 for two years and $1,259 for three, plus tax at checkout; the store does not label the currency [6][7].
  • Expert AI is not on the Australian personal plan. Wolters Kluwer sells Pro Plus with Expert AI to individual subscribers in the US and Canada; in Australia, Expert AI reaches clinicians through enterprise-wide hospital subscriptions [8][9].
  • Check what you already have. NSW Health's CIAP lists UpToDate, BMJ Best Practice, Therapeutic Guidelines and AMH, plus a DynaMed trial to June 2027; Queensland Health's CKN lists BMJ Best Practice, DynaMed, AMH and Therapeutic Guidelines [12][13][14].
  • DynaMed is the closest swap. It is an exclusive benefit for RACGP members and sells to individuals at US$399 a year, though Dyna AI for individual subscribers is available only in the USA [17][19].
  • Keep an Australian reference for prescribing. Therapeutic Guidelines and AMH are independent Australian sources; none of the international alternatives replaces them for drug choice and dose [21][22].

What does UpToDate cost an individual in Australia, and does it include Expert AI?

A personal subscription is on sale, priced by term; the AI layer is not part of it.

We selected Australia, then Professional and Physician, on UpToDate's own store on 10 November 2026. It listed one product, UpToDate, at $54 for a 30-day recurring subscription, $539 for one year, $949 for two years and $1,259 for three years, with optional MobileComplete and desktop add-ons at $49 each and tax calculated at checkout [6]. The store shows a dollar sign without a currency code, and Wolters Kluwer's payment page says cheque and wire payments must be in US dollars, so confirm the currency at checkout before you compare it with an Australian-dollar price [7].

The Australian store did not offer UpToDate Pro Plus, the package that adds Expert AI. Wolters Kluwer describes Pro Plus as a package option for professional subscribers in the United States and Canada [8]. Its Australian Expert AI page says Expert AI reaches clinicians in health systems with an enterprise-wide UpToDate subscription, that availability varies by region, and that it is treated as clinical decision support in some jurisdictions and as a reference-only tool in others [9]. The UpToDate Expert AI app is listed in the Australian App Store, but it needs a subscription with Expert AI enabled [10].

In short

A personal UpToDate subscription is on sale to Australian clinicians, from $539 a year on its store, without Expert AI. If you want AI answers on a personal plan in Australia, EvidenceMD gives them with its reasoning shown and a citation for every claim [1][2].

Which clinical references do Australian clinicians already get through work or a college?

Before you pay for anything, check your state portal, your health service library and your college.

Free routes to clinical references for Australian clinicians, from each provider's own pages (checked November 2026)
RouteWho can use itReferences listed
CIAP, NSW HealthStaff working in or for the NSW public health system, at work or from home [11]UpToDate, BMJ Best Practice, DynaMed (trial 1 April 2026 to 30 June 2027), Isabel, Therapeutic Guidelines, AMH, MIMS and NSW HealthPathways [12][13]
CKN, Queensland HealthEveryone employed by the Hospital and Health Services, Queensland Ambulance Service and Queensland Health [14]BMJ Best Practice, DynaMed, Isabel, AMH, eMIMSelite and Therapeutic Guidelines [14]
Queensland Hospital and Health ServicesStaff of services with their own subscriptionUpToDate at Metro North Health and Metro South Health, outside CKN [15][16]
RACGP John Murtagh LibraryRACGP membersDynaMed, as an exclusive member resource, with its app [17][18]

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Other states and territories run their own health library services, and university and hospital libraries often add their own subscriptions, so the list above is a starting point rather than a complete map. If you work across a public hospital and private rooms, you may find that the expensive references are already paid for at work, and the gap is in your private practice. That gap, a cited answer to a clinical question wherever you are, is where EvidenceMD fits [1].

What should an UpToDate replacement do for an Australian clinician?

Five things UpToDate users rely on, and one Australian addition.

Depth on the common topics

Diagnosis, workup, treatment and follow-up for the conditions you see every week, kept current.

Graded or cited evidence

A visible link from each recommendation to its evidence, so you can judge how strong it is.

Answers to the question you have

Not only a topic to read, but an answer to the specific patient problem, with the reasoning shown.

