University of North Carolina at Greensboro shows support for open access - April 28, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) has become its latest institutional member. UNCG serves nearly 20,000 students on campus and through a variety of distance learning programmes, with an emphasis on both teaching and research.… Read More
Thomson Reuters and WIPO partner to provide free access to global patent information in developing nations - April 27, 2010
The IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters has announced a partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to launch a programme giving industrial property offices and government and academic researchers in developing countries free access to global patent information. The programme, slated for launch in… Read More
McGraw-Hill, Intel collaborate to bring personalised digital learning experience to elementary classrooms - April 27, 2010
Education materials publisher McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced a collaboration with Intel. The combination of McGraw-Hill's educational content with Intel Learning Series technology specifically designed for the elementary school classroom creates a personalised learning experience for students. For schools, this collaboration offers the flexibility to choose… Read More
ATLA becomes latest partner in the OCLC partnership program - April 23, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) as the latest partner in the OCLC Partnership Program. As partners, OCLC and ATLA will collaborate on programmes and activities to enhance services and expand educational opportunities to… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell to publish Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health - April 23, 2010
STM and scholarly publisher Wiley-Blackwell, US, has announced that it has been selected by the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) to publish their journal the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health. Established in 1955 as the Bulletin of the American College of Nurse-Midwifery, the publication became… Read More
Thomson Reuters partners with M2 Information Systems to speed clinical decision making and improve patient education - April 23, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that Micromedex clinical decision support and CareNotes patient education content will be integrated within the M2 Health Care Information System (HCIS). M2 is an information systems vendor assisting healthcare organisations in fully maximising their return on HCIS investments.… Read More
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease becomes official journal of RCPSG’s Faculty of Travel Medicine - April 22, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG) has announced that Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease has been chosen to become the official journal of RCPSG’s Faculty of Travel Medicine. Launched in 2003,… Read More
Eastland Medical Plaza Surgicenter selects WK Health’s ProVation Medical Software for procedure documentation and coding - April 22, 2010
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Eastland Medical Plaza Surgicenter has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. The Eastland Medical Plaza Surgicenter performs an average of 7,200 procedures annually between its four operating rooms dedicated… Read More
Froedtert & Community Health selects CPMRC as clinical content provider for patient care planning - April 21, 2010
The Clinical Practice Model Resource Center (CPMRC), an Elsevier firm engaged in developing clinical practice guidelines for healthcare, has announced that it will be the clinical content source for patient care plans and clinical documentation at multiple hospitals of Milwaukee-based Froedtert & Community Health. The Wisconsin… Read More
Google, Library of Congress to archive Twitter posts - April 20, 2010
The Library of Congress has announced a partnership with networking site Twitter. Twitter is donating its archives of tweets to the Library of Congress, going back to the first one posted by co-founder Jack Dorsey on March 21, 2006. The Library of Congress will store tweets to provide researchers a… Read More
