August 2021 edition

What’s new at BMJ?
Dear Colleague,
It’s hard to believe that we are already more than half
way through the year. I hope that you and your team,and all of your loved ones, are well despite thechallenges that the COVID-19 pandemic continues tobring.
In our second newsletter of 2021, you’ll ﬁnd a quicksummary of the latest developments from BMJ.
If you have any questions about any of the items
covered, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Wishing you all the best for the remainder of the year.
Yours sincerely,David Peh, Regional Sales Manager, BMJ
Phone: +65 9225 2038 | Email: dpeh@bmj.com

News fromEnhancements to CME/CPD features
You may already know that the time users spend reading topics and ﬁnding clinicalanswers on BMJ Best Practice is automatically logged, with every 15 minutes spent on
the website and app converted into 0.25 CME/CPD credits.
Now, we’ve made it easier for users to claim certiﬁcates, see accrediting organisations intheir country, and view credits earned via a new counter at the top of every page. Users
can also add their own notes about the impact BMJ Best Practice has on their clinicalpractice and patient outcomes.
Find out more in the new Help & FAQ sectionof bestpractice.bmj.com/activity

New push notiﬁcations in the top-rated app
To ensure users always have access to the latest clinical information, we haveintroduced new notiﬁcations to the app to highlight important updates, critical
recommendations, key enhancements and more. BMJ Best Practice has the highest
rated app of all clinical decision support tools*, currently 4.8 in Google Play and 4.7
in the App Store, and access is included in a standard institutional subscription toBMJ Best Practice.
Learn more at bestpractice.bmj.com/info/app*As of 3 August 2021.

Celebrating 500 patient leaﬂets
Our new lymphoedema patient leaﬂet brings the total number of leaﬂets
available in BMJ Best Practice to 500! Other recently published patient leaﬂets
include COVID-19 vaccinations, concussion, epistaxis in adults, bacterial
meningitis and carbon monoxide poisoning. Patient leaﬂets provide concise,user-friendly summaries to reassure patients and carers and help them makeinformed, shared decisions with healthcare professionals.
Users can browse the full collection atbestpractice.bmj.com/patient-leaﬂets

More acute topics linked to Comorbidities tool
A number of important acute topics have recently been linked to the Comorbidities tool
including aspiration pneumonia, pericarditis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, diverticulardisease, ovarian torsion, benzodiazepine overdose, infective endocarditis, ischaemic
bowel disease, meningococcal disease and atrial ﬂutter. By the end of the year, 75 acutetopics will be linked to the Comorbidities tool, representing thousands upon thousandsof guideline combinations to support the management of patients with pre-existing
conditions. The Comorbidities tool is available as an add-on to a BMJ Best Practiceinstitutional subscription.
Please visit bestpractice.bmj.com/info/comorbidities for more
information, or contact me to arrange a demo and trial

News from10 new quality improvement modules
Covering topics like the improvement model, clinical leadership, improvement
measurement, patient safety and intervention design, these modules provide an ideal
starting point for anyone exploring change management projects. They assume very
little prior exposure to improvement methodology, principles and tools, and it ispossible to dip in and out of each module as a stand alone resource, or complete themodules as a set. Modules can be purchased as SCORM ﬁles to host on yourinstitution’s own LMS, or as part of a wider subscription to the BMJ Learning platform.
Please visit bit.ly/bmjl-qi for more informationon the modules, or contact me to request a quote

Exciting new website features
A ‘saved for later’ feature is now available on BMJ Learning, allowing users to easily
bookmark a module for completion later from the module homepage. Additionally,pre- and post- tests are now included in more than 150 modules to allow users toeasily identify their knowledge gaps before taking a module, and provide evidence ofimproved knowledge afterwards. Look out for more new features coming soon - a‘short modules’ category of over 100 modules that take less than 30 minutes tocomplete, as well as a series of 5-minute wellbeing modules.

The 2020 Citescore and Journal Impact Factors are out
BMJ continues to demonstrate the reach, impact and inﬂuence of its titles with impressive
rankings in the 2020 Citescore and Journal Impact Factors (JIF). Here are some of the highlights:
Of BMJ’s 38 journals that have a JIF (includingThe BMJ), 34 received an increase. Of the 60
journals indexed in Scopus, 48 received anincreased Citescore.
The BMJ saw an impressive rise in its JIF (up9.577) to 39.89, maintaining its ranking within
the top 5 of all 169 general medical journals.

Several journals received their ﬁrst JIF or Citescore,including Evidence-Based Mental Health, Lupus
Science & Medicine and RMD Open.
A number of journals observed an increase of over
3 points, including Annals of the RheumaticDiseases, General Psychiatry, Gut and Journal for
Immunotherapy of Cancer.

We publish each journal’s metrics on the About page of its
website, so head online to ﬁnd out more.

New journal

bmjmedicine
The BMJ journals portfolio continues to expand at a rapid rate, with BMJ
Medicine the latest title to join our oﬀering. Oﬃcially launching in October
2021, this open access, multispecialty journal prioritises specialist
research with wider general relevance that will inﬂuence clinical care,public health policy, medical education and the direction of futureresearch. The journal will facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration anddiscussion, encouraging debate and exchange of new knowledge andideas on how to improve the health of patients and the public.
Find out more about the journal atbmjmedicine.bmj.com

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