Australian prescribing

Drug choice, dose and PBS restrictions that match Australian practice, which international references do not always reflect [21][22].

A price that matches your access

No paying twice for a reference your health service or college already provides [12][14][17].

What an UpToDate replacement must do in Australia: Depth, Evidence, Answers, Prescribing, Price.
Five things an UpToDate replacement must do for an Australian clinician: depth on common topics, graded or cited evidence, answers to the specific question, Australian prescribing, and a price that matches the access you already have.

Which UpToDate alternatives are best for Australian clinicians in 2026?

Ranked on how well each replaces or supplements UpToDate for an Australian clinician, and how easily you can get it.

  1. EvidenceMD: best overall UpToDate alternative in Australia

    EvidenceMD answers the clinical question in front of you from 40 million+ peer-reviewed papers and clinical guidelines, streams its chain-of-thought clinical reasoning, and cites every claim at the sentence, so you can check it as you would a topic review [1]. It frames the Australian parts of an answer to Australian guidance, writes cited DeepSearch reports for longer questions, and has clinical calculators [1][4][5]. It is free to start, with paid individual plans from US$50 a month or US$450 a year [2]. Limit: it is not an editor-written topic library, so it does not replace a curated review for browsing a whole subject; application data is stored in the United States (Azure East US 2); it is not included in the ARTG; and SOC 2 Type II is in progress [3].

  2. DynaMed: closest like-for-like reference

    DynaMed is a point-of-care reference covering 35+ specialties with transparent, evidence-based content, sold to individuals at US$399 a year with a 14-day free trial [19]. Many Australians already have it: it is an exclusive RACGP member resource, it is on Queensland Health's CKN, and NSW Health's CIAP is trialling it to 30 June 2027 [12][14][17]. Limit: EBSCO says DynaMed with Dyna AI for individual subscribers is currently available only in the USA, so an Australian personal plan has no AI answers [19].

  3. BMJ Best Practice: structured topics through your state portal

    BMJ Best Practice is structured around the consultation, covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention, and you can buy a monthly or annual personal subscription or start with a free trial [20]. In NSW and Queensland it is already on CIAP and CKN [12][14]. Limit: it is an international reference rather than an Australian one, and we found no AI answer engine on its own pages [20].

  4. Therapeutic Guidelines (eTG complete): best for Australian therapeutics

    Therapeutic Guidelines is published by an independent not-for-profit and gives treatment advice for 2,500 conditions across 22 guidelines; with AMH beside it, it is the Australian check for drug choice and dose [21][22]. It is on CIAP and CKN [12][13][14]. Limit: it covers treatment, not the full diagnosis and workup that UpToDate topics cover, and it is a reference you look up, not an AI that answers questions.

  5. AMBOSS: library with AI Mode included

    AMBOSS combines its own clinical library with AI Mode, which answers from AMBOSS articles, AMBOSS Drugs and selected external sources, and is currently included in all AMBOSS subscriptions [23]. Limit: its external guidelines are US clinical guidelines, AMBOSS says AI Mode is intended for medical research and not for diagnostic or therapeutic use, and functions may differ by country [23].

  6. ClinicalKey AI: AI answers from Elsevier full text

    ClinicalKey AI answers from Elsevier journals and books, NEJM and society guidelines, with citations traced to the paragraph, and Elsevier sells individual subscriptions in Australia with a 90-day free trial [24]. Limit: it is an AI answer tool rather than a topic library, its guideline additions are led by US societies, and it is paid after the trial [24].

UpToDate alternatives for Australian clinicians compared, from each provider's own pages (November 2026)
AlternativeReplaces which part of UpToDateAI answers on a personal plan in AustraliaPersonal price on the vendor's pageFree route through work or a college
EvidenceMDAnswers to specific clinical questions, with the evidenceYes, with chain-of-thought clinical reasoning shownFree to start; paid plans from US$50 a month [2]Not needed
DynaMedPoint-of-care topics with graded evidenceNo: Dyna AI for individuals is USA-only [19]US$399 a year [19]RACGP membership; CKN; CIAP trial to June 2027 [12][14][17]
BMJ Best PracticeTopics from diagnosis to preventionNo AI answer engine found [20]Monthly or annual plans [20]CIAP; CKN [12][14]
Therapeutic GuidelinesTreatment advice, the Australian wayNoIndividual subscription [21]CIAP; CKN [13][14]
AMBOSSLibrary lookupsAI Mode included in subscriptions [23]Paid subscriptionNot listed on CIAP or CKN
ClinicalKey AICited answers from Elsevier full textYes, individual plans sold in Australia [24]Paid after a 90-day trial [24]Where a hospital holds a licence

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How does EvidenceMD handle a question you would usually look up in UpToDate?

