MediConnect Global, Inc. US, has finalised an agreement with Harvard Health Publications and The StayWell Company that allows the use of selected Harvard Medical School consumer health content within MediConnect Global's myMediConnect personal health record (PHR) and consumer health portal. Under the deal, myMediConnect users will have complimentary access to the monthly Harvard Health Letter newsletter, which delivers timely, authoritative health information from experts at Harvard Medical School.

In addition to the monthly Harvard Health Letter, myMediConnect users will also have access to more than 200 Harvard Reviews of Health News postings per year. These postings, published multiple times during each week, feature key insights from Harvard Medical School physicians, who cover trending healthcare news headlines and provide trenchant analysis, together with advice on how consumers should react to current issues being discussed in the popular media.

Harvard Health Publications, a division of the Harvard Medical School, brings to the public, around the world, the most current practical, authoritative health information, drawing on the expertise of over 9,000 faculty physicians at the Harvard Medical School and its affiliated hospitals. Working with partners in the publishing industry, Harvard Health Publications publishes health and wellness information through many media vehicles, including newsletters, books and its consumer website.

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Pharmaceutical and healthcare information provider IMS Health, US, has named Adel Al-Saleh as senior vice president, Sales and Global Account Management. Previously, Al-Saleh was president, Europe, Middle East and Africa for IMS. He will continue to report to IMS chairman and CEO, David Carlucci.

In his new position, Al-Saleh will be responsible for advancing the company's go-to-market initiatives, working closely with the sales, consulting, services and business line organisations to ensure a consistent, globally integrated approach to client engagement. In his new role, he will bring together IMS's full continuum of information, analytics, consulting and services to help clients gain a deeper understanding of market dynamics as they shape new business models and strategies. Al-Saleh will also oversee the company's Global Key Account Management efforts, driving sales activities with multinational clients.

The company also announced that Seyed Mortazavi has been appointed president, EMEA, reporting to Carlucci. He assumes responsibility for IMS operations in more than 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. During his 14 years at IMS, Mortazavi has held roles of increasing responsibility in the U.K., U.S., and EMEA sales organisations. Most recently, he served as general manager, UK, Ireland and South Africa.

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Academic publisher SAGE and Men's Health Network have announced an agreement to partner on the American Journal of Men's Health. Published by SAGE, the journal is now endorsed by Men's Health Network (MHN). MHN is a national non-profit organisation whose mission is to reach men and their families with health prevention messages and tools, screening programmes, educational materials, advocacy opportunities, and patient navigation.

This announcement was made at the conclusion of June's Men's Health Month (www.menshealthmonth.org), where the purpose is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys.

The American Journal of Men's Health is projected as essential resource for frontline care providers and patient educators, policy development specialists, researchers, and scholars. The journal publishes papers from all health, behavioural and social disciplines, including but not limited to medicine, nursing, allied health, public health, health psychology/behavioral medicine, and medical sociology and anthropology.

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Population Health Metrics, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, recently published a new thematic series entitled 'Measuring mortality in Thailand.' The series Editor, Dr. Emmanuela Gakidou, is an Associate Editor for Population Health Metrics.

The series describes methods and results from what could be the largest-ever national investigation into the validity and quality of cause-of-death statistics in a developing country. A commentary by Peter Byass discusses the four research papers by Rao and colleagues and considers methodological assessments and public health implications. The research papers relate to a detailed investigation of cause-specific mortality in Thailand during 2005, integrating a number of different data sources, including empirical investigations, death certification, and the use of verbal autopsy methods. Research published in this thematic series could serve as a model for additional investigations into the quality of mortality statistics in other developing countries.

Population Health Metrics addresses issues relating to concepts, methods, ethics applications and results in the measurement of the health of populations. The journal aims to provide a platform for researchers in all these areas to share their findings with the global research community.

