Elsevier’s Gold Standard launches MEDalternatives, a new comprehensive resource for drug therapy options and costs - February 8, 2013
Elsevier's Gold Standard, a drug information provider, has announced the launch of the MEDalternatives database, a comprehensive resource for drug therapy options designed to give health plans and their members additional drug cost savings options through access to information on alternative therapies. MEDalternatives uses only evidence-based… Read More
Parkview Health selects ProVation Medical Software for Documentation and Coding - February 6, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Parkview Health has selected its ProVation Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. Located in Fort Wayne, Ind., Parkview Health is an eight-hospital, community-based health system and northeast Indiana's largest healthcare provider.… Read More
Cochrane Collaboration and Wiley renew publishing contract with enhanced features - February 6, 2013
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and the Cochrane Collaboration, an international not-for-profit organisation that produces systematic reviews of healthcare evidence and a database of randomised controlled trials, have announced that they have renewed and redefined their partnership to publish the Cochrane Library from February 2013. The… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases EngineeringCore and ITCore e-book subscription collections - February 6, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released EngineeringCore and ITCore, two e-book subscription collections designed to support the learning and reference needs of engineering and technology professionals. The collections are available as annual subscriptions that give users unlimited access to all titles. … Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases new e-book subscription collection for public libraries - February 1, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has released its latest e-book subscription collection focused on the needs of public library patrons. eBook Public Library Collection includes over 25,000 general reference e-book titles in a variety of subjects and topics including social sciences, language and literature… Read More
WALDO selects Books at JSTOR programme for demand-driven acquisition model - January 31, 2013
JSTOR and WALDO (the Westchester Academic Library Directors Organisation) have announced an agreement that enables WALDO member libraries to participate in the Books at JSTOR through both outright book purchases as well as a demand-driven acquisition (DDA) programme. WALDO - the membership organisation that counts… Read More