Newswise — Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) today announced the launch of www.5minutemd.com, a new online community for family medicine practitioners. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy.
The new site builds on the success of LWW's popular 5-Minute Medical Clinical Consult 2010 and gives health professionals the ability to connect, exchange ideas, belong to groups, take part in forum discussions, post blogs, view videos from 5-Minute, stay updated on events relating to primary care, test their knowledge with a monthly quiz, access free clinical content from the 5-Minute companion Website, invite friends, and more.
"We're excited to provide the family medicine community with this new, interactive way to share ideas and stay current on the latest advances and developments in healthcare," said LWW Vice President and Publisher, Diane Harnish.
In addition to blog postings and forum discussions, 5minutemd offers "Facts-in-Five," a monthly five-question, multi-media quiz where participants can enter to assess their knowledge and win prizes. The questions focus on a particular medical topic and include a video clip. Participants can challenge friends, view results from other participants, and link friends to the quiz via Twitter (www.twitter.com) and Facebook (www.facebook.com).
Health professionals can also download a search Widget to their desktops that links them to free clinical content from 5-Minute's companion Website, www.5mcc.com. For more information or to sign up today, visit www.5minutemd.com
About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher for healthcare professionals and students with nearly 300 periodicals and 1,500 books in more than 100 disciplines publishing under the LWW brand, as well as content-based sites and online corporate and customer services.
LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (www.lww.com) and Facts & Comparisons® (www.factsandcomparisons.com); and electronic information providers, such as Ovid® (www.ovid.com), UpToDate® (www.uptodate.com), Medi-Span® (www.medi-span.com) and ProVation® Medical (www.provationmedical.com).
Wolters Kluwer Health is a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion ($4.9 billion), employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.
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