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Publisher Future Science, UK, has announced that Therapeutic Delivery is the latest title to join the Future Science portfolio - a series of peer-reviewed journals targeted at research and development professionals in healthcare and environmental communities. The journal launches in July 2010.

Therapeutic Delivery will provide researchers in this field with a forum for the rapid publication of original research and critical reviews of the latest developments. Coverage focuses on how the technological, pharmacological, clinical and physiological aspects come together to successfully deliver modern therapeutics to patients. The journal will publish reviews, original research, perspectives, commentary and news & views. Content can be viewed at http://www.future-science.com/r/tde.

The editorial direction of the journal is driven by a team of thirteen Associate Editors and an Advisory Panel of more than thirty international experts spanning the relevant disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, pharmacology and pharmaceutics, nanotechnology, physiology, materials science and engineering.

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The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), published by the American Public Health Association, has reported an increased impact factor for 2009. The 2009 impact factor for AJPH is 4.371 up from 4.241 in 2008.

The journal ranks #2 out of 95 titles in the Public, Environmental and Occupational Health category of the 2009 Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index compared to last year's #3 of 76 titles. It ranks #9 of 122 titles compared to last year's #10 of 105 in the same category in the Science Edition. The journal is also listed as one of the 100 most influential journals in biology and medicine over the last 100 years by the Special Libraries Association.

AJPH is the official Journal of the American Public Health Association. The journal publishes original work in research, research methods, and programme evaluation in the field of public health, and serves as a forum for health policy analysis.

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Healthcare information provider Informa Healthcare, part of Informa plc, UK, has unveiled plans to redesign and add recently published book content to the informahealthcare.com web platform. The change is set for July 2010, when the site will deliver more than 170 journals and approximately 600 online books.

The combination of books and journals is projected to allow users to search across both products to find key data on one platform - saving researchers time and helping site administrators track usage more effectively. The redesigned site is seen to improve navigation and optimise current functionality. Enhancements include deeper content in special therapeutic areas including cardiology, dermatology, neurology, pharmaceutical science, respiratory medicine, toxicology and urology. There is an option to save searches to help manage advanced research results. Improved navigation options are projected to highlight most popular articles and chapters, share journal or book developments and connect related content or authors to improve and expand research.

The new platform also offers more links to resources such as audio or video content, social networking pages, users guides and the Informa Healthcare blog to diversify product offerings and maximise subscription investments. Additionally, it allows librarians, information officers or department heads to evaluate usage and traffic on the site to ensure their patrons or staff are regularly accessing the data and help quantify subscription investments.

As administrators, customers can access COUNTER-compliant usage reports, manage IP ranges, and view general account details. Users can also receive new data published online through free alerts services - including eTOC alerts, early online article alerts or RSS feeds to share any research or developments with peers. Informahealthcare.com seeks to cover all aspects of healthcare, including drug discovery and development, medical technology, bioscience, clinical medicine and toxicology-offering access to specialised research and insight from an international body of experts. The site will now offer more than 3 million pages of research and approximately 16,000 new book chapters.

The NHSScotland eLibrary, owned and managed by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) since 2003, has been re-launched as The Knowledge Network. Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, launched the online service at the annual NHSScotland Conference.

The Knowledge Network will include a 'Google-style' search engine with access to 11 million learning and information resources from over 100 providers and partners in NHS, education, voluntary sector and commercial and local authority sectors. The network aims to save staff time and bring online resources together in one place. It also provides communities, teams, and partner organisations with a suite of technology tools and shared content which they can use to create online knowledge services to meet their own needs.

According to the Scottish government, the resource has been designed to support the information needs of the health and social care workforce. It goes beyond the traditional 'library' service of books and journals to support evidence based practice, the sharing of knowledge and experience, and eLearning. By providing equitable access to knowledge across the health and care workforce, the network seeks to support implementation of the Knowledge and Skills Framework, providing resources to meet the learning needs of all NHS staff.

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The US Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will collaborate with the website Drugs.com to expand access to the FDA's consumer health information. Drugs.com seeks to provide patients with information to better manage their own healthcare and to assist in the reduction of medication errors. It attracts more than 12 million unique visitors each month.

The FDA's partnership with Drugs.com is expected to provide consumers with a joint resource on the Drugs.com site featuring FDA Consumer Update articles, videos, and slideshows. The partnership will also provide access to FDA health information on Drugs.com's mobile phone platform.

Partnerships like this are an important part of the FDA's effort to ensure the public has easy access to reliable, useful information that can help people protect and improve their health. The complete terms and components of the partnership are described in a Memorandum of Understanding published in the May 26, 2010, Federal Register and available online at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-12638.pdf3.

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The American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.

The AMA-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (PCPI) is committed to enhancing quality of care and patient safety by taking the lead in the development, testing, and maintenance of evidence-based clinical performance measures and measurement resources for physicians. The initiative has developed 270 measures in 43 clinical areas and has members from 170 organisations, including specialty and state medical societies.

The National Quality Forum has endorsed many of the consortium's measures.

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Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, and the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) have announced the first issue of Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery (www.fpmrs.net) as the official journal of AUGS. Dr. Alfred E. Bent of Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery is not merely a re-titling of LWW's Journal of Pelvic Medicine & Surgery. The journal is now directed more broadly at the entire field of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. The rededicated journal will continue on a bimonthly publication schedule, with January/February 2010 as the first issue. All AUGS members will receive the journal as a benefit of membership. The full content of each issue will also be available online for individual and member subscribers at www.fpmrs.net. Online access for institutions will be available via the OvidSP platform (http://www.ovid.com).

The new title and revamped design signal a transformation to reflect the specialised focus of AUGS members. Led by a new editorial board, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery aims to become the world's leading source of peer-reviewed research on the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment, and basic science related to disorders of the female urinary tract, pelvic floor support, and colorectal function.

In addition to original research, the journal will feature faculty review articles on topics of current interest, a section on subspecialty training and continuing education, editorials and letters, book and media reviews, and more. Plans call for the introduction of additional new print and online features, such as special topic collections and educational opportunities, as the journal evolves to meet the needs of the AUGS membership.

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Publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has announced the addition of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being (QHW) to its portfolio. The title moves to Co-Action Publishing from Informa Healthcare.

In addition to the change in publisher, QHW will also be transitioned to full open access from Volume 5 2010, with selected key articles from earlier volumes also being made open access, with permission from the former publisher. Also from 2010 the title will be included in ISI Thomson's Science Citation Index.

Launched in January 2006, QHW seeks to improve the quality of qualitative research through increasing scientific theoretical knowledge among researchers and therewith strengthen the methodological consciousness around qualitiative research in the field. The journal is led by Editor-in-Chief Lillemor Hallberg of Halmstad University, together with Co-Editors Peter D. Ashworth of Sheffield Hallam University and Karin Dahlberg of Linnaeus University.

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Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that it has acquired three quarterly healthcare journals from Henry Stewart Publications, an international publisher of peer-reviewed, professional and academic journals. The journals - Journal of Care Services Management, Journal of Management and Marketing in Healthcare and Journal of Communication in Healthcare - together establish a decisive publishing commitment to research and best practice in management and communication for health service providers.

Journal of Care Services Management serves all those directly involved in or concerned with the management and delivery of care homes and care services, at a strategic and senior level. The journal publishes detailed, authoritative briefings, analysis, case studies, research and reviews by leading experts and practitioners in the field, to keep subscribers up to date with the latest developments and thinking in care services and care home management.

Journal of Management & Marketing in Healthcare claims to be an indispensable resource for all those directly involved in, or concerned with, the organisation, delivery, management and marketing of healthcare services, at a strategic and operational level. The journal publishes original, forward-looking papers describing the strategies, concepts and processes of direct and indirect concern to healthcare managers and marketers. Each article is subjected to double-blind peer review to ensure it is both rigorous and addresses and satisfies the practical needs and concerns of healthcare managers and marketers.

Journal of Communication in Healthcare is the major professional journal publishing peer-reviewed articles on how to improve communication in all aspects of healthcare delivery, health promotion and the healthcare business. The journal highlights the role of effective communication in patient care, managing healthcare organisations and the healthcare business, and seeks to advance understanding of how communication techniques are used and their impact measured in practice.

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Publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has announced the addition of the Libyan Journal of Medicine (ljm) to its portfolio. A peer-reviewed, open access, international medical journal, ljm seeks to promote health and health education by publishing premium medical research and data in the different disciplines of medicine.

ljm was founded in 2006 by a group of physicians and scientists to address the lack of publication outlets for Arab and African medical research. The journal enjoys support as well as recognition from the international medical community and also attracts submissions from around the world.

The journal is indexed with ISI Thomson's Science Citation Index.

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Disability and Health Journal, a journal published by STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the release of a special issue titled ‘A Disability Perspective on the Issue of Physician-Assisted Suicide’. The issue examines matters related to assisted suicide and disability, the legal considerations and the Oregon and Washington experiences.

Although public opinion in the US on physician-assisted suicide is evenly divided, about half of states have either defeated bills to legalise assisted suicide or have passed laws explicitly banning it. Only two states - Oregon and Washington - have legalised it. Journal editors Dr. Suzanne McDermott and Dr. Margaret A. Turk have assembled six articles from disability advocates and scholars who oppose assisted suicide and thereby add insights and background information to the debate. The entire issue is publicly available online via open access at www.disabilityandhealthjnl.com.

Disability and Health Journal is the official publication of the American Association on Health and Disability. Positioned as a scientific, scholarly and multidisciplinary journal, it seeks to report original contributions that advance knowledge in disability and health. Such contributions include reports of empirical research on the characteristics of persons with disabilities, environments, health outcomes, and determinants of health; reviews and theoretical interpretations of research literatures; and research on new interventions, technologies and programmes.

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B2B information provider Sunshine Media Inc, US, has named Cindy Dunston Quirk as Publisher of MD News, a business and practice management publication for physicians in the Greater Indianapolis area.

An accomplished writer, marketing expert and entrepreneur, Cindy Dunston Quirk has excelled in the field of communications for over twenty years. Cindy is the creative mind at the helm of Leap Media Group. In her new position, she will provide local businesses with solutions to connect with their customers and grow their business through custom content, advertising and marketing opportunities.

M.D. News is a business and practice management publication reaching professionals in the health care industry. The publication combines compelling local market editorial with informative national features and columns. It highlights industry leaders who conduct groundbreaking work in the field of medical science on both a local and national level. Special editorial features in the publication cover a litany of relevant topics such as HIPAA compliance, Medicare, genetics and alternative medicine, plus engaging articles related to practice management.

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STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it will assume publication of the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, beginning with Volume 104 (2010). The journal is the official journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI).

The Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, published since 1942, will continue under the leadership of Editor Gailen D. Marshall and a distinguished editorial board. The journal provides peer-reviewed coverage of current clinical science (both research and practice-based) that is readily applicable to both the clinician and the researcher in the fields of allergy, asthma, and immunology.

Each monthly issue also provide opportunities to participate in accredited continuing medical education activities to enhance overall clinical proficiency.

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The December 2009 issue of the journal Nursing & Health Sciences has released a special issue devoted to the critical and contemporary topic of disasters and emergencies. The issue entitled ‘Disasters and Emergencies: Preparing, Managing and Experiencing’, is published by Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US. This collection of papers provides valuable insights from personal experiences and disaster reports as well as discussions of research findings aimed at improving the management of disasters and emergencies.

Through publication of this special issue, the editors hope to assist health professionals, policy makers, governments and non-government agencies around the world to help communities and countries be better prepared to avoid or manage disasters and emergencies – either man-made or natural.

Nursing & Health Sciences (NHS) focuses on the exchange of knowledge in nursing and health sciences, particularly between the East and West. The journal publishes peer-reviewed scientific papers on original research, education, practice, and policy as well as more informal papers describing personal experiences.

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Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced the appointment of Anne Dabrow Woods to the new position of Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in a move to strengthen the nursing strategy of its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journals and Ovid brands.

As CNO, Woods will lead the nursing strategy across both the LWW journals and Ovid businesses. She will provide important direction on the development of nursing products based on her knowledge of how nurses access and use information in their practice to improve patient outcomes. In addition, Woods will have a visible role within the nursing profession’s medical and nursing societies and industry associations, many of which utilise WK Health to support their electronic content strategies.

Woods has been with WK Health for 11 years in a variety of positions, including Clinical Editor, Clinical Director, Publisher, and most recently as the Director of Journal Strategy & Development. She will continue her position as publisher, American Journal of Nursing (AJN), along with her new responsibilities as CNO.

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Academic publisher SAGE has announced the January 2010 launch of the journal - Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (JPCCH). Dr. James E. Rohrer will serve as Editor of the journal.

A quarterly publication, JPCCH will publish peer reviewed research about the practice, impact and outcomes of primary care services and community health programmes. It presents evidence in the form of hypothesis-testing studies, either in the form of pilot projects or larger intervention projects. The journal is aimed at those primary care providers and community health professionals who study their own patients for the purpose of promoting health and preventing disease.

JPCCH facilitates exchange of new information and approaches to assessing performance, bridging the gap between medicine and public health at the grass-roots level. The journal will join SAGE’s portfolio of public health journals. It is expected to be of relevance to physicians, allied health professionals, community health educators, and epidemiologists who study health behaviour and health outcomes.

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STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new scientific journal, Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology. The journal’s Editorial Board will be led by the internationally recognised scholar Professor Andrew B. Lawson, Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, USA.

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, the first issue of which was published in September 2009, seeks to be a primary forum for academics and scholars in the fields of graphical information systems, epidemiology, exposure science and spatial statistics. The journal will publish a broad range of topics relating to geospatial health methodology. It focuses on answering epidemiological questions where spatial and spatio-temporal approaches are appropriate to help advance understanding of infectious and non-infectious diseases in humans.

The journal places special emphasis on spatio-temporal aspects of emerging diseases (e.g., avian flu, SARS), development of spatial statistical and computational methods, and novel applications of geospatial technology (e.g., GPS, GIS) for shedding insights on exposure and disease processes. Veterinary topics will also be included.

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Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new journal - Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators (JAAE). Scheduled for launch in February 2010, the journal is the official journal of the Association of Asthma Educators (AAE).

A bimonthly, JAAE will publish original clinical articles for the multidisciplinary audience of health professionals involved in the care and education of asthma and allergy patients and their families. The journal seeks to provide an avenue for asthma educators to share the significant contributions they make in the lives of patients with asthma and allergies.

The Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators will also serve as a source for the latest evidence-based practice in the field of asthma and allergy education. It will publish original research, research reviews, and clinical practice perspectives that enhance the effectiveness of educating patients and/or their caregivers on the self-management of asthma and related allergies. JAAE’s audience comprises primary care physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and others providing asthma education in a clinical or community setting.

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Cambridge Journals, a division of Cambridge University Press (CUP), US, in association with the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease has announced the launch of a new journal - Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (JDOHaD). The journal will focus on developmental origins of health and disease. Michael Ross of the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, California, USA, will be the Editor-in-Chief. He will be supported by seven international Associate Editors and a global and multi-specialty Editorial Board.

The Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease seeks to bring together researchers across a range of disciplines, from physiology, nutrition, developmental and molecular biology to clinical sciences, epidemiology, social science, economics and policy. The journal will publish original research articles, short communications and reviews, with regular themed issues from guest editors.

JDOHaD will be available in print and via Cambridge Journals Online, issued six times a year from 2010. Articles are now being considered for publication and from October 1, 2009, will be available via First View on the Cambridge Journals Online platform, including an article linking prenatal effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic with cardiovascular disease. Authors can submit papers online now via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

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The International Association of Forensic Nurses has announced Cindy Peternelj-Taylor as the new editor of its official journal, Journal of Forensic Nursing (JFN), effective January 1, 2010.

Taylor is a past Associate Editor of JFN and has served as an editorial board member and manuscript reviewer for numerous scholarly publications. She is currently a Full Professor with the College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan. Much of her career has focused on professional role development for students and nurses who practice with vulnerable populations in forensic mental health and correctional settings.

Published by STM publisher Wiley-Blackwell, the Journal of Forensic Nursing reaches more than 3,500 health professionals, faculty, and students in over 20 countries. The journal features peer-reviewed, thought-provoking articles representing research by some of the world's leading forensic nurses.

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STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a new publishing partnership with the Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE). Under the deal, Elsevier will publish the College’s official journal, Healthcare Management Forum (HMF), beginning 2010. Kevin Mercer, District Manager of ParaMed Home Health Care, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. He will be supported by an eminent Editorial Board.

Healthcare Management Forum is projected as a trusted resource for innovative solutions and leading practices related to health leadership. Widely recognised for its high-quality contributions and rigorous review process, HMF serves the needs of a diverse and changing health leadership community by linking scholarly inquiry with new ways of thinking about professional practice.

Healthcare Management Forum publishes four times annually with issues appearing in April, July, October and December. Elsevier will begin publication with Volume 23 (2010). Several sections of front matter, the featured article and all abstracts will appear in English and French. The journal is currently indexed and abstracted in MEDLINE and PubMed.

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The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) has announced Dr. Maulik Joshi as the new Editor in Chief of its official journal - Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ). Dr. Joshi officially assumed the position of Editor in Chief of JHQ on August 1, 2009.

Reaching more than 5,000 health professionals, faculty, and students, the JHQ is published by Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. A bimonthly publication, the journal is a professional forum that continuously advances healthcare quality practice in diverse and changing environments. It claims to be the journal of choice for creative and scientific solutions in healthcare quality.

Dr. Joshi is president of the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) and senior vice-president for research at the American Hospital Association (AHA). Before joining HRET, he served as president and chief executive officer of the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement and was previously a senior advisor for the office of the director at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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Anthem Media Group (AMG) has announced its acquisition of Ascend Media's Los Angeles-based medical media division for an undisclosed sum. The business-to-business publications that comprise Ascend Media's Allied Healthcare division serve as the authoritative source of information, news, product development and continuing education for professionals in the areas of medical imaging, hearing, respiratory care, physical therapy and rehab, sleep, plastic surgery, aesthetics and more.

Titles included in the acquisition are Clinical Lab Products, Hearing Review, Hearing Review Products, Imaging Economics, Orthodontic Products, Physical Therapy Products, Plastic Surgery Products, Rehab Management, RT for Decision Makers in Respiratory Care, Sleep Review and 24X7 Magazine. Anthem's already impressive roster of publications currently includes regional, national and contract titles. With the addition of the Allied Healthcare titles, it is estimated that the company will produce nearly 6 million total printed copies annually.

Anthem Media Group's Dennis Triola will take on the role of president for the new division, which will be called Allied Media. Larry Lannon, former Ascend division president, will report to Triola, and Ascend Media's Overland Park, Kan.-based Allied employees will move into Anthem's headquarters, located at College Boulevard and Metcalf Avenue.

