Elsevier expands eclinical solutions in Europe

5 November 2008

Elsevier is increasing its efforts to provide interactive clinical reference and clinical decision support (CDS) tools to new markets in Europe. With the launch of DoctorConsult — the German language version of MD Consult Elsevier has become the first multi-lingual professional clinical reference product provider.

The customised products meet the cultural needs of users who do not speak English as a first language, and address specific medical practice needs within different countries.

The internet-based products provide users with a full range of medical information covering a variety of clinical needs. In one integrated interface, users can access evidence-based immediately actionable 'quick answers' (ie Elsevier's FirstConsult) as well as background references such as books and full text journal articles suitable for more in depth research and education needs. Additional localised versions of MD Consult are in development for Italy, France and Spain.

The Consult suite of multilingual reference products is just one of several solutions being developed to meet local reference, point-of-care, workflow and decision support needs. Additional solutions in development include:

clinical decision support:
- guidelines and best practice information delivered when and where they are most useful at the point of care
- leveraging of patient data to pinpoint the most needed information for a given clinical task
- drug information and safety checking, also linked to patient data when possible
- seamless content integration with Electronic Health Records, including infobuttons and alerts
payer services:
- retrospective analytics for identifying performance gaps and outliers
- tools to influence provider behavior (CDS solutions)

"Elsevier has been transforming CDS technology to offer a higher level of usability, primarily in the US and now more so in Europe," said Jose Wehnes, Managing Director of the International Division of Elsevier Health Sciences. "Elsevier knowledge solutions, from drug information and actionable decision support, to process improvement and predictive analysis, have the potential to help deliver timely and appropriate information to clinicians in any country as they make critical diagnostic and therapeutic decisions throughout their workday."

"By building upon our core strengths in leading content to provide information and workflow solutions, we can improve outcomes and efficiencies for both payers and providers on a country by country basis," said Wehnes. "Growing Elsevier Clinical Decision Support in Europe reinforces Elsevier's broader business strategy to strengthen its lead in core content, drive the transition of print materials to e-formats and deliver solutions directly into the clinical process."

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