Lippincott`s Nursing Advisor`s New Protocol Customization Feature Helps Hospitals Ensure the Highest Level of Patient Care Quality and Safety

Tue Nov 3, 2009 7:55am EST
 
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Evidence-based Online Point-of Care Reference Now Offers Unprecedented
Customization of Over 2,000 Nursing Monographs with Hospital Protocols
PHILADELPHIA--(Business Wire)--
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announced today that it has added new
customization functionality to Lippincott`s Nursing Advisor, an online
evidence-based reference that allows instant access to trusted nursing clinical
information.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a
leading provider of information and business intelligence for students,
professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and
pharmacy.

Lippincott`s Nursing Advisor is designed to give nurses quick and efficient
access to the specific information needed to provide optimal patient care,
including expert content from the best-selling Nursing2010 Drug Handbook. Drug,
disease, treatment, diagnostic test, and signs and symptoms monographs provide
essential information such as adverse reactions to a drug, pathophysiology of a
disease, or an essential overview of a medical or surgical treatment. With the
new customization feature, hospital protocols or critical notes pertaining to
those areas can be added improving staff awareness, compliance and care
standardization. This feature provides a valuable reference and training tool,
customized to individual or system hospitals. 

"Hospitals can effectively improve patient care quality, patient safety and
staff confidence by incorporating this exceptional resource," says Judy McCann,
MSN, RN, and Chief Nurse Officer at Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. "Lippincott`s
Nursing Advisor, with this new feature, now helps facilities ensure their
protocols are being applied to patient care, thereby standardizing care and
reducing medical errors." 

Institutions are also able to upgrade their subscriptions with integrated access
to Lippincott`s Nursing Procedures and Skills or the comprehensive Wolters
Kluwer Ovid Resource library for a complete nursing reference solution. 

For more information or to request a free trial of Lippincott`s Nursing Advisor,
contact Lippincott Williams & Wilkins at 1-800-326-1685 or visit us at
www.lwwnursingsolutions.com. 

About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher for
healthcare professionals and students with nearly 300 periodicals and 1,500
books in more than 100 disciplines publishing under the LWW brand, as well as
content-based sites and online corporate and customer services. 

LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and
business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine,
nursing, allied health and pharmacy. Major brands include traditional publishers
of medical and drug reference tools and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins and Facts & Comparisons; and electronic information providers, such as
Ovid, UpToDate, Medi-Span and ProVation Medical. 

Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global information
services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for
professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services,
legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4
billion ($4.9 billion), employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and
maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia
Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included
in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information
about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.

Wolters Kluwer Health
Robert Dekker
Director of Communications
215-521-8928
Robert.Dekker@wolterskluwer.com



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