Elsevier expands DirectCourse’s web-based learning Curricula - October 4, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Elsevier's DirectCourse has expanded, adding a new curriculum, College of Personal Assistance and Caregiving (CPAC). This interactive, web-based curriculum is designed to train and educate personal care assistants, home care providers and family caregivers caring for people with physical… Read More
DynaMed ranks highest among ten online clinical resources in fourth independent report - October 4, 2012
DynaMed, a clinical reference tool designed for use primarily at the point of care, has ranked highest among ten online clinical resources in a new study in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. The resources were evaluated in three areas - timeliness of content updating, breadth of… Read More
Serials Solutions announces second Development Deployment for Intota Library Management - October 4, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that its six Development Partners are actively using and providing feedback on the second iteration of Intota, a web-scale collection management solution for academic and special libraries. Integrated with a newly structured knowledgebase, this code drop represents another milestone… Read More
UpToDate offers new EHR integration capabilities through HL7 Infobutton - October 4, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that UpToDate offers new EHR integration capabilities through an HL7 Infobutton. UpToDate is part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Clinicians now have easy and efficient access within their clinical workflow to the most current and… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education in deal with Vibal Publishing to expand reach into international markets - October 4, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced a new agreement with Vibal Publishing, a Philippines-based provider of educational tools and resources for education, to adapt the company's McGraw-Hill My Math and Glencoe Math programs for use in the country's private schools.… Read More
20 MM counters AAP response to California’s free college textbooks legislation - October 4, 2012
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has reportedly released a "knee-jerk" national press release announcing its challenge to the notion that historic college textbook legislation unanimously passed by the California State Senate could indeed be provided to undergraduates for "free." Stating that "there's no such… Read More
