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Elsevier Expands Procedures Consult™ with Emergency Medicine,
Orthopedics and Anesthesia Procedures
Other Topics:
Imaging Informatics in Medicine
Elsevier
April 15, 2008
New Modules Enhance Value of Online Multimedia Training and
Reference Solution for Medical Students and Residents
Philadelphia, PA -- Elsevier, the leading publisher of
scientific, technical and medical information products and
services, announced today that it has added three new modules to
Procedures Consult™ in orthopedics, anesthesia and emergency
medicine. Procedures Consult (www.proceduresconsult.com), which
Elsevier launched in July 2007 with 40 procedures in internal
medicine, is an online multimedia resource that helps
physicians, medical residents and students learn, perform and
test their knowledge of the most frequent medical procedures.
The site currently contains 140 separate procedures including
actual procedure videos, text and animation. |
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Other unique features include highlighted patient safety
guidelines consistent with standards established by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
"Medical procedures are potentially high-risk situations,
particularly when physicians are learning the procedure for the
first or second time, or if they have not performed the
procedure recently,” said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, and
Elsevier’s Chief Medical Informatics Officer. "By providing
immediate online access to detailed step-by-step multimedia
information on procedure execution, along with indications and
other considerations, Procedures Consult reduces the potential
for medical errors and complications. Its ability to document
procedures for residency requirements and competency tracking
adds additional value for education and quality improvement.”
In addition to medical students and residents, other potential
users of Procedures Consult include practicing physicians,
physician assistants, certified registered nurse anesthetists,
operating room nurses, advanced practice nurses and respiratory
therapists.
Healthcare organizations, including hospitals, medical groups
and medical schools, can customize Procedures Consult to fit
their needs. They can add procedure-specific alerts and links to
organizational resources, such as informed consent forms,
hospital standard procedures or patient education materials,
while also monitoring physician test completion for
credentialing compliance.
New Content
Specific content delivered in the new modules includes:
Orthopedics
- 39 new procedures representing over 78 surgical
techniques
- Provides expert video content developed in conjunction
with Campbell Clinic
- Text and illustration content adapted from Campbell’s
Operative Orthopaedics, 11th edition
Anesthesia
- 34 procedures, including coverage of both general and
regional anesthesia
- Provides content developed in conjunction with the
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Anesthesia (Lee A.
Fleisher, M.D., Chair)
Emergency Medicine
- 50 procedures covering key procedures in both emergency and
internal medicine
- Expert video content developed in conjunction with Gary S. Setnik, M.D., Chair, Dept. of Emergency Medicine and Todd W.
Thomsen, M.D. at Mt. Auburn Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard
Medical School
- Text and illustration content adapted from Roberts & Hedges,
Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, 5th ed. (2009
publication)
An Open House event, where users can view the entire site for
free, is available from April 15-May 15, 2008. More information
is available at www.ProceduresConsult.com.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical
and medical information products and services. Working in
partnership with the global science and health communities,
Elsevier’s 7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish
more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in
addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products,
such as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD
Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus
(http://www.info.scopus.com/), bibliographic databases, and
online reference works.
Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business
headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices
worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc
(http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and
information provider. Operating in the science and medical,
legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier
provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to
users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of
delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext
Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York
Stock Exchange). |
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