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The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has announced an agreement with the Canadian Dental Association (CDA). Under the deal, the former's Canadian Health magazine, which ranked first in Canada in terms of readers per copy in a recent Print Management Bureau (PMB) study, will be sent to 11,000 dentists' offices across the country.

Canadian Health focuses on preventive care and ways to improve personal health, and also provides study synopses from sources such as the Canadian Dental Association Journal (CMAJ). The magazine was already being delivered to waiting rooms in 26,000 doctors' offices and to the magazine racks in 8,000 hospital waiting rooms.

The 11,000 additional copies will bring total circulation for Canadian Health and its French-language counterpart, Sante canadienne, to more than 66,000 copies per issue.

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Medical information publisher BMJ Group, UK, has announced a partnership with the Open University Business School (OUBS) to provide accredited online courses in Clinical Leadership. BMJ Learning, the medical education division of BMJ Group, and OUBS' Centre for Professional Learning and Development (CPLD) have collaborated to provide postgraduate qualifications in Clinical Leadership for healthcare professionals.

The new courses have been developed following the recommendations of Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review that require all NHS organisations to have formal leadership development plans in place. Research by BMJ Group and OUBS amongst consultants, junior doctors, GPs, advanced nurse practitioners and their equivalents across Europe has confirmed that clinicians, at all levels, increasingly need to demonstrate evidence of managerial and leadership expertise.

There are 155,000 registered doctors in active practice in the UK (BMA December 2008). Research undertaken by BMJ and OUBS showed a need for understanding the principles behind government policy and the reasoning behind decisions made by senior management within trusts. Skills relevant to day-to-day running of practices and clinics and the need to be able to lead service improvement and assess and implement new services, were also key motivators for further training.

Doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals will be able to take flexible, modular and accredited online courses to fulfil their individual requirements for continuous professional development (CPD). Short courses can be taken that will count towards a Post-graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership and ultimately an MBA or MSc. All of the courses can be undertaken part-time from as little as 25 hours for a single module, and clinicians will be able to build their portfolio over several years.

Two pilot modules will be launched in the autumn and the Post-graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership will be open for enrolment in Spring 2010. The first two modules will be Clinical leadership: what is it and why does it matter? and Understanding yourself and your development as a clinical leader. Individuals will be able to sign up to these modules directly or they may be purchased for groups of clinicians as bulk packages through organisations.

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Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced major increases in journal impact factors across its portfolio. According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), published by Thomson Reuters, over 64 percent of 153 ranked LWW journals increased their impact factor. Impact factor is a measurement of the frequency with which peer-reviewed journals are cited by other researchers.

Notable showings include the journal Circulation, which increased its impact factor 14 percent to 14.595. Circulation continues to hold the top spot in the categories of Peripheral Vascular Disease, Hematology, and Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems, for both impact factor and total cites. LWW dominates the Peripheral Vascular Disease category, publishing all of the top five-and seven of the top ten-journals including Circulation; Circulation Research; Hypertension; Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology; Current Opinion in Lipidology; Stroke; and Journal of Hypertension. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine are two other subject areas in which LWW leads the pack. LWW claims 5 of the top 10 titles in both these subject areas.

Seven LWW journals achieved JCR ranking for the first time this year, and some garnered high positions on the list. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology entered the rankings at 8th position in Ophthalmology. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing achieved the 9 spot in Nursing and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine was ranked 10 in Critical Care.

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Medical scientific publisher Informa Healthcare, UK, has announced highlights of its latest journal Impact Factor results, with impressive results across the division's comprehensive range of titles. Impact factors are a method of measuring the influence which a journal has on the scientific community. They are calculated by Thomson Reuters and are designed to indicate how many times the published articles of a journal are cited during the course of a year, providing an insight to how much 'impact' the journal is making on its audiences.

