News from Ovid
News from Ovid
NHS chooses Ovid for KA24 contract
Ovid Technologies Ltd has announced that it has been chosen by the KA24(Knowledge Access to Healthcare Information, 24 hours a day, seven days a week)project board to provide a range of clinical information sources for use by all NHS staff throughout London and the South East regions of the NHS. The two-year contract will provide Web access to three major healthcare indexes, MEDLINE,CINAHL, and PsycINFO, with seamless links to and from thousands of primary articles published in leading medical and nