GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MICROMEDEX, a part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), the leader in information solutions for healthcare and scientific professionals, and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced today a collaboration to offer AMIA members a new mobile resource that provides comprehensive drug, alternative medicine, toxicology and acute care information.
MICROMEDEX(R) Healthcare Series provides comprehensive databases used in 88% of top hospitals* every day. Concise medical information in mobileMICROMEDEX(TM) is derived from these databases and downloadable to clinicians' Palm OS(R) or Pocket PC PDAs. Providing essential clinical information in a mobile platform, is one of several ways MICROMEDEX delivers critical information when, where and how the healthcare delivery team and patients need it.
Also included is a drug interaction tool to help clinicians check a patient's profile of medications (up to 32 at once) for potentially harmful interactions. mobileMICROMEDEX offers the most in-depth drug interaction tool currently available for PDAs. Clinicians can access information beyond basic interaction alerts such as Severity, Onset, Documentation, Adverse Effect, Clinical Management and Probable Mechanism.
"AMIA is excited to begin this collaboration with The Thomson Corporation, a trusted provider of content and information in healthcare," said Charles Safran, president of AMIA. "We believe that mobileMICROMEDEX(TM) offers a benefit to members that will really impact their work."
"We are pleased to provide mobileMICROMEDEX to the AMIA membership, who are the leaders in healthcare information management, research, development, and education." said Jeff Reihl, executive vice president for MICROMEDEX. "It is an important step in achieving our shared goal of applying clinical knowledge to enhance the quality and outcomes of patient care."
AMIA members can download their complementary mobileMICROMEDEX by going to http://www.amia.org/. For additional information on mobileMICROMEDEX, call (800) 525-9083 or visit http://www.micromedex.com/products/mobilemicromedex.
About The Thomson Corporation and Thomson MICROMEDEX
The Thomson Corporation (http://www.thomson.com/), with 2003 revenues of $7.6 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of healthcare and scientific research, law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate training and assessment. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson has approximately 39,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC). Thomson healthcare information solutions can be found at http://www.thomson.com/healthcare, and include Thomson MICROMEDEX, a provider of trusted medical information and flexible technology enabling clinicians to access answers, alerts, and recommendations that will enhance decisions, prevent adverse events, and promote best clinical practices throughout the continuum of care.
About AMIA
The American Medical Informatics Association is the premier organization in the United States dedicated to the development and application of medical informatics in the support of patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration. Since its inception in 1990 AMIA has more than 3,000 members from 42 countries worldwide. Together, these scientists, educators, researchers, physicians, nurses, students, biomedical engineers, medical librarians, and health care administrators who make up the organization's membership represent all basic, applied and clinical interests in healthcare information technology.
* According to U.S. News and World Report 2003
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