Informa Healthcare's highly respected range of Expert Opinion titles performed notably well, with significant jumps for Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy which is up almost 20 percent to 3.475 and Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets, up more than 21 percent to 4.038. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs led the series with a 2008 Impact Factor of 4.058. Two new titles - Expert Opinion on Drug Safety and Expert Opinion on Metabolism & Toxicology - registered first ever Impact Factors of 3.073 and 3.069, respectively.

The company's Critical Reviews in Toxicology registered an impact factor of 7.204, up more than 40 percent and now ranked 2nd out of 75 journals in toxicology. Other Informa Healthcare journals that performed well are the Journal of Drug Targeting - up to 2.771, Inhalation Toxicology - up to 2.403, International Reviews of Immunology with a 37 percent increase to 4.935, the International Journal of Radiation Biology - up 48 percent to 2.178, and first ever Impact Factors for The Aging Male - at 2.622, and Prehospital Emergency Care at 1.248, now ranked in the top half of 13 journals in the emergency medicine category.

Informa's Scandinavian titles also performed well - Fifteen out of twenty five registered increased impact factors and eighteen with impact factors of over 1.00.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, received 17 different awards for writing, editing and design in the annual awards competition of the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE). The awards include four gold, six silver, and seven bronze awards. With ten different nursing and medical journals honored, LWW received more awards than any other publisher.

The American Journal of Nursing, celebrating its 109th year of publication, received four awards for writing, editing, illustration and photography, while one of LWW's newest publications, Nephrology Times, was named best new publication. Other gold awards went to American Journal of Nursing, Emergency Medicine News and Neurology Today.

LWW's writers were also recognised for individual talent. James Roberts, MD, won a gold award for his column in Emergency Medical News, while Gina Shaw won gold for her column in Neurology Today.

Medical scientific publisher Informa Healthcare, UK, has announced that with access to more than 170 peer-reviewed journals, the new Informa Healthcare site will have over 276,000 articles from leading pharmaceutical science and medicine journals. The new site seeks to provide users with a comprehensive collection of content, in both original article and review format, spanning the drug discovery and clinical medicine fields from bench to bedside. This includes a comprehensive and easy-to-use archive service.

The combination of Informa Healthcare's clinical medicine, allied health, life science, toxicology and pharmaceutical science journal portfolio on a single platform is expected to simplify the customer experience. All journal titles currently listed on informapharmascience.com and informaworld.com will be combined on the new InformaHealthcare.com site. The new site will offer the option of online trials, advanced searching, alerting and single article purchases.

The informahealthcare.com site will utilise the online content management and delivery system provided by Atypon Systems, Inc. The beta site is scheduled for release in summer 2009 and the complete transition will continue through to the end of this calendar year. There will be a dual-hosting period with the informaworld platform, which currently hosts the medicine content, through 2009 allowing for a gradual migration. The site will provide reports and statistics to help subscribers analyse usage.

Informa Healthcare is encouraging customer feedback throughout the transition process.

Healthcare publisher Expert Reviews Ltd, UK, has announced that its journal Expert Review of Pharmaceconomics & Outcomes Research has been selected for coverage in MEDLINE. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a premier bibliographic database containing about 13 million references to journal articles in life sciences.

A bimonthly publication, Expert Review of Pharmaceconomics & Outcomes Research is published both in print and online formats on a rapid publication basis, with articles subject to peer review by three independent assessors. The journal has an international expert authorship and offers review articles, original research, editorials, technology reports, interviews, perspectives and a variety of added-value content. Outcomes research is dramatically on the increase. Access to Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research is currently available via free 30-day trial.

Also accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE was Future Cardiology, part of the Future series published by Future Medicine Ltd, a sister imprint of Expert Reviews.

The National Library of Medicine MEDLINE selection process is managed by an advisory committee, the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee, composed of authorities knowledgeable in the field of biomedicine, such as physicians, researchers, educators, editors, health science librarians and historians, to review and recommend the journal titles NLM should index. MEDLINE is searchable for free using PubMed at http://pubmed.gov.