Elsevier Titles Win Four PROSE Awards From Asso...

PHILADELPHIA, February 17 /PRNewswire/ --

    - Awards Confirm Elsevier's Leadership in Medical E-Products and Books in
Clinical Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health



- Elsevier's Procedures Consult Named Top E-Product

    Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services, today announced that it has won four major
awards from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the
Association of American Publishers (AAP).



    Elsevier's Procedures Consult, an online medical resource that
helps physicians, medical residents and students learn and test their
knowledge of medical procedures, was named Best Product within the e-products
category of the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly
Excellence (PROSE Awards, http://www.proseawards.com).



    "Elsevier's success in both the e-product and book categories
of the PROSE Awards demonstrates our ability to design, develop and deliver
both print and electronic products to serve every component of the healthcare
business across the continuum of care," said Randy Charles, Elsevier's
Managing Director, Global Clinical Reference. "Our e-products and books work
synergistically to improve outcomes in health and in the business of health."



    Receiving top honors in the nursing and allied health book
category was Elsevier's Complementary Therapies for Physical Therapy: A
Clinical Decision-Making Approach (written by Judith Deutsch, PT, PhD, and
Ellen Anderson, PT, MA, GCS), which reveals how to incorporate evidence-based
complementary therapies into a physical therapy practice.



    Elsevier also received two honorable mentions in the clinical
medicine category of biological and life sciences books. Elsevier's
Comprehensive Pediatric Nephrology (edited by Denis Geary, MB, and Franz
Schaefer, MD), reviews the epidemiology, diagnosis, investigations,
management and prognosis for pediatric kidney disorders. Elsevier's Operative
Techniques: Hand and Wrist Surgery (edited by Kevin Chung, MD), is a
two-volume set with a Web site and DVD that offers the latest techniques in
hand and wrist surgery.



    "Elsevier is proud of the knowledge, skill and experience it
has acquired in bridging the more traditional, but still valuable world of
print books, journals and resources with the revolutionary world of
electronic communication, e-learning, and clinical practice," commented
Charles. "Recognition from prestigious organizations such as the Association
of American Publishers only serves to reinforce our commitment to develop
innovative clinical, educational, business and research solutions for the
healthcare industry."



    The PROSE awards, which were presented on February 5, 2009, in
Washington, DC were named by a panel of 15 judges representing PSP member
companies such as McGraw-Hill and Johns Hopkins University Press, as well as
librarians and academics from major educational institutions such as New York
University and Columbia University. This year's competition received some 439
entries - over 100 more than in 2007 and more than ever before in the award
competition's 33-year history. The competition also featured the launch of an
award Web site at http://www.proseaawards.com.



About Elsevier

    Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical
and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with
the global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over
70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such
as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult
(http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.



    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 medical, 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).



    
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