LONDON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dialog, a Thomson Toronto business and a leading worldwide provider of online-based information services and integrated information solutions, will spotlight its collaboration with England’s National Health Service (NHS) at next week’s European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries ( https://ibio.humv.es/biblioteca/eahil/ ), to be held 20th-25th September in Santander, Spain.
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Gavin Coney, representing Dialog, will discuss the impact that the integration of Dialog-supplied content and information tools has had on medical professionals, NHS administrators, medical schools, and others across England. The dedicated portal and support environment includes articles and reports aggregated by Dialog from thousands of scientific, technical and medical sources from around the world, plus an e-linking feature that seamlessly takes users from document titles to online e-journals.
“Working with the NHS in England has been a fulfilling experience for Dialog,” said Coney, the public sector sales manager who played a lead role in building the relationship with the NHS. “We are supplying a broad range of content and linking technologies that serve the research requirements of medical professionals and students and facilitate their patient care, all through a single online interface. Access to that range of quality information is having a positive impact on people’s lives across England.”
The Dialog/NHS collaboration, which began in April 2003, is part of the NHS’ National Core Content Project, an initiative designed to provide NHS staff and constituents with electronic access to a core collection of key electronic knowledge resources ( http://nhs.dialog.com/ ).
Dialog currently offers users of the NHS extranet access to seven distinct content sets, or databases: MEDLINE(R), EMBASE(R), CINAHL(R), PsycINFO(R), DH-Data, Allied and Complementary Medicine database (AMED) and the British Nursing Index.
An eighth database composed of articles and research related to nursing compiled by The Kind’s Fund, an independent London-based charitable organisation dedicated to improving public health, is scheduled to be added next month.
Also at the European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, Dialog will exhibit a range of its information products and services designed for companies and professionals in the medical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and related industries.
About Dialog and The Thomson Corporation
Dialog, a pioneer in developing the technology behind electronic information retrieval, is the world leader in providing online-based information services to organisations seeking competitive advantages in such fields as government, business, science, engineering, finance and law.
Today, the online services provided by Dialog -- offered through the Dialog (R), Dialog Profound (R), Dialog DataStar(TM), Dialog NewsEdge (R) and Dialog Intelliscope(SM) brands -- give users the ability to precisely retrieve data from more than 1.4 billion unique records, accessible via the Internet or through delivery to enterprise intranets. Searchable content includes articles and reports from thousands of real-time news feeds, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and trade publications, plus research reports and analyst notes providing support for financial decision-making, as well as in-depth repositories of scientific and technical data, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property data. Information professionals and end-users at business, professional and government organisations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog services for their depth and breadth of content, precision searching and speed.
Based in Cary, N.C., USA, Dialog has operations in 27 countries. Dialog ( http://www.dialog.com/ ) is a business of The Thomson Corporation Toronto. With 2003 revenues of US$7.6 billion, Thomson ( http://www.thomson.com/ ) is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers.
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Media contacts In North & South America Sandy Scherer Director, Corporate Communications phone: (U.S.) 919.461.7354 mobile: (U.S.) 919.795.1762 Sandy.Scherer@dialog.com John Buckman Buckman Communications, for Dialog phone: (U.S.) 412.381.2900 John.Buckman@buckmancommunications.com In Europe, the Middle East, and Africa Claudette Archer Marketing Manager Dialog phone: (London) +44 (0)20-7940 6952 Claudette.Archer@thomson.com In the Asia Pacific Region Christina Cheng Regional Marketing Manager Dialog Christina.Cheng@dialog.com
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CONTACT: North & South America, Sandy Scherer, Director, CorporateCommunications of Dialog, +1-919-461-7354, or cell, +1-919-795-1762, orSandy.Scherer@dialog.com ; or John Buckman of Buckman Communications, forDialog, +1-412-381-2900, or John.Buckman@buckmancommunications.com ; orEurope, the Middle East, and Africa, Claudette Archer, Marketing Manager ofDialog, (London) +44 (0)20-7940 6952, or Claudette.Archer@thomson.com ; orAsia Pacific Region, Christina Cheng, Regional Marketing Manager of Dialog,Christina.Cheng@dialog.com
