Elsevier Announces Its Point-Of-Care Medical Information to Be Offered as Part of Chinese Electronic Health Record

Elsevier Announces Its Point-Of-Care Medical Information to Be Offered as Part of Chinese Electronic Health Record

February 26, 2007

Partnership with ChinaMedCom is a First of its Kind Between
a U.S. Publisher and a Chinese Healthcare Information
Technology Company and Puts FirstCONSULT Evidence-based
Clinical Information Directly into Electronic Health
Records for Hospitals in China


    NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- HIMSS --
Elsevier, a world-leading medical publisher, today
announced a strategic partnership to deliver Elsevier's
evidence-based medical information directly to the
hospitals in China as part of ChinaMedCom's electronic
health record.  

    "Integrating our electronic health record with
Elsevier's world-class content is what the hospitals in
China need to improve efficiencies in their
hospitals," says Jianbo Lei, MD, Chairman and
President, ChinaMedCom.  "Our ability to deliver
concise and relevant contextual information directly into
the electronic health record can help improve patient
safety and reduce medical errors in China's rapidly
evolving healthcare environment."

    Elsevier developed FirstCONSULT to integrate its
clinical reference content directly into the electronic
workflow and enhance a hospital's clinical decision
support. Content is indexed against industry standard
clinical vocabularies, patient demographics and organized
around the clinician's workflow, allowing FirstCONSULT to
deliver rapid answers to specific patient scenarios
directly into the electronic health record. 

    "The demands on today's healthcare organizations
are greater than ever and we are dedicated to supporting
the health practitioner, in any country, with the latest
medical information to provide better patient care,"
says Brian Nairn, CEO, Elsevier, Health Science Division.
"Working with ChinaMedCom will enhance the clinical
information available to the physician in China and will
help them make better informed decisions at the point of
care."

    More information can be found at
http://www.ClinicalDecisionSupport.com or at booth 3945 at
the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
(HIMSS) annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA,
February 26 - March 1, 2007. 

    About Elsevier

    Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific,
technical and healthcare information products and services.
Working in partnership with the global science and health
communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in 74 offices
worldwide publish more than 1,800 journals and 2,200 new
books per year, in addition to offering a suite of
innovative electronic products, such as MD Consult (
http://www.mdconsult.com/ ), FirstCONSULT (
http://www.FirstCONSULT.com ), Mosby's Nursing Consult (
http://www.mosbysnursingconsult.com ), ScienceDirect (
http://www.sciencedirect.com/ ), Scopus (
http://www.info.scopus.com/ ), bibliographic databases,
online reference works and subject specific portals. 

    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 healthcare, 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). 

    About ChinaMedCom

    ChinaMedCom is specialized in providing value-added
medical information solutions to the leading hospitals in
China. Determined to bring the latest medical information
concepts to China, ChinaMedCom is also participating in
helping establish industry standards throughout the
country.

    Founded in 2004, its founder and senior management team
are composed of graduates from elite universities in the
United States, with experience in internationally-renowned
HIT or management consulting firms. Headquartered in
Beijing, People's Republic of China, with its U.S.
operations based in New York, ChinaMedCom has formed an
extensive system of academic research, product development,
marketing & sales, and consulting expertise between
China and the US. ChinaMedCom continues to develop programs
that are dedicated to sharing academic findings and
providing integrated clinical decision support solutions to
the new-generation e-hospitals in China.  Learn more at: 
http://www.ChinaMedCom.com .






    For more information, please contact:

     Mike Smith 
     Elsevier
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail] 


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