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PubMed Central, BioMed Central, BL Direct.(peter's picks & pans)
Three digital document delivery services are the picks and pans in this issue. They cover the spectrum from excellent to disappointing. PubMed Central PMC represents the zenith, offering free search and open access to the full text of more than half a million scholarly articles in...
Tags: BioMed Central, BMC Software Inc., HEALTHCARE
Research articles 2006-11-01
BioMed Central.(Biomedical)(Brief Article)
BioMed Central announced that the new Web site for The Scientist is available on the BioMed Central platform, providing access to 18 years of content, with the added benefits of online usage statistics, customer support, and 24/7 service reliability [+44 (0) 20 7323 0323; www.biomedcentral.com].
Tags: BioMed Central, biomedical, HEALTHCARE, INTERNET, MARKETING
Research articles 2005-03-01
SwetsWise reaps first crop of 2004 publishers.
M2 PRESSWIRE-12 February 2004-Swets Information Services: SwetsWise reaps first crop of 2004 publishersC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:02122004 Swets Information Services announced today that it has recently succeeded in signing an additional 10 prestigious publishers to SwetsWise Online Content. ...
Tags: Benefits, BioMed Central, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, Strategy
Research articles 2004-02-12
New BioMed Central members.(Partnerships)(New BioMed Central membership agreements Consortium of Southern Biomedical Libraries and the Maine Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network)(Brief Article)
BioMed Central announced that two U.S. consortia--the Consortium of Southern Biomedical Libraries CONBLS and the Maine Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network BRIN--have signed institutional membership agreements with BioMed Central. CONBLS is a consortium of biomedical libraries in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and...
Tags: agreement, BioMed Central, consortium, HEALTHCARE, network, partnership
Research articles 2004-02-01
BIOMED CENTRAL ANNOUNCES NEW INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM.
In December 2001, BioMed Central announced a new institutional membership program. A new scheme to help cover the costs of open access to biomedical research is being launched by BioMed Central on 1st January 2002. BioMed Central, the publishing company committed to a policy of free...
Tags: BioMed Central, Components, HARDWARE, HEALTHCARE, INTERNET, Processors, Semiconductors, Strategy
Research articles 2002-01-01
The Role of NGOs in Global Health Research for Development
Global health research is essential for development. A major issue is the inequitable distribution of research efforts and funds directed towards populations suffering the world's greatest health problems. This imbalance is fostering major attempts at redirecting research to the health problems of low and middle income countries. NGOs are contributing...
Tags: Knowledge, BioMed Central, Health Care, NGO, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2005-02-21
Transfer of Health for All Policy - What, How and in Which Direction? A Two-Case Study
This article explores the transfer of World Health Organization's WHO policy initiative Health for All by the Year 2000 (HFA2000) into national contexts by using the changes in the public health policies of Finland and Portugal from the 1970's onward and the relationship of these changes to WHO policy development...
Tags: Public Health, BioMed Central, Health Care, Healthcare, Y2K, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2004-12-07
The Effect of Ethnicity on Outcomes in a Practice-Based Trial to Improve Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Health disparities are a growing concern. Recently, we conducted a practice-based trial to help primary care physicians improve adherence with 21 quality indicators relevant to the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Although the primary concern in that study was whether patients in intervention practices out performed...
Tags: Patient, BioMed Central, Health Disparity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2004-12-07
Factors Influencing Emergency Medical Readmission Risk in a UK District General Hospital: A Prospective Study
Over recent years increased emphasis has been given to performance monitoring of NHS hospitals, including overall number of hospital readmissions, which however are often sub-optimally adjusted for case-mix. This paper presents a study conducted to examine the effect of various patient and disease factors on the risk of emergency medical...
Tags: Hospital, BioMed Central, Study, Healthcare, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2005-01-21
Reproductive Health Research Challenges
The paper reveals that reproductive health is defined as a state of physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system at all stages of life. Good reproductive health implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have...
Tags: BioMed Central, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Gender And Diversity, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2004-06-09
Generation of Human Antibody Fragments Against Streptococcus Mutansusing a Phage Display Chain Shuffling Approach
Background Common oral diseases and dental caries can be prevented effectively by passive immunization. In humans, passive immunotherapy may require the use of humanized or human antibodies to prevent adverse immune responses against murine epitopes. The paper involves the generation of human single chain and diabody antibody derivatives based on...
