Powered by Ovid and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, the Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal Provides Free Online Medical Resources to Healthcare Professionals in Affected Areas
Newswise — New York, NY (March 24, 2011) – In support of disaster relief efforts in Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami, Ovid and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, are providing free online access to emergency, disaster, trauma, and radiation contamination resources to Japanese hospitals and healthcare institutions affected by the disasters via the Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal. The access will be immediate and extend for 30 days.
“We offer our deepest sympathies to the people of Japan suffering through the devastating earthquake and tsunami,” said Karen Abramson, President and CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health, Medical Research. “The Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal provides immediate assistance to clinicians, healthcare workers, and medical librarians in Japan who need quick access to the medical literature in support of emergency and trauma care to those affected by the disaster.”
The resources will be available through the OvidSP online research platform, including: • Ovid MEDLINE® - the premier and comprehensive biomedical database from the U.S. National Library of Medicine • LWW Total Access journal collection – the complete full text of over 280 journals published by LWW• LWW Emergency Medicine ebook collection • LWW Critical Care medicine ebook collection • LWW Hospital ebook collection • LWW Nursing ebook collection • Pre-set expert searches for instant access to relevant information on OvidSP, one of the world’s leading medical information search and discovery platforms; searches cover PTSD, disease prevention related to earthquakes, radiation contamination effects and treatment, public health responses, sanitation and vaccination, and more.
Available for a limited time during the Japan earthquake crisis, access to the Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal is IP-validated through the country of Japan for hospitals, institutional libraries and other healthcare entities in Japan supporting the disaster relief efforts.
If your hospital or organization is assisting with relief efforts in Japan, please contact Ovid Customer Support at [email protected] to learn more about the emergency resource access.
About Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Ovid, and Wolters Kluwer HealthOvid® is a global leader in the delivery of online research information solutions for the medical, healthcare, and academic markets offering customizable solutions that make research smarter, faster, and more effective. Ovid is used by the world’s leading colleges and universities; medical schools; academic research libraries and library consortia; hospitals and healthcare systems; pharmaceutical, engineering and biotechnology companies; and HMOs and clinical practices.
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 journals partners with the world’s leading medical societies, nursing and health professions associations to help them innovate content strategies in print and online.
Wolters Kluwer Health is 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 and Facts & Comparisons®; and electronic information providers, such as Ovid®, UpToDate®, Medi-Span®, and ProVation® Medical.
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