BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager getting started guide The Comorbidities Manager from BMJ Best Practice is the first of its kind EBM tool, to help clinicians treat the whole patient, and is already supporting healthcare professionals worldwide to make the best decisions.
Where evidence meets
expertise
Join over 1 million healthcare professionals worldwide who trust BMJ Best Practice at the point of care.
Challenges in healthcare
Why decision support matters more than ever
➔ Rise of chronic disease and ageing populations ➔ Increasing multimorbidity and complex patient needs ➔ Pressure to improve outcomes while reducing costs ➔ Variation in care quality and practice ➔ Limited time and fluid workforce structures ➔ Need to demonstrate compliance and reporting
What is BMJ Best Practice?
A clinical decision support tool that provides evidence-based guidance for diagnosis, treatment and management at the point of care. Built for real-world challenges and trusted globally, BMJ Best Practice supports healthcare professionals in making confident clinical decisions – helping them treat not just the condition, but the whole patient .
Why BMJ Best Practice? Empowering clinical decisions
➔ Reliable answers covering over 90% of commonly encountered conditions
➔ Step-by-step guidance that reduces variation and supports quality improvement
➔ Smarter comorbidities management to reflect the needs of patients with multiple conditions
➔ Trusted worldwide by ministries of health, universities, and leading healthcare organizations
Benefits for the entire organisation Supporting better care, efficiency and education
Organizational guidance: Embed your organization’s guidelines into clinical topics
Seamless integration: Access real-time guidance within your EHR workflow
Better resource use: Avoid unnecessary tests with evidence-based recommendations
Support for every role: Ensure consistent care from the whole multidisciplinary team
Key features Everything your users need, in one place
Global accreditation Track and claim CME credits and MOC points
Comorbidities Manager Holistic patient care
Treatment algorithms Consistent, evidence-based guidance
Drug formulary integration Information on dosing, side-effects and contraindications including integration with AHFS Drug Information and Stockley’s Interaction Checker* Tests to avoid Avoid unnecessary testing with clear, evidence-based recommendations
Cochrane Clinical Answers Evidence made simple
Evidence-Based Medicine toolkit Evaluate and apply evidence with confidence
Case reports Rare diseases and unusual presentations
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BMJ Best Practice app Clinical decision support anywhere
➔ Full offline functionality - access trusted content anytime, even without internet
“Very informative, handy, and helpful in day-to-day practice. My practice dramatically changed after using this app.” 2024, Google Play
➔ Top rated - 4.8* on App Store and 4.9* on Google Play
➔ Comorbidities Manager - available directly in the app for whole-patient care
“I find this app to be fantastic. It is very concise, gets to the point succinctly and in easy-to-understand sections, and is regularly updated. It’s not too complex and can be used by various healthcare professionals.” 2024, App Store
Comorbidities Manager Supporting care that treats the whole patient
The only tool that empowers clinicians to confidently manage patients with multiple conditions.
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1 in 2 adults aged 60+ are affected by multimorbidity
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Poorly managed comorbidities = worse outcomes, longer stays, higher costs
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Our Comorbidities Manager provides tailored treatment plans for the whole patient
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Proven to improve patient outcomes, reduce hospital stays and readmissions, and increase patient satisfaction
Our robust evidence process Trusted, continuously updated and quality assured
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Continuous updates – Ongoing scanning of guidelines, systematic reviews, RCTs, and drug alerts
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Internal review – Peer review and pharmacist/senior editor sign-off for accuracy
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External validation – All new topics reviewed by international experts and clinicians
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Global collaboration – 1,600+ authors and 2,500+ peer reviewers worldwide
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User-driven – Daily monitoring of feedback and practice-changing updates highlighted
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Quality assured – Transparent, rigorous methodology at every stage
Impacting outcomes In healthcare organisations around the world
Europe: National agreement with Helsebiblioteket for all healthcare professionals in Norway. Large hospital and research systems agreements including ebpracticenet in Belgium, Helsinki University Hospital in Finland and over 80 Bibliosan organisations with the Italian MOH.
UK & Ireland: NHS England, NHS Education for Scotland & NHS Wales and Health Service Executive, BMJ Best Practice is used by all NHS healthcare professionals in Great Britain.
Asia-Pacific: national agreement with Health New Zealand, and agreements with most Australian state health departments providing access to 90% of Australia’s public healthcare professionals in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory.
Americas: Top-tier hospital systems including NYU, Jefferson Health, Mount Sinai Health and prominent universities such as Stanford University and UNAM, Universidad de Sao Paulo. 90% of Medical Schools in Canada and Nova Scotia Health, largest provider of health services.
Middle East & Africa: Oman Ministry of Health, Sidra Medical & Research Center, Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB), Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC).
