Health sciences

• 19th August 2010

  Salaries, Demand and Career Opportunities Contribute to Global Nursing Faculty Migration

  Experts from around the world convened at the Global Summit on Nurse Faculty Migration to identify factors and next steps
  

  Indianapolis, 19 August, 2010 — Twenty-one expertsfrom12 countries convened near Geneva, Switzerland, in late June to explore current patterns, types, and causal and contributing factors of global nurse faculty migration, a phenomenon where nursing faculty leave their country of origin to... Read more

• 19th August 2010

  Elsevier Partners with ASRT to Provide Multi-Media Educational Modules on Computed Tomography through Mosby’s Imaging Suite

  Partnership makes leading CT Basics series available to health care organizations
  

  Philadelphia, PA – August 19, 2010 – Elsevier, the world’s leading publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, today announced an exclusive partnership with The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) to provide a complete series of computed tomography... Read more

• 18th August 2010

  Advanced Web-Based Medical Technologies Foster Better Informed Consumers, Greater Interest in Personal Health Care

  Gold Standard/Elsevier drug information improves patient education and communication between health providers and patients through new partnership with Healthline Networks; Utilized by Yahoo.com
  

  Philadelphia, PA – August 18, 2010 – The face of the medical consumer is changing. With the rapid advance of Internet technology and the growing national focus on healthcare, Americans are taking greater responsibility for their own medical care and demanding the... Read more

• 16th August 2010

  QuadraMed Partners with CPM Resource Center to Provide Evidence-Based Clinical Content within their Healthcare IT Solutions

  Best-In-Class, Interdisciplinary Clinical Content Will Enhance EHR Solution, while Helping Health Systems Meet Meaningful Use Objectives
  

  Reston, VA and Grand Rapids, MI – August 16, 2010 – QuadraMed, a leading provider of healthcare technologies and services, and the CPM Resource Center (CPMRC), an Elsevier company and leader in developing clinical practice guidelines for healthcare, today announced their partnership to... Read more

• 11th August 2010

  Elsevier Launches Malaria Nexus, Global Malaria Resource

  New online knowledge hub aims to become leading forum for malaria researchers, editors and opinion leaders
  

  Oxford, 11 August, 2010 – Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of Malaria Nexus, Elsevier’s Global Malaria Resource, www.malarianexus.com. Malaria Nexus highlights the latest published research in... Read more

• 26th July 2010

  ISHLT Issues New Guidelines for the Care of Heart Transplant Recipients

  Published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  

  New York, New York, July, 26, 2010 – Since the dawn of heart transplantation in the 1960s, medical care of heart transplant recipients has varied from center to center and been guided by the experience of individual clinicians. The International Society for... Read more

• 21st July 2010

  Netter Products Expand Offerings to Include Interactive Online and Mobile Technologies

  Medicine’s most well known anatomy products offer students and medical professionals online and mobile tools to aid learning and review
  

  Philadelphia, PA – July 21, 2010 – Netter Products, which are based on medicine’s most well known and comprehensive collection of hand-painted anatomy illustrations by Frank Netter, M.D, have evolved into sophisticated digital tools that aid students and clinicians in... Read more

• 20th July 2010

  MEDcounselor Drug Information Now Available on ISMP’s ConsumerMedSafety.org

  MEDcounselor’s Drug Information, Drug IDentifier and Drug Interactions Modules Help Consumers Take Medications Safely, Avoid Errors

  Tampa, FL – July 20, 2010 – Gold Standard/Elsevier, developer of drug information and medication management solutions, announced today that the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has licensed MEDcounselor Drug Information, Drug IDentifer and Drug Interaction modules for its consumer website,&... Read more

• 14th July 2010

  New Procedures Consult Mobile from Elsevier Enables Clinicians to View Top Medical Procedures from Mobile Devices

  Physicians, residents and students now able to prepare, review and test knowledge of common medical procedures anywhere, anytime

  Philadelphia, PA – July 14, 2010 – Elsevier, the world’s leading publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today that physicians, residents and students will be able to visualize and review over 300 top medical procedures on their mobile devices... Read more

• 8th July 2010

  Elsevier and Legacy Interactive® Partner to Launch iPhone App for Medical Students, Residents and Faculty

  Top Doc app offers interactive medical quizzes, real world applications

  Philadelphia, PA, 8 July, 2010 – Elsevier, a world leader in health care, medical publishing and online solutions, and video game developer and publisher Legacy Interactive®, announced today the release of Top Doc, an iPhone app that features medical content and quizzes designed... Read more

• 26th May 2010

  Elsevier Health Sciences and Peking University Health Science Center Develop New China Online Continuing Medical Education (CME) Service

  Beijing, P .R. China, 26 May, 2010 – Elsevier, the world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products, tools and services, announced a new initiative for the Chinese market which involves the establishment of a strategic cooperation with Peking University Health Science... Read more

• 20th May 2010

  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Presents High School Essay Contest Winner

  Daniel Spindler wins "Radiology Giving Back to New York" contest

  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Department of Radiology, in conjunction with the New York Roentgen Society and the New York City Department of Education, was happy to celebrate our annual "Radiology Giving Back to New York" high school... Read more

• 20th May 2010

  Elsevier/MC Strategies Partners with American Association of Critical-Care Nurses to Launch Interactive, Online Pharmacology Course

  ATLANTA, GA, 20 May, 2010 – Elsevier/MC Strategies, a pioneer in providing e-learning solutions to more than 1,300 healthcare organizations, has partnered with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) to develop a series of online nursing courses. Today, AACN and Elsevier/... Read more

• 18th May 2010

  Gold Standard/Elsevier Offers Timely, Transparent, Reliable Drug Pricing Data, Including Average Wholesale Price (AWP)

  Amidst industry unrest due to drug pricing benchmark upheaval, Gold Standard/Elsevier to continue publishing AWP and other pricing standards

  TAMPA, FL – 18 May, 2010 – Gold Standard/Elsevier, publisher of drug information databases and decision support solutions, has announced its commitment to continue publishing transparent drug pricing information, including average wholesale price (AWP) and all other current and future pricing benchmarks. This... Read more

• 10th May 2010

  Elsevier to Offer Free Point-of-Care CME Credits from Cleveland Clinic to MD Consult, First Consult Users

  Online CDS users can receive free CME credits for self-directed, structured learning, Search = CME credit

  Philadelphia, PA, 10 May, 2010 – Elsevier, a world leader in health care and medical publishing and online solutions, today announced that the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education will provide point-of-care Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit to users of ... Read more