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Knowledge that improves health
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Health
Knowledge is power in any type of business.
But in the health care field, having quality information
available when
and where professionals need it can make the difference in saving lives.
In today's environment,
health care providers are treating complex
medical problems more qUickly than ever before, incorporating
new
treatment options and new medications at the same time that insurance
costs force them to spend less time with patients. There's never been
a greater need for quality information
tools to help healthcare
professionals do their jobs more efficiently and effectively. Wolters
Kluwer Health not only provides quality health information
that
improves health; we help professionals put knowledge to work.
Wolters Kluwer Health is uniquely qualified to meet the worldwide
information
needs across the full spectrum of health care providers.
When a doctor needs accurate and timely information
diagnosis or determine a treatment
to make a
plan, when a pharmacist checks
a potential drug interaction before filling a prescription, and when a
researcher needs data to take the next big step in drug development,
Wolters Kluwer Health makes it happen, making a difference in the
lives of patients around the world.
Our known brands and our quality content provide a support system
that allows health care providers and other health care professionals to
focus on what is truly important -
improving health care.
Who is Wolters Kluwer Health?
As a leading global provider of information for medical and health professionals,
Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer nv, a multi-national information services
company based in Amsterdam, with annual sales of more than € 3.9 billion worldwide.
We provide the health market with top quality information via traditional and interactive
delivery methods. Our customers have come to rely on our textbooks, medical journals,
bibliographic, reference and pharmaceutical databases, not to mention our proprietary
drug information software, point-of-care clinical tools, web-based information systems
and online continuing education products.
Simply said, we want to be the world's leading provider of information for health and
medical professionals. To realize our vision, our four divisions target key customer groups
and allow us to quickly understand and respond to the information needs of the professional
markets that rely on us. Our four divisions are: Clinical Tools, Medical Research, Pharma
Solutions, and Professional & Education.
At WK Health, our values guide our interactions with both our customers and our
employees. They are how we measure success.
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We know our responsibility, help define real goals clearly, and
seek and give the tools and authority needed to do what we say we will - with urgency,
passion and energy.
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For internal and external customers, for today's and tomorrow's
customers, for a conversation or a new product - we anticipate, understand, and meet
or exceed expectations. We keep the customer central to everything we do.
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We take a forward-looking approach to make better ideas happen
msid'e and outside our company. We're not afraid to anticipate both customer needs and
marketoppornmities.
We tell the truth, do the right thing, and place truth above self.
Our: internal and external relationships are based on trust and respect.
We proactively share information, resources, knowledge and ideas,
and pitch in wherever needed for the common goal, use each other's unique strengths,
and place team above self.
To make the best medical decisions for their patients,
health. care professionals need information on drug
interadions, corred dosages, formulary guidelines and
evidence based-treatment plan options.
To provide that information, the Clinical Tools division
develops and sells drug and medical information tools
that are integrated into the hospital, pharmacy, insurer
or healthcare vendor's information systems, or used as
stand-alone products. These tools deliver clinically
relevant information at the point of care.
Medi-Span provides electronic drug data and clinical
information that is fully integrated into the business
systems software at more than 20,000 pharmacies,
2,000 hospitals and numerous health insurer and
physician offices. Medi-Span's drug database includes
more than 100 data elements for all prescription and
over-the-counter products sold in the United States.
Facts & Comparisons provides an extensive drug
reference library of more than 54 publications.
These publications are available via hand-held
devices, CD-ROM, Internet and Intranet applications
in addition to the bound publications and updated
loose-leaf references that have been the accepted
standard for many years.
The Clinical Tools division also features Clin-eguide and
SKOLAR MD products. Clin-eguide is a pOint-of-care
decision support system that can be integrated with
electronic medical records or used on a stand-alone
basis. SKOLAR MD is also an online provider of clinical
information and gives clinicians immediate answers
to detailed clinical questions at the point of care. It is
the first program approved by the American Medical
Association that allows physicians to earn continuing
medical credits simply by using the product (a concept
known as "in context" learning). SKOLAR MD is used
by more than 20,000 professionals worldwide at leading
medical centers and pharmaceutical companies. Both
products leverage the wealth of medical and drug
information found in all Wolters Kluwer Health products.
