MedStar Health and Cerner sign expanded agreement - November 4, 2014
Healthcare provider MedStar Health and Cerner have announced an expanded partnership with a seven-year agreement that will streamline operations, help improve the quality of patient care and develop technologies that align with MedStar’s vision to be the trusted leader in caring for… Read More
BMJ now exclusive sales channel for nursing titles as RCN Publishing’s aggregated services come to an end - November 3, 2014
Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ is now the exclusive sales channel for institutional customers outside the UK wanting access to leading nursing titles for RCN Publishing journals. Last week, RCN Publishing, part of the Royal College of Nursing group, announced that it is ending its… Read More
Springer signs on as principal sponsor of ‘Trans-Tasman 3MT’ competition - October 31, 2014
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is the principal sponsor of the 2014 Trans-Tasman Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, which challenges students pursuing higher education degrees to turn their theses into three minute presentations. The contest provides Springer a way of encouraging early career researchers… Read More
University of Kentucky’s UK HealthCare selects Elsevier’s InOrder for its order sets solution - October 30, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that University of Kentucky's UK HealthCare (UKHC), a health system with more than 80 specialised clinics throughout the state, has selected Elsevier's InOrder for its order sets solution. The cloud-based InOrder enables clinicians, physicians and informaticists to… Read More
Springer partners with Peerage of Science to streamline the manuscript-to-published-article process - October 30, 2014
STM publisher Springer has joined forces with Peerage of Science to help authors more easily submit their manuscripts for consideration in Springer journals. Both sides are looking at how they can make the process easier and less time consuming, reduce the time to publication, and eliminate… Read More
DynaMed adds 61 recently released ‘Choosing Wisely Canada’ recommendations - October 30, 2014
Choosing Wisely Canada recently released 61 recommendations that are now available in the evidence-based clinical support tool DynaMed™ from EBSCO Health. The new recommendations to avoid unnecessary tests and treatments are from 12 organisations and have been added to the Choosing Wisely… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Philips Clinical Informatics partner to revolutionise access to clinical decision support in Brazil - October 29, 2014
Healthcare information solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced a partnership with Philips Clinical Informatics TASY electronic health records (EHR) provider to improve ease of use and encourage greater adoption of medication decision support throughout Brazil. TASY is the first system used in Brazil to… Read More
American Society for Microbiology and UNC Charlotte’s Atkins Library deliver perpetual unlimited access to e-textbooks for authorised users - October 29, 2014
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Press and the J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte have announced that they are experimenting with an innovative business model that will deliver affordable e-textbooks to students and faculty. This fall, Atkins Library purchased perpetual access to the… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and AAACN in deal to add ambulatory care nursing to Lippincott Procedures - October 28, 2014
Healthcare information solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has entered into an agreement with the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) to develop a new ambulatory care nursing category for Lippincott Procedures, the leading procedures software used by nurses and other clinicians at the point-of-care and… Read More
Taylor & Francis and IMarEST announce new publishing partnership - October 28, 2014
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group and the IMarEST (Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology) have announced a new publishing partnership for 2015. Under the deal Taylor & Francis will publish and distribute the IMarEST's highly regarded journals Journal of Marine Engineering… Read More