The Clinical Knowledge SystemThe Clinical Knowledge SystemTehran – Dec 2004Tehran – Dec 2004

Mike TadmanMike TadmanE-Business Development ManagerE-Business Development Manager

MD Consult is an online clinical content resource MD Consult is an online clinical content resource designed to help doctors answer clinical questions, stay designed to help doctors answer clinical questions, stay up-to-date with medical news and educate their patients.up-to-date with medical news and educate their patients.

Content from over 50 publishers, medical societies and Content from over 50 publishers, medical societies and government agencies.government agencies.

Integrates respected medical books, journals, MEDLINE, Integrates respected medical books, journals, MEDLINE, practice guidelines, drug information, patient education, practice guidelines, drug information, patient education, clinical news, and other features into a single service.clinical news, and other features into a single service.

What is it?What is it?

Established in 1997 as part of Mosby

Acquired by Harcourt Health Sciences

Acquired by Elsevier Science in 2001

HistoryHistory

Rose Systems, sole agent in Iran, 2003

IIN sole agent in Middle East, 2003

• 50 of the world’s most50 of the world’s most

renowned reference worksrenowned reference works

• Full-text articles from over 70 Full-text articles from over 70 pre-eminent medical journalspre-eminent medical journals

Which books and journals?Which books and journals?

How does it work?

• Search all resources simultaneously for Search all resources simultaneously for comprehensive answerscomprehensive answers

• Accessible via internetAccessible via internet

• Search engine incorporates MEDLINESearch engine incorporates MEDLINE

How much time……How much time……

Reference booksReference books

Journal Search using MEDLINEJournal Search using MEDLINE

Find the full textFind the full text

Practice guidelines / drug informationPractice guidelines / drug information

Plus:Plus:

News, education, patient handoutsNews, education, patient handouts

Why use it?

OrganisationOrganisation

BooksBooksJournalsJournalsDrugsDrugsNewsNewsCurrent PracticeCurrent PracticePatient Patient HandoutsHandoutsLearning CenterLearning CenterMDC MobileMDC Mobile

NavigationNavigation

Results of search are conveniently displayedon left ofscreen

SearchesSearches

BooksBooks

A full shelf of the A full shelf of the most respected most respected references.references.

Search across Search across the entire the entire collection collection simultaneously.simultaneously.

Medical Medical thesaurus makes thesaurus makes it easy to find it easy to find what you need, what you need, regardless of regardless of terminology terminology differences.differences.

JournalsJournals Comprehensive Comprehensive

searches include searches include MEDLINE, and full-MEDLINE, and full-text articles from text articles from one search. one search.

Refine searches Refine searches using drop-down using drop-down lists.lists.

Drug Tab- Quick Drug Tab- Quick Look-up BoxLook-up Box

Enter drug Enter drug name, name, indication, or indication, or drug classdrug class

Drug UpdatesDrug Updates

DrugsDrugs

This Week in This Week in MedicineMedicineIn This Week’s In This Week’s JournalsJournalsWhat Patients What Patients Are ReadingAre Reading

NewsNews

Current PracticeCurrent PracticePractice Practice GuidelinesGuidelinesClinical Topic Clinical Topic ToursToursClinical Clinical InsightsInsights

Current Current PracticePractice

Current Current PracticePractice

Current “hot” topics reviewed and extensively annotated

Includes related information from all areas of MDC

Reference additional resources online

Patient Patient HandoutsHandouts

Over 3,000 Over 3,000 handouts written handouts written for the patientfor the patient

Clearly written, Clearly written, offering either a offering either a simple 1-2 page simple 1-2 page summary, or summary, or more more comprehensive comprehensive discussiondiscussion

Editions(containing books, journals and more)

CoreInfectious DiseasePainRespiratory & Critical Care

Our ProductsOur Products

Collections(containing just books)

OBGYNPediatricsNeurologyPainInfectious DiseaseOncologyPulmonaryEmergencyDentalCardiologySurgery

REFERENCE BOOKS

Brown: Atlas of Regional Anesthesia, Raj: Practical Management of Pain, Raj: Radiographic Imaging for

Regional Anesthesia and Pain ManagementRaj: Textbook of Regional AnesthesiaWaddell: The Back Pain Revolution, Waldman: Interventional Pain ManagementWaldman: Atlas of Interventional Pain ManagementWall & Melzack: Textbook of Pain

JOURNALS

AnesthesiologyAnesthesia and AnalgesiaAnesthesiology Clinics of North AmericaEuropean Journal of PainNeuromodulationPain MedicinePain PracticeThe Journal of PainThe Lancet NeurologyThe Lancet OncologyRegional Anesthesia and Pain MedicineSeminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and PainThe Clinical Journal of PainTechniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Example – Pain EditionExample – Pain Edition

Bradley: Neurology in Clinical Practice, 4/e

Chokroverty: Sleep Disorders Medicine, 2/e

Ettinger: Managing Epilepsy & Coexisting Disorders, 1/e

Fenichel: Clinical Pediatric Neurology, 4/e

Katirji: Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, 1/e

Kirshner: Behavioral Neurology, 2/e

Mohr: Stroke, 4/e

Samuels: Office Practice of Neurology, 2/e

Example – Neurology CollectionExample – Neurology Collection

Annual subscription

Combinations of Editions and Collections

Not Collections alone

Flexible licensing for medical schools and hospitals

On campus or off site (remote) access provided

Customers decide upon number of concurrent users

Iran and Middle East open consortium price model

LicensingLicensing

Full technical support

Training sessions for your library staff

Wide selection of marketing material in English and Farsi

SupportSupport

Provides broad and deep selection of high quality Elsevier books and journals and other clinical information, searchable simultaneously with a simple search

Solves clinical problems, educates students and qualified physicians alike, keeps users up to date with medical news and helps educate patients.

Saves time

SummarySummary

DOHMS, UAE

Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

Kuwait University

Saudi Aramco

King Fahad University, Saudi Arabia

Some of our customersSome of our customers

Mashad University

Kerman University

Isfahan University

Tabriz University

LAU, Lebanon

AUB, Lebanon

UOB, Lebanon

UAE University

All 17 hospitals that made this year’s US News & World Reports Honor Roll of best hospitals

95% of US medical schools including

National Health Service, United Kingdom

Irish Health Service

All medical schools in South Africa

Many European medical schools and hospitals

Some of our customersSome of our customers

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