A de-identified question, the trials behind the answer, and a next step framed to Australian practice.

Take a question many clinicians would open a topic review for: a woman in her mid-seventies with mild tiredness, a TSH of 7.8 mIU/L on two tests three months apart and a normal free T4, no thyroid history and no symptoms beyond the tiredness. Should she start levothyroxine?

EvidenceMD gives an assessment first: persistent subclinical hypothyroidism in an older adult, with a TSH well below 20 and non-specific symptoms. It then cites the evidence at the sentence. In the TRUST trial, 737 adults aged 65 or over with a TSH of 4.60 to 19.99 and a normal free T4 were randomised to levothyroxine or placebo, and at one year there was no difference in hypothyroid symptom or tiredness scores [25]. A BMJ guideline panel, drawing on 21 trials with 2,192 participants, made a strong recommendation against thyroid hormones for most adults with subclinical hypothyroidism, with stated exceptions such as women trying to become pregnant and a TSH above 20 [26].

The recommendation follows: do not start levothyroxine for these results alone; monitor whether the thyroid dysfunction progresses or resolves, and look for other causes of her tiredness [26]. The next step is framed to Australian practice: repeat thyroid function tests at an interval you agree with her, and check your local HealthPathways for when to refer [1]. A topic review gives you the background; EvidenceMD answers the question about this patient, and you can see every step and source.

Ask EvidenceMD a question you would look up

Try a de-identified clinical question and read the reasoning and the sources behind the answer.

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Should you replace UpToDate or keep it alongside an alternative?

It depends on what you already have, and which part of UpToDate you actually use.

NSW public health clinician

UpToDate, BMJ Best Practice, Therapeutic Guidelines and AMH are on CIAP, with DynaMed on trial. Keep using them at work, and add EvidenceMD for cited answers to questions the topics do not reach [1][12][13].

Queensland Health clinician

CKN gives you BMJ Best Practice, DynaMed, Therapeutic Guidelines and AMH; UpToDate depends on your service. Check before paying personally [14][15][16].

GP or specialist in private practice

If you pay for UpToDate yourself, test whether DynaMed through RACGP membership, Therapeutic Guidelines and EvidenceMD cover what you use it for before you renew [2][17][21].

When is EvidenceMD not the right UpToDate replacement?

Three situations where a curated reference or another tool serves you better.

You want to read a whole topic

For browsing a subject end to end, an editor-written library such as UpToDate, DynaMed or BMJ Best Practice is the better format; EvidenceMD answers questions rather than publishing topics.

You need the Australian dose

For drug choice, dose and PBS restriction, go to Therapeutic Guidelines or AMH. EvidenceMD points you there rather than replacing them [21][22].

Your work needs onshore data

EvidenceMD stores application data in the United States. If your health service requires data to stay in Australia, use it only for de-identified questions, or use the tools your service has approved [3][27].

Patient data and overseas tools

Ahpra expects you to understand where a tool stores data, and APP 8 requires reasonable steps before personal information goes overseas [27][28]. With EvidenceMD, describe the case, not the patient. Our Australian guide covers the rules in depth [29].

How do you test an UpToDate alternative before your subscription renews?

Five steps over a few weeks of ordinary practice.

  1. List what you use UpToDate for

    Workup, treatment, drug interactions, patient handouts: note the last ten things you looked up and why.

  2. Check what work and your college provide

    Look at CIAP, CKN or your health service library, and your college's member resources, before you pay twice [12][14][17].

  3. Run the same questions side by side

    Ask each alternative the questions from your list, without patient identifiers, and compare the answers with what UpToDate said.

  4. Open the sources

    For any answer you would act on, open the citations and check they support it. Ahpra holds you responsible for AI output you use [27].

  5. Keep an Australian check

    Whatever you choose, confirm drug choice and dose in Therapeutic Guidelines or AMH [21][22].