Impacting outcomes In the Americas
Improves point-of-care decision making and patient management — Helping reduce diagnostic uncertainty and improve patient outcomes in real-world clinical settings. ○ The only Point of Care tool many systems subscribe to including Jefferson Health and Nova Scotia Health Authority. Relied on to enable physicians and nurses to deliver comprehensive care—“treating the whole patient, and not just the condition or disease at hand.” ○ Faculty and learners at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the U.S. report that Best Practice’s step-by-step clinical guidance improves confidence and accuracy in care decisions . ○ At the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), students trust BMJ Best Practice hundreds of times per day on rotations to check diagnoses and treatments, aligning education with evidence-based clinical decisions . "The fastest, most reliable clinical resource I’ve used. It delivers precise, evidence-based answers in seconds, even offline. Truly indispensable at the bedside." US App store, 2025
EHR integration Integrate the latest information within your workflow
Integration options:
EHR
Link your EHR system to the BMJ Best Practice homepage Embed a BMJ Best Practice search widget in your EHR
Add a diagnosis specific link (infobutton) to your EHR
What our users are saying Trusted by healthcare professionals at every stage
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“It makes me a better, more confident doctor. I really like the app and I would recommend it to all my juniors and colleagues.” Emergency Registrar East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, UK “It has always provided easily accessible, high-quality evidence-based content. I love it!” Primary Nurse IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Italy “So many examples of how this has supported my practice. My go-to, one source for information rather than multiple.”
“It’s an incredible study tool, in order to get information and to get it in a timely manner. It’s so nice to have really succinct summaries and accurate information that you can really rely on.” Medical Student Monash University, Australia “I have found it to be extremely helpful and I have been recommending it to all of my colleagues at the health clinic, who all use it regularly now.” Family Medicine Consultant Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia
General Practitioner Health New Zealand
Walk-through of BMJ Best Practice (app) Product demonstration
Intuitive browse and search to get to clinical answers easily
Important updates to topics
Automatic CME/CPD tracking
Personalised homepage featuring recently viewed topics and clinical updates to followed topics
Browse topics by specialty
Option to bookmark commonly used calculators, topics and patient information for easy access
Explore medical calculators
Search patient information to download and share with patients
Easily access bookmarked topics, calculators and patient information
Bookmark topic pages to easily find them or follow to be notified with important updates
Topic pages include unique treatment algorithms to guide users through treatment options
The C+ symbol indicates when the Comorbidities Manager is available within a topic
Use the Comorbidities Manager to add all relevant comorbidities for tailored treatment recommendations
Expand your chosen treatment option to view details on how the treatment has been adjusted for the comorbidities
The C+ symbol clearly indicates when a treatment option may be impacted by the comorbidities that have been selected
Recommendations backed up with evidence from guidelines and Cochrane Library
Walk-through of BMJ Best Practice (web) Product demonstration
Automatic CME/CPD tracking
Content covering 37 specialties
Intuitive browse and search to get to clinical answers easily
Continuously updated
Unique structure following clinical workflow
Printable PDFs
Language options
Alerts for important and practice-changing updates
Quick links to relevant information: differentials, guidelines, patient information, calculators and more
Short videos explaining how to perform common procedures
Links to organisation-specific guidance
Unique treatment algorithms to guide users through treatment options
Use the Comorbidities Manager to add all relevant comorbidities for tailored treatment recommendations
Expand your chosen treatment option to view details on how the treatment has been adjusted for the comorbidities
The C+ symbol clearly indicates when a treatment option may be impacted by the comorbidities that have been selected
Recommendations backed up with evidence from guidelines and Cochrane Library
Quality improvement
Driving measurable quality improvement and patient safety
BMJ Best Practice supports organizations to deliver on quality and safety goals through:
➔ Reducing unwarranted variation in care, avoiding unnecessary testing and demonstrating compliance with standards
➔ Providing consultative, end-to-end QI support - from defining problems and identifying gold standards to developing evidence-based measurement tools
➔ Embedding BMJ Best Practice in PDSA cycles to drive sustained improvement
➔ Helping teams overcome obstacles in QI implementation, with insights on how to write up QI reports, and publish work in high-quality journals
➔ Demonstrating proven, measurable impact on clinical practice and patient outcomes
Proven examples of impact
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Added value services
Dedicated services to maximize adoption and impact
Recently a doctor told me how information he accessed through BMJ Best Practice had helped him save his patient’s life. You simply can’t overstate the importance of information.” - Lisa Jenkinson , Senior Library Assistant, UK
Beyond the product, we provide tailored support for success:
Expert-led webinars and podcasts
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Dedicated customer support team
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Marketing toolkits to raise awareness
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Institution-branded landing pages
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Comprehensive onboarding resources and training
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