Together, these Clinical Tools division
products provide healthcare professionals
with immediate, trusted information at
the point of care to help them make
informed medical decisions.
The Medical Research division provides information
solutions for institutional customers such as medical
schools, hospitals, and medical and academic libraries.
Wolters Kluwer Health seNes this important customer
segment with the leading online information seNice,
Ovid Technologies, and the clinical journals published
under the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) brand.
Ovid Technologies is the global leader in online
information seNices for hospitals and medical schools
and is the primary online source for all Wolters Kluwer
Health content. Through Ovid, researchers, clinicians,
students and information managers can access hundreds
of databases and more than 1,500 journals and books
from dozens of publishers. Ovid is also a leading
provider of databases in science, technology and
the humanities. No other provider has the depth of
content or the tools and seNices of Ovid.
As a complement to Ovid's full suite of online and
state-of-the-art user tools, LWW publishes more than
275 journals and newsletter products in specialty fields
for physicians and clinicians, including some of the
industry's most respected titles. LWW partners with
the world's leading medical societies to create journals
that increase society membership and build awareness
and credibility for the society's medical mission. LWW
provides the broadest distribution of its journal content
through customized society portal pages and through
distribution to Ovid's 13 million users worldwide.
With the capabilities of this WKHealth
division, information managers, medical
researchers and clinicians know that they
can depend on Wolters Kluwer to find
answers when they need them most.
Bringing a new drug to market is a complex and
expensive process. But quality information supportfrom the early stages of target identification, discovery,
research and development to bringing the drug to
market - helps pharmaceutical professionals deliver
the best product to the right consumer.
Pharmaceutical professionals look to Pharma Solutions
for exact, current and usable information to help them
better understand diseases and products as well as
treatments and market trends. All Wolters Kluwer
Health products sold to the pharmaceutical industry
are developed and managed by Pharma Solutions.
Clients include all of the world's major
pharmaceutical companies.
The database tools and peer-reviewed literature of the
Pharma Solutions division provide business and clinical
intelligence to the pharmaceutical industry through
the combined resources of Adis International and
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) Healthcare.
Adis International was established in the 1960's
to publish independently evaluated information on
new drug compounds. As part of Pharma Solutions,
Adis has over 500 employees in 12 countries supplying
evaluation and analysis in all therapeutic categories.
The Adis brand represents total communications
solutions for the pharmaceutical industry through
peer-reviewed journals, decision-making tools and
customized medical communications solutions.
Pharmaceutical marketers rely on the professional,
peer-reviewed medical content developed by
LWW to support their physician education
programs. LWW medical content is sold
to pharmaceutical companies in print
and electronic formats, providing helpful
educational tools and support for
physicians worldwide.
From the first day of training until the time they retire,
medical and health professionals need comprehensive
information on diseases, medical conditions, treatment
options and the human body. The Professional &
Education division publishes critical information for
medical and health professionals and students, including
many of the world's leading textbooks, reference tools,
and anatomical charts published under the Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins (LWW) brand.
With a 200 year history in publishing, LWW today
offers a comprehensive line of health-science textbooks,
reference products and new media with thousands
of well-known titles for professionals and students in
medicine, nursing and allied health. LWW offers more
than 4,000 titles in over 100 disciplines, available from
its Internet site, www.lww.com. or through bookstores
worldwide. More than 50 leading titles are now
available in PDA (personal digital assistant) format,
including best sellers like Stedman's Medical Dictionary,
The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, and
Griffith's Five Minute Clinical Consult Series.
Wolters Kluwer Health has offices across the world,
with 2,500 employees on five continents.
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Ovid Technologies
www.ovid.com
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