- Partnership With Elsevier Continues Tradition of Excellence in ServingHealthcare Needs of Patients in California, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland,Michigan and Ohio
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Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com), a world leader in healthcare andmedical publishing and online solutions, today announced that Trinity Health(http://www.trinity-health.org), the nation's fourth largest Catholic healthsystem with 44 hospitals across eight states, will install seven ofElsevier's online clinical decision support (CDS) solutions to meet theevolving needs of its thousands of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and alliedhealth professionals for evidence-based clinical content.
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Trinity Health chose Elsevier's comprehensive, interdisciplinary andintegrated suite of CDS solutions, including Clinical Pharmacology(http://www.clinicalpharmacology.com), which delivers expert druginformation; ToxED 2.0 (http://www.toxed.com), which facilitates treatment ofdrug overdose emergencies; First Consult, which provides evidence-basedanswers at the point of care; MD Consult ( http://www.mdconsult.com), whichbrings leading medical resources together in a single online service; Mosby'sNursing Consult ( http://www.nursingconsult.com), which helps nurses findanswers to pressing clinical questions; Mosby's Nursing Skills (http://www.mosbysnursingskills.com), which presents nearly 1,000 interactiveskills adapted from nursing reference texts; and Mosby's Index(http://www.mosbysindex.com), the most robust nursing and allied healthjournal abstracts and indexing database available.
"Trinity Health places a high value on evidence based care and willsupport this by expanding our licensing to every single facility within ourorganization. This is world-class content for clinical professionals inmedicine, nursing and pharmacy," said J. Michael Kramer, MD, MBA, ChiefMedical Information Officer (CMIO), Trinity Health. "Elsevier's suite of CDSsolutions will enhance our journey toward Magnet status and create a commonreference for generating evidence-based practice standards."
Elsevier CDS solutions will be installed in numerous critical accessfacilities, long term care and ambulatory facilities in California, Idaho,Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan and Ohio.
"Elsevier will provide CDS solutions that deliver timely, consistent andaccurate information for enhanced diagnostic and treatment decision making,"said Chris Dillon, Managing Director, Elsevier Clinical Decision Support."When Trinity Health's diverse care providers can access the same high-levelevidence-based content, they'll be better positioned to make informeddecisions, coordinate care, engage patients and families and enhance quality,safety and efficiency."
"Online decision support solutions, including the Elsevier Mosby'sNursing Suite, will play a vital role in fulfilling Trinity Health's missionto improve the health of our communities and to steward the resourcesentrusted to us," said Gay Landstrom, MS, RN, Senior VP & Chief NursingOfficer (CNO) for Trinity Health. "The adoption and use of Elsevier'ssolutions will help us to create the services, processes and structures thatwill improve and sustain the health of the patients and families we serve."
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical andmedical information products and services. The company works in partnershipwith the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com) and Cell(http://www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including majorreference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions includeScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com),Reaxys (http://www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com) andNursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance theproductivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite(http://www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com),which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes morecost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier(http://www.elsevier.com) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is partof Reed Elsevier Group PLC (http://www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leadingpublisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed ElsevierPLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam),REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is the fourth-largest Catholic health care system in thecountry. Based in Novi, Mich., Trinity Health operates 44 acute-carehospitals, 379 outpatient facilities, 33 long-term care facilities, andnumerous home health offices and hospice programs in eight states. Employing45,800 full-time staff, Trinity Health reported $7.0 billion in unrestrictedrevenue and nearly $400 million in community benefits in fiscal year 2009.For more information about Trinity Health, visithttp://www.trinity-health.org or become a fan of the Trinity Health Facebookpage at http://tinyurl.com/ylpm3np.Tom Reller Director, Corporate Relations +1-215-239-3508 [email protected]
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