LWW and the American College of Sports Medicine launch seven new exercise science manuals and textbooks - March 6, 2013
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has published seven new editions of their exercise science list in partnership with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Several titles provide the content students and professionals must master to obtain multiple… Read More
NISO publishes maintenance revisions of Dublin Core and SUSHI standards - March 6, 2013
The US' National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of maintenance revisions of two widely used standards: The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set and The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol. Both standards were revised to make very minor updates. The Dublin… Read More
IOP Publishing announces new journal – Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties - March 5, 2013
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP, UK, has announced the launch of a new peer-reviewed journal, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties. This brings IOP's journals portfolio to 68 titles. An electronic-only journal, Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties will focus on the progress in surface topography… Read More
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
