Picis selects Clinical Architecture’s Symedical to support new medication decision support capabilities - June 7, 2010
Healthcare consulting and software solutions company Clinical Architecture, US, has announced that Picis, a global provider of innovative information solutions for acute care settings, has selected its Symedical interoperability solution. Symedical enables clinical applications to share patient information as actionable discrete data. Picis chose to integrate… Read More
Digital Media executive Vivek Shah and Great Hill Partners acquire Ziff Davis - June 7, 2010
Technology publisher Ziff Davis, US, has announced that it has been acquired by former Time Inc. executive Vivek Shah in partnership with Boston-based Great Hill Partners. Specific financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition represents the first step in building a new digital… Read More
Association of American University Presses partners with NetGalley - June 4, 2010
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has announced a new benefit programme in partnership with NetGalley, a web-based service that provides tools for publishers to share digital galleys and press kits. In addition to reaching traditional reviewers and media contacts, university… Read More
USPTO and Google partner to provide bulk patent and trademark Data to the public - June 3, 2010
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has entered into a no-cost, two-year agreement with Google to make bulk electronic patent and trademark public data available to the public in bulk form. Under the deal, the USPTO will provide Google with existing bulk, electronic files,… Read More
Gale partners with Detroit Zoological Society to distribute science content - June 3, 2010
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced an agreement with the Detroit Zoological Society. Under the deal, Gale will distribute animal conservation and animal welfare related content through its new Grzimek's Animal Life Web resource. As a result of the agreement, the new… Read More
Springer to publish official journal of Italian Society of Surgery - June 1, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish Updates in Surgery, the official journal of the Italian Society of Surgery (SIC), effective June 2010. The journal, previously a bilingual Italian-English publication, is now published four times a year in English only. The content will be… Read More
American Academy of Physician Assistants partners with NLM on Information Rx - May 31, 2010
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) has announced that it is now part of the National Library of Medicine Information Rx programme. The partnership was formally launched at the 2010 AAPA annual conference. With the Information Rx programme, physician assistants now have a new tool… Read More
NASA joins World Wide Web Consortium - May 31, 2010
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The consortium is an international organisation that develops protocols, standards and guidelines to ensure universal Web access. According to Chris Kemp, chief technology officer for Information Technology… Read More
Thomson Reuters acquires Point Carbon, extends offerings to the energy sector - May 28, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it has agreed to acquire Norwegian-based Point Carbon A/S. Point Carbon provides essential trading analytics, news and content for the energy and environmental markets. With this acquisition, Thomson Reuters seeks to further strengthen its offerings to the… Read More
NASW selects Publishing Technology’s pub2web platform to maximise visibility of online content - May 28, 2010
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology, UK, has announced that the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has selected its pub2web platform to host content made available to over 150,000 users. NASW, a scholarly press in the social sciences, will initially present its four journal titles,… Read More
