Elsevier and ENA launch new eLearning course on psychiatric emergencies - March 4, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of its new eLearning course, Handling Psychiatric Emergencies. Written by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), in collaboration with members of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), and offered exclusively by Elsevier, the course provides nurses with the information… Read More
Springer and Operations Research Society of China announce publishing agreement - March 4, 2013
STM Publisher Springer Science and Business Media and the Operations Research Society of China (ORSC) have announced an agreement to publish the Journal of the Operations Research Society of China (JORC), beginning March 2013. The Journal of the Operations Research Society of China is the… Read More
Sense About Science releases guide for public to comprehend peer review - March 4, 2013
Sense About Science, a partner of Taylor & Francis, has released a new guide to peer review to help the public make sense of research claims. The guide is titled I Don't Know What to Believe: Making Sense of Science Stories. The guide addresses questions… Read More
Elsevier aligns CDS and clinical reference solutions; to showcase products at HIMSS13 event - March 1, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has aligned its clinical decision support (CDS) and clinical reference solutions to help healthcare providers and payers achieve clinical, operational and financial excellence. The latest example of this alignment is InOrder by Elsevier, an intuitive, cloud-based order set solution that enables clinicians… Read More
Scope eKnowledge Center enhances MARC creation services - February 28, 2013
Scope eKnowledge Center, a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, has announced enhancements to its mARCatTM platform for MARC cataloging services. Scope's service includes Original Cataloging (creation of MARC records) and Copy Cataloging (validating/updating MARC records). mARCat creates MARC records for variant input formats,… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health introduces ProVation Care Plans, powered by Lippincott’s Nursing Solutions - February 28, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced the introduction of ProVation Care Plans, powered by Lippincott's Nursing Solutions. The robust software solution that provides nurses and allied health professionals with the tools they need to create, customise and maintain evidence-based interdisciplinary care… Read More
BMJ launches ‘Too Much Medicine’ campaign in an attempt to tackle harms of overdiagnosis and overtreatment - February 28, 2013
The BMJ (British Medical Journal), an international peer reviewed medical journal, has launched a 'Too Much Medicine' campaign to help tackle the threat to health and the waste of money caused by unnecessary care. Unnecessary care occurs when people are diagnosed and treated for conditions… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert launches MOOCs Forum, the public venue for sharing and shaping developments in Massive Open Online Courses - February 27, 2013
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the launch of MOOCs Forum to serve as the host and chronicle for discussions, debates, announcements, and advancements for all issues and constituents in the Massive Open Online Courses community. The journal will be published online with Open… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases CINAHL Complete - February 27, 2013
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that CINAHL, a research tool for nursing and allied health literature, will now provide even more content with the introduction of CINAHL Complete. The database will offer 71 percent more full-text journals… Read More
WK Health expands Medi-Span to include Patient Safety Programs File - February 27, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that its Medi-Span solution has been expanded to include a new Patient Safety Programs File. The application enables health IT systems to rapidly identify drugs containing specific characteristics that require surveillance based on federal regulations.… Read More
