Thomson Reuters unveils Infection Xpert to reduce hospital-acquired infections - October 12, 2011
Thomson Reuters, a US-based provider of information for healthcare professionals, has launched Infection Xpert, a clinical intelligence dashboard. The tool is designed to help infection preventionists (IPs) manage and reduce hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), capture and submit mandated infection reporting metrics, and analyse hospital infection data to… Read More
EBSCO Publishing acquires Ergonomics Abstracts from Taylor & Francis - October 12, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has acquired Ergonomics Abstracts from Taylor & Francis. The database is focused on ergonomics and human factors. Ergonomics Abstracts provides indexing for eBooks, journal articles and reference works in a variety of fields that will be of value… Read More
TEMIS and Thieme Publishing Group in deal to license Luxid - October 12, 2011
Text analytics solutions provider TEMIS, US, has signed an agreement with Germany-based medical publisher Thieme Publishing Group to license Luxid, TEMIS' semantic software. Under the deal, Thieme will use Luxid to assist in the semantic enrichment and categorisation of its electronic content. TEMIS and Thieme… Read More
NetLearning partners with Child Health Corp for pediatric care course - October 10, 2011
NetLearning, a US-based provider of online courses and e-learning software for healthcare workers and hospital administrators, has announced a partnership with Child Health Corporation of America to better serve clients in the pediatrics field. Under the deal, the Essentials of Pediatric Critical Care Orientation course… Read More
Springer launches digitisation project, Springer Book Archives - October 7, 2011
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media has started its extensive digitisation project, Springer Book Archives (SBA). The SBA initiative will include nearly all books that have been published since the 1840s. Springer expects that the book archives will contain around 65,000 titles. Titles include academically and historically… Read More
EBSCO announces enhancements to EBSCONET ERM Essentials - October 7, 2011
Information services provider EBSCO, US, has announced that EBSCONET ERM Essentials, the company’s e-resource management system (ERM), was recently upgraded to include improved navigation, hover-over previews, and more. These enhancements, a direct result of customer feedback, are designed to make this cutting-edge tool even more effective… Read More