Tags: BioMed Central, Healthcare, Financial Services
White papers 2005-01-25
A Qualitative Study of the Impact of the Implementation of Advanced Access in Primary Healthcare on the Working Lives of General Practice Staff
The North American model of 'advanced access' has been emulated by the National Primary Care Collaborative in the UK as a way of improving patients' access in primary care. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of the implementation of advanced access on the working lives of...
Tags: Microsoft Access, BioMed Central, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Microsoft Office, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Office Suites, Data Management
White papers 2005-09-27
Non-Rigid Registration of a 3D Ultrasound and a MR Image Data Set of the Female Pelvic Floor Using a Biomechanical Model
The visual combination of different modalities is essential for many medical imaging applications in the field of Computer-Assisted medical Diagnosis CAD to enhance the clinical information content. The conjunction of magnetic resonance MR and 3D ultrasound US image data sets could lead to a new clinical visual representation as being...
Tags: 3D, Medical Imaging, BioMed Central, Healthcare, CAD, Software
White papers 2005-03-18
Frequent Attenders in General Practice: Problem Solving Treatment (PST) Provided by Nurses [ISRCTN51021015]
General practitioners GPs experience an overload of frequent attenders suffering from psychological problems. Problem Solving Treatment PST is a brief psychological treatment tailored for use in a primary care setting. PST is provided by nurses, and earlier research has shown that it is a treatment at least as effective as...
Tags: BioMed Central, Nurse, Problem Solving Treatment, Healthcare
White papers 2005-10-12
Quantitative Evaluation of Recall and Precision of CAT Crawler, a Search Engine Specialized on Retrieval of Critically Appraised Topics
Critically Appraised Topics CATs are a useful tool that helps physicians to make clinical decisions as the healthcare moves towards the practice of Evidence-Based Medicine EBM. A web-based application, namely the CAT Crawler, was developed by Singapore's Bioinformatics Institute to allow physicians to adequately access available appraised topics on the...
Tags: Search Engine, Physician, BioMed Central, Critically Appraised Topic, Productivity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2004-12-10
Sicily Statement on Evidence-Based Practice
A variety of definitions of evidence-based practice EBP exist. However, definitions are in themselves insufficient to explain the underlying processes of EBP and to differentiate between an evidence-based process and evidence-based outcome. Evidence-Based Practice has evolved in both scope and definition. Evidence-Based Practice EBP requires that decisions about health care...
Tags: BioMed Central, Evidence, Evidence Based Practice, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management
White papers 2005-01-05
Influence of Intense Multidisciplinary Follow-Up and Orlistat on Weight Reduction in a Primary Care Setting
Obesity is the most common health problem in developed countries. Recently, several physicians' organizations have issued recommendations for treating obesity to family physicians, including instructions in nutrition, physical activity and medications. The aim of this study was to examine if effective weight-reducing treatment can be given by a family physician....
Tags: Treatment, BioMed Central, Obesity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2005-01-29
Psychosocial Risk Factors for Obesity Among Women in a Family Planning Clinic
The epidemiology of obesity in primary care populations has not been thoroughly explored. The study described in this paper contributes to filling this gap by investigating the relationship between obesity and different sources of personal stress, mental health, exercise, and demographic characteristics. Five hundred women who attended family planning clinics...
Tags: Women, BioMed Central, Health Care, Gender And Diversity, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2004-09-20
Current Practices in Cancer Spatial Data Analysis: A Call for Guidance
There has long been a recognition that place matters in health, from recognition of clusters of yellow fever and cholera in the 1800s to modern day analyses of regional and neighborhood effects on cancer patterns. The paper here provides a summary of discussions about current practices in the spatial analysis...
Tags: Data Analysis, BioMed Central, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Data Management
White papers 2005-01-13
The Burden of Non Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries
Non communicable diseases are more and more prevalent in developing countries where they double the burden of infective diseases. If the present trend is maintained, the health systems in low-and middle-income countries will be unable to support the burden of disease. Prominent causes for heart disease, diabetes, cancer and pulmonary...
Tags: Developing Country, BioMed Central, Burden, Disease, Free Trade, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
White papers 2005-01-14
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