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From 30 May 2014 Map of Medicine's direct access has closed. You can access Map of Medicine within the North, Midlands and East region of England. You will need either your NHS Smartcard or your NHS Athens username and password. Map of Medicine provides access to a wide range of evidence-based pathways, including local care pathways where available. There is public access to national pathways via NHS Choices Map of Medicine Healthguides .

The Map of Medicine lists care pathways for a wide range of conditions and diseases. You can get information about diagnosis and assessment, treatment and referrals and on-going care. It includes primary care pathways as well as acute care pathways. You can also see the reference list that has been used to develop the care plan. The database also includes pathways from our local NHS organisations as well as general pathways and pathways from other NHS organisations. You will need your Athens username and password to access the Map of Medicine with all its full features. There is a freely available version, though you are still required to register. You can access the Map of Medicine from our Healthcare Resources page . Find out more about Map of medicine via this YouTube video

Map of Medicine has been upgraded to include a number of new features: New ways of searching for pathways including A-Z and specialty searching Bookmarking your favourite content Professional development certificates Example of new search tools You can use Map of Medicine to search for evidence-based care pathways for a wide range of conditions and diseases. You can access it via NHS Athens username and password. For more information, including video tutorials go to Map ofMedicine Resources . I’ve also added links to the Map of Medicine videos on our YouTube channel .

The Map of Medicine has been updated to include pathways for new conditions as well as updates to a range of existing conditions: Anaemia Cough in children Cough in adults Crystal arthropathy Pelvic organ prolapse Hip pain Map of Medicine provides access to a variety of condition-specific evidence-based care maps. For more details see this bulletin

The Map of Medicine has been updated to include new functionality to: See local care maps Bookmark your favourite care maps Change your default view Search within each care map Print a single care point Map of Medicine provides access to a variety of condition-specific evidence-based care maps. For more details see this bulletin

The Map of Medicine have released their latest newsletter This reports on: 9 new Care Maps 48 Updated Care Maps Map of Medicine is available to both Keele and NHS users via your Athens username.