Testing an UpToDate alternative before you renew: 1 List, 2 Check, 3 Compare, 4 Verify, 5 Localise.
Five steps for testing an UpToDate alternative before renewal: list what you use UpToDate for, check what work and your college provide, run the same questions side by side, open the sources, and keep an Australian check for prescribing.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best UpToDate alternative in Australia?

EvidenceMD is the best UpToDate alternative in Australia in 2026. It answers clinical questions from 40 million+ papers and guidelines, shows its chain-of-thought clinical reasoning with a citation for every claim and frames answers to Australian practice. DynaMed, BMJ Best Practice, Therapeutic Guidelines, AMBOSS and ClinicalKey AI follow.

How much does a personal UpToDate subscription cost in Australia?

With Australia and physician selected on 10 November 2026, UpToDate's store listed $54 for 30 days, $539 for one year, $949 for two years and $1,259 for three, plus tax, without labelling the currency, and it did not offer the Pro Plus package with Expert AI. EvidenceMD offers cited AI answers on a personal plan in Australia.

Can an individual clinician in Australia buy UpToDate Expert AI?

Not as of November 2026. Wolters Kluwer sells Pro Plus with Expert AI to individual subscribers in the United States and Canada, and in Australia Expert AI reaches clinicians through enterprise-wide hospital subscriptions. EvidenceMD gives Australian clinicians cited AI answers on a personal account with no licence check.

Do NSW Health staff get UpToDate through CIAP?

Yes. CIAP, available to staff working in or for the NSW public health system, lists UpToDate alongside BMJ Best Practice, Therapeutic Guidelines, AMH and NSW HealthPathways, with a DynaMed trial running to 30 June 2027. EvidenceMD is a personal tool you can add for cited answers outside those topics.

Which point-of-care references come with Queensland Health's CKN?

CKN lists BMJ Best Practice, DynaMed, Isabel, AMH, eMIMSelite and Therapeutic Guidelines for Queensland Health staff. UpToDate is not part of CKN; some services, such as Metro North and Metro South, subscribe to it separately. EvidenceMD adds cited answers to specific clinical questions.

Does RACGP membership include DynaMed?

Yes. The RACGP John Murtagh Library lists DynaMed among its exclusive resources for members, with an app. EBSCO sells Dyna AI to individual subscribers only in the USA, so if you want AI answers alongside DynaMed's topics, EvidenceMD fills that gap.

Can Therapeutic Guidelines (eTG complete) replace UpToDate?

Partly. Therapeutic Guidelines is the independent Australian reference for treatment, covering 2,500 conditions, and it is the better source for Australian drug choice and dose. It does not cover diagnosis and workup in UpToDate's depth. Many clinicians pair it with EvidenceMD for the clinical question and the evidence.

Is BMJ Best Practice a good UpToDate substitute for Australian clinicians?

For many, yes: it covers diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention, and NSW and Queensland public health staff already have it through CIAP and CKN. It is an international reference, so confirm Australian prescribing in Therapeutic Guidelines or AMH. EvidenceMD adds answers to specific questions with the reasoning shown.

Is it worth paying for UpToDate personally if my hospital already provides it?

Often not. Check whether your hospital's access works from home and on your phone first; CIAP, for example, can be used from home. If the gap is your private rooms, EvidenceMD or DynaMed through RACGP membership may cover it.

What is the lowest-cost way to replace a personal UpToDate subscription in Australia?

Start with what you have: CIAP or CKN at work, and DynaMed if you are an RACGP member. EvidenceMD is free to start for cited answers, with paid plans from US$50 a month or US$450 a year. DynaMed sells personal plans at US$399 a year.

Does EvidenceMD frame its answers to Australian guidelines?

Yes. EvidenceMD frames the country-specific parts of an answer to the user's country guidelines, so an Australian clinician gets next steps pointed at Australian practice. For drug choice, dose and PBS restriction, still confirm in Therapeutic Guidelines or AMH.

