American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium marks decade of measure development - April 6, 2010
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… Read More
Center for the History of Medicine receives NEH grant to create digital collection of primary sources documenting the American pandemic experience - April 6, 2010
The University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine has been awarded a two-year $314,688 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create an original, open access digital collection of archival, primary, and interpretive materials related to the history of the 1918-1919 influenza… Read More
Pearson’s CourseConnect selected as 2010 SIIA CODiE Awards finalist - April 6, 2010
Education, technology and services provider Pearson, US, has announced that its CourseConnect solution has been selected as a finalist in the 2010 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. CourseConnect is a library of customisable online courses with recommended course descriptions, syllabi, lessons containing rich… Read More
Dear Subscriber - April 6, 2010
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The US’ Department of Justice to support The Associated Press’ proposed digital news registry - April 5, 2010
The US’ Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced its support for a proposal by The Associated Press (AP) to develop and operate a voluntary news registry to facilitate the licencing and Internet distribution of news content created by the AP, its members, and other news originators.… Read More
Research and Markets adds Scholarly Book Publishing Practice Report 2010 to their offering - April 5, 2010
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the ‘Scholarly Book Publishing Practice Report 2010’ report to their offering. This is the first survey undertaken to establish current practices in scholarly book and e-book publishing, to provide detailed analysis… Read More