National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appoints LM Information Delivery as a NICE framework content provider for the NHS - January 4, 2017
LM Information Delivery (LM), a global provider of subscription and information management services, has been appointed as a provider to the NICE Electronic and Print Content Framework Agreement. The agreement will see LM Information Delivery providing UK National Health Service institutions as well as other… Read More
McKesson Corporation completes acquisition of Rexall Health - December 29, 2016
Healthcare services and information technology company McKesson Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of Rexall Health for $2.9 billion CAD ($2.1 billion USD, or approximately $1.7 billion USD, net of certain estimated purchase price adjustments, proceeds from store divestitures, and tax benefits). This follows the… Read More
Ministry of Public Health of Qatar launches first National Clinical Guidelines and Pathways using Hearst Health solutions - December 28, 2016
The Ministry of Public Health of Qatar (MOPH) has published their first set of National Clinical Guidelines and Pathways which were developed in partnership with Hearst Health International. The project addresses key areas of healthcare quality in Qatar with the aim of… Read More
The Association for Computing Machinery collection now enhanced and discoverable across ReadCube - December 28, 2016
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's largest computing society, has announced a partnership with ReadCube to both index and enhance its scholarly journal collection of emerging and established computing research. ACM's collection including 50 titles high-impact, peer-reviewed journals have been… Read More
DirectCourse collaborates with the Association of People Supporting Employment First to provide curricula for new and experienced employment professionals - December 22, 2016
DirectCourse, a collaboration between Elsevier and the University of Minnesota's Research and Training Center on Community Living, is working with the Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) to offer the DirectCourse College of Employment Services (CES) curricula to APSE members. CES helps launch new… Read More
Thieme to acquire Schattauer - December 21, 2016
International medical and science publisher Thieme will acquire Stuttgart-based publishing house Schattauer Verlag, effective on January 1, 2017. Schattauer's owner and CEO Dieter Bergemann will retire from the business at age 79. Established in 1949 by Friedrich Karl Schattauer as an academic publisher for medicine and… Read More
Brill completes acquisition of Ferdinand Schöningh / Wilhelm Fink; appoints Jörg Persch as Managing Director - December 21, 2016
International scholarly publisher Brill has completed the acquisition of Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink, including the imprint Konstanz University Press. The Germany based publishing houses have an annual turnover of more than € 3 million. The acquisition is accretive and will strengthen Brill's program in… Read More
The Electrochemical Society and ReadCube partner to enhance discoverability of its collection - December 20, 2016
The Electrochemical Society (ECS), the leader in electrochemistry and solid state science and technology, has announced a partnership with ReadCube to both index and enhance its collection of over 60k articles. The ECS Digital Library, hosted on Highwire platform, is home to… Read More
UC Libraries acquires Cambridge Books Online collection for systemwide access to Cambridge University Press eBooks published in 2016-2018 - December 20, 2016
The UC Libraries have acquired the Cambridge Books Online collection for systemwide access to Cambridge University Press eBooks published in 2016-2018. All 10 campuses and CDL contributed toward this purchase. The agreement represents a major systemwide adoption of ebooks, and includes… Read More
BMJ partners with Guangdong Family Doctor Association to support primary healthcare in China - December 19, 2016
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has partnered with Guangdong Family Doctor Association to make their fully translated Chinese edition of BMJ Best Practice available to over two million primary healthcare professionals across China. Last week, the UK's Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, attended the signing ceremony at… Read More
