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Gold Standard integrates its electronic drug information and medication management reference with FormChecker - 04 Jan 2008
Clinical software vendor Gold Standard, Inc., US, part of STM publisher Elsevier, has integrated its Clinical Pharmacology electronic drug information and medication management reference with FormChecker. FormChecker is a formulary management and pharmacy information system from pharmacy software developer, MedKeeper. The initiative seeks to provide hospital pharmacists with a single, comprehensive source for both drug and formulary information. The integrated feature is available to concurrent subscribers of both products in two convenient ways - by going to the 'Resource Center' button within Clinical Pharmacology and selecting 'FormChecker' from the drop-down menu - from there, pharmacists can easily conduct formulary searches and access other documents and links; and formulary information can also be accessed from within Clinical Pharmacology monographs. With a new look, simpler navigation and additional content, Clinical Pharmacology provides clinically-relevant drug information to prevent drug errors, reduce adverse events and improve health outcomes. It includes all US prescription drugs, as well as off-label uses and dosages, herbal supplements, nutritional and over-the-counter products and investigational drugs. Clinical Pharmacology, the trusted frontline drug information resource for more than 1,000 hospitals, also features IV compatibility, drug interaction and adverse reaction reports, as well as MedCounselor patient education sheets in English and Spanish. FormChecker is an easy-to-use formulary management and communication system that aids in JCAHO compliance, ensures current pharmacy guidelines are followed and reduces time spent on management of formulary conversions. Using a web browser, pharmacists can effortlessly update formularies, guidelines, alerts and other pharmacy-related information. Changes are instantly made available to pharmacists over the Internet, in print, and on Palm and Pocket PC PDAs. FormChecker also includes integrated drug information and health plan formulary information for more than 180 million covered lives.
CrossRef surpasses 30 million DOI mark - 04 Jan 2008
Publisher linking services provider CrossRef, US, has announced that it has recently registered its 30 millionth DOI. While the majority of CrossRef's Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are assigned to online journal articles, there are now over 2.5 million DOI names assigned to other types of publications, including conference proceedings, dissertations, books, datasets, and technical reports. CrossRef's dues-paying membership exceeds 500, with over 2,400 publishers and societies participating in CrossRef linking. The 30 millionth DOI, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.055201, was registered by The American Physical Society for their journal Physical Review E. CrossRef adds an average of 550,000 new items every month to its DOI registry and linking service. Of the over 6.5 million DOIs created and assigned during the past year, a large number are associated with archival, or back-file, journal articles, as several large publishers have recently undertaken extensive retro-digitisation projects. This includes the Royal Society, Elsevier, Springer, Sage, Kluwer, Wiley, Blackwell, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. CrossRef is an independent membership association founded and directed by publishers. It seeks to improve access to published scholarship through collaborative technologies. The Company operates a cross-publisher citation linking system, and is the official DOI registration agency for scholarly and professional content.
Five American university presses collaborate for scholarly publishing - 04 Jan 2008
Five university presses have reportedly announced a collaboration to find a way to reduce costs of scholarly publishing and allow for more books to be released. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the collaboration will set up a joint operation for copy editing, design, layout and typesetting for the work in American literatures. The five university presses involved are: the NYU Press, Rutgers University Press, Fordham University Press, Temple University Press and the University of Virginia Press. The presses will retain complete control over book selection and distribution. The NYU will manage the $1.37 million grant to be spread out over five years. The grant includes royalties for authors and marketing funds. It is expected that Mellon will follow this grant with several others promoting collaboration, in sectors such as Slavic studies, ethnomusicology and East Asian studies. The new system is likely to generate adequate savings to allow each of the presses to increase output by five books a year. The project comes at a time of increased interest in using collaborative models to make university publishing more economically feasible.
ACP receives Commonwealth Fund grant to study patient-centered medical home - 04 Jan 2008
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has announced that it has received a Commonwealth Fund grant of nearly $225,000 to study the cost of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH). The grant, part of the Commonwealth Fund's Patient-Centered Primary Care Initiative, will help underwrite a 10-month study which began in November 2007. ACP committed matching funds late in 2007. The PCMH is a conceptual model of care whose goal is to put the needs of the patient first. It can be the base from which healthcare services are coordinated to provide more effective and efficient care to the patient. The PCMH includes using health information technology; coordinating specialty and inpatient care; providing preventive services through health promotion; and using disease management and prevention, health maintenance, behavioral health services, patient education and diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. The study - 'What Does a Patient-Centered Medical Home Cost?' - will be directed by Dr. Michael S. Barr, vice president of ACP's Department of Practice Advocacy and Improvement. The research team will be led by Dr. Robert Berenson, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute who is an expert in healthcare policy, particularly Medicare. ACP has convened a multi-stakeholder advisory committee to help guide the project. The US-based Commonwealth Fund is an independent philanthropic foundation working toward health policy reform and a high performance health system.
Latest issue of IJMC includes study on nanocomposites and machining - 04 Jan 2008
The International Journal of Metalcasting (IJMC) has announced that it will release its second issue in January 2008. This issue will feature 6 papers, including one on 'Recent Developments on Ultrasonic Cavitation Based Solidification Processing of Bulk Magnesium Nanocomposites' by G. Cao, H. Konishi and X. Li, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. The paper discusses the potential to double the strength of aluminum castings with only a 1-2 percent addition of nano-sized particles of Silicon and Carbon. A second paper titled 'Age Strengthening of Gray Iron-Kinetics Study' by V.L. Richards, T.V. Anish, S. Lekakh, D.C. Van Aken, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla, W. Nicola, Warsaw, Ind., reports on improvements in machinability along with increases in strength that have been observed, and now documented for gray cast iron. A quarterly publication, IJMC was launched by the American Foundry Society (AFS) in August 2007. The journal has been accepted for coverage by Chemical Abstracts. The IJMC is dedicated to leading the transfer of research and technology for the global metalcasting industry. The publication will work closely with the annual AFS Transactions to provide scientific leaders in the industry with the latest developments in metalcasting research and technology throughout the year.
ProVation software named number one in Clinical Procedure Documentation category of KLAS' Year-end Report - 04 Jan 2008
Healthcare software and services firm ProVation Medical Inc., part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced that it has been designated number one in the Clinical Procedure Documentation category of KLAS' 2007 Year-End Top 20 Report. KLAS Enterprises, an independent healthcare IT vendor research firm, recognises healthcare vendors for their leadership in working with customers to ensure satisfaction. ProVation Medical was named number one in this category in the 2005 and 2006 Year-End Reports as well. ProVation MD software for multi-specialty procedure documentation and coding compliance replaces dictation/transcription and streamlines the coding and billing process. Driven by deep medical content, ProVation MD allows clinicians to quickly and completely document medical procedures and apply the appropriate CPT and ICD codes, as well as CCI edits. ProVation MultiCaregiver software delivers multispecialty perioperative documentation, streamlining workflow by intelligently reusing data at various points while automatically retrieving data from multiple IT systems. The 'Best in KLAS' ranking measures performance based on customer surveys and in-depth interviews and gauges insight into specific strengths, weaknesses and future expectations for companies and their products. This annual recognition assists medical facilities in providing an unbiased and accurate vehicle for measuring performance in the healthcare industry, allowing for further understanding of how well suppliers and products perform.
Dear Subscribers - 04 Jan 2008
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