Knowledge management solutions provider Unbound Medicine, US, and healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced the release of the electronic versions of the 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2009. The Unbound Platform now powers the website, a mobile version for download to a personal digital assistant (PDA) or smartphone, and the collaborative editorial module that supports development and content management of updates and forthcoming editions.
5-Minute Clinical Consult (5MCC) has become a standard for healthcare providers who desire concise, practical, and evidence-based recommendations on the diagnosis and management of a wide range of disorders. The new website, www.5mcc.com, uses Unbound's modern interface to facilitate fast searching, index browsing, and cross-linking. Special web features include a 'Topic of the Week' RSS feed; a preview mode that allows site visitors to try out functionality before purchasing; and one-click searching on any disease topic in Unbound MEDLINE, an easy-to-use Internet gateway to over 17 million medical journal articles.
In addition to the 700 conditions covered in 5MCC, the site includes a complete drug guide, videos of medical procedures, over 1,000 patient handouts in English and Spanish, and more than 200 pediatric topics selected from the latest edition of LWW's 5-Minute Pediatric Consult. Unbound Medicine's platform was also selected to power the mobile version that is sold separately or as part of a bundle with the print book and Website.
To keep customers abreast of the latest recommendations in medical practice, the 5MCC editorial team continually reviews the literature and updates disease topics. To facilitate the process of generating regular updates while maintaining and regularly outputting XML to support a variety of 5MCC products, LWW will employ uPub, Unbound's online editorial module. Authors and editors will modify content and save it to the version-controlled digital repository. Once routing through 5MCC's customised workflow is complete, revised topics will be ready for publication as updates to the website and mobile devices.