The bottom line

For Australian clinicians replacing or supplementing UpToDate in 2026, EvidenceMD is the best overall choice: it answers the specific clinical question with chain-of-thought clinical reasoning and a citation for every claim, frames the Australian parts to Australian guidance, and gives you AI answers on a personal plan that UpToDate does not offer here [1][2][8]. DynaMed is the closest like-for-like reference and free to RACGP members, BMJ Best Practice and Therapeutic Guidelines are already on CIAP and CKN, and AMBOSS and ClinicalKey AI suit clinicians who want AI inside a library [12][14][17][23][24]. Before you renew UpToDate, check what work and your college already provide, keep Therapeutic Guidelines or AMH for Australian prescribing, and use EvidenceMD with de-identified questions [3][21][22].

Sources & related evidence

EvidenceMD's own pages (company claims), UpToDate's store and Wolters Kluwer's pages, NSW Health's CIAP, Queensland library guides, the RACGP library, the other vendors' own pages, two papers for the worked example, Ahpra and the OAIC. Checked on 10 November 2026.

  1. Source 1. EvidenceMD clinical reasoningEvidenceMD. Answers from 40 million+ peer-reviewed papers and clinical guidelines with a visible chain of reasoning and a citation for every claim; country-specific parts of an answer framed to the user's country guidelines; 30 languages; no NPI or licence check.
  2. Source 2. EvidenceMD pricingEvidenceMD. Free to start; paid individual plans from US$50 a month or US$450 a year.
  3. Source 3. EvidenceMD Trust CenterEvidenceMD. Application data is stored on Microsoft Azure in East US 2 (Virginia, United States); conversations are not used to train or fine-tune models; SOC 2 Type II is in progress, not complete.
  4. Source 4. EvidenceMD DeepSearchA cited report of typically 20–25 pages from one clinical or biomedical question, usually in one to three minutes.
  5. Source 5. EvidenceMD clinical calculatorsClinical scores and calculators.
  6. Source 6. UpToDate store — UpToDate for professionals (Australia, physician)With Australia, Professional and Physician selected on 10 November 2026: 30-day recurring subscription $54.00, 1-year $539.00, 2-year $949.00, 3-year $1,259.00; MobileComplete and UpToDate for Desktop add-ons $49.00 each; tax calculated at checkout. The store shows "$" without a currency code. Only the standard UpToDate package was offered.
  7. Source 7. Wolters Kluwer — UpToDate subscription payment optionsCheques must be in US dollars and drawn on a US bank, and wire transfers must be in US dollars; not all payment options are available in all countries; VAT is added in select countries.
  8. Source 8. Wolters Kluwer — UpToDate Pro PlusThe UpToDate Pro Plus package, featuring Expert AI, is available as a package option for professional subscribers in the United States and Canada.
  9. Source 9. Wolters Kluwer — UpToDate Expert AI (Australian site)Expert AI draws only on UpToDate content; it is available to clinicians in health systems with an enterprise-wide UpToDate subscription; availability and features vary by region; it is considered a clinical decision support tool in some jurisdictions and a reference-only tool in others.
  10. Source 10. Apple App Store (Australia) — UpToDate Expert AIListed in the Australian App Store; access requires an UpToDate subscription with Expert AI enabled, through an enterprise account or a personal subscription.
  11. Source 11. CIAP (NSW Health) — About CIAPCIAP is available to nurses, midwives, doctors, allied health, community health and ancillary staff working in or for the NSW public health system, and can be accessed from work or from home; off-site access uses a NSW Health StaffLink login.
  12. Source 12. CIAP (NSW Health) — Diseases & ConditionsResource list including BMJ Best Practice, DynaMed, Isabel, NSW HealthPathways, Therapeutic Guidelines and UpToDate, with the notice "DynaMed and Isabel trial from 1 April 2026 to 30 June 2027". Read from the Internet Archive capture of 13 July 2026, because the live site did not load from our location.
  13. Source 13. CIAP (NSW Health) — MedicationsMedicines resources including the Australian Medicines Handbook and its Aged Care and Children's Dosing companions, MIMS, Micromedex and Lexidrug. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 17 January 2026.
  14. Source 14. University of Queensland Library — Clinical Knowledge Network (CKN) guideCKN is available to everyone currently employed by the Hospital and Health Services, Queensland Ambulance Service and Queensland Health; it includes BMJ Best Practice and Comorbidities, DynaMed and Isabel, AMH resources, eMIMSelite and Therapeutic Guidelines (formerly eTG complete). Internet Archive capture of 20 March 2025.
