(courtesy of UpToDate newsletter)
Soon you will begin to see new material in UpToDate on three new specialties: Emergency Medicine (adult and pediatric), Allergy and Immunology, and Neurology.
Individual subscribers will notice some changes in the CME system. Individual subscribers will be able to request CME credits online and print an electronic copy of their certificate They will also be changing the way CME credits are earned based on AMA guidelines.

If you are using UpToDate on CD-ROM it is important to note what computer you are running the program on. Soon, older operating systems such as Windows 98, Windows ME, Mac OS8, Mac OS9, and computers with limited memory or processing power will not be able to run UpToDate.

New enhancements have been made to the PocketPC version of UpToDate. The new version includes: 8,000 images have been added brining the number of images to 19,000 (the same as CD-ROM and online users) and a new Lexi-Comp search interface is available.

Palm users will be happy to know they are currently beta testing a version of UpToDate for the Palm operating system. The new version will work with LifeDrive, Palm TX, and Treo 650 models.