  15. Source 15. University of Queensland Library — Hospital staff membershipCKN is an online collection available to all Queensland Health staff; Hospital and Health Services staff can access additional resources not on CKN, for example Metro North Health's subscription to UpToDate.
  16. Source 16. Metro South Health, PA Hospital Library — FAQA link to UpToDate is available from the Queensland Health desktop for all Metro South staff, with a home login for mobile use. Last updated 9 November 2026.
  17. Source 17. RACGP — Exclusive benefits for RACGP members (John Murtagh Library)Lists DynaMed among the databases and point-of-care resources available exclusively to RACGP members.
  18. Source 18. RACGP — DynaMed (John Murtagh Library)All eligible users of the John Murtagh Library have access to DynaMed, which is also available as an app with a DynaMed account. Last updated 15 May 2026.
  19. Source 19. EBSCO — DynaMed storeDynaMed at US$399 a year with a 14-day free trial, covering 35+ specialties; DynaMed with Dyna AI for individual subscribers is currently only available in the USA; pricing in US dollars.
  20. Source 20. BMJ Best Practice — Subscription and trial optionsStructured around the patient consultation, covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention; access through an institution, or a free trial and a monthly or annual personal subscription.
  21. Source 21. Therapeutic GuidelinesAn independent not-for-profit organisation; 22 comprehensive guidelines with treatment advice for 2,500 conditions; individual and institutional subscriptions. The product was formerly called eTG complete.
  22. Source 22. Australian Medicines HandbookIndependent, peer-reviewed medicines information for Australian health professionals.
  23. Source 23. AMBOSS — Clinical AI ModeAI Mode draws on AMBOSS articles, AMBOSS Drugs and selected external sources including US clinical guidelines and a drug database; currently included in all AMBOSS subscriptions; intended for medical research and not for diagnostic or therapeutic use; may differ by region to conform to local regulations.
  24. Source 24. Elsevier — ClinicalKey AI for individual cliniciansIndividual subscriptions are available in countries including the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, with a 90-day free trial; answers cite Elsevier full text, NEJM and clinical practice guidelines from societies including ACC, AACE, CHEST, ACEP and AGA, traceable to the exact paragraph.
  25. Source 25. Stott DJ et al. Thyroid hormone therapy for older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism (TRUST). N Engl J Med 2017;376:2534–44737 adults aged 65 or over with persisting subclinical hypothyroidism (TSH 4.60 to 19.99 mIU/L, normal free T4); no difference at one year in the Hypothyroid Symptoms score or the Tiredness score between levothyroxine and placebo.
  26. Source 26. Bekkering GE et al. Thyroid hormones treatment for subclinical hypothyroidism: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ 2019;365:l2006Strong recommendation against thyroid hormones in adults with subclinical hypothyroidism, based on 21 trials with 2,192 participants; it does not apply to women trying to become pregnant or to a TSH above 20 mIU/L and may not apply to severe symptoms or young adults; clinicians should monitor progression or resolution instead.
  27. Source 27. Ahpra — Meeting your professional obligations when using AI in healthcareThe practitioner remains responsible for safe and quality care and must apply human judgement to any output of AI; practitioners should understand where data is located and how it is stored. Page reviewed 22 August 2024.
  28. Source 28. OAIC — APP guidelines, Chapter 8: cross-border disclosure of personal informationAPP 8.1 requires reasonable steps before disclosing personal information to an overseas recipient; section 16C can make the disclosing entity accountable for the recipient's handling.
  29. Source 29. Best medical AI for doctors in Australia (EvidenceMD)The Australian ranking of medical AI for doctors, with Ahpra, TGA and Privacy Act requirements in depth.

About EvidenceMD

EvidenceMD is a clinical reasoning platform for health professionals and medical and clinical researchers. It answers clinical questions from 40 million+ peer-reviewed papers and clinical guidelines with a visible chain of reasoning and a citation for every claim, in 30 languages, and needs no NPI or licence check; it is free to start. Application data is hosted in the United States, and it is not included in the ARTG. Trust Center sets out the full compliance position, and the OpenAI-compatible API exposes the same reasoning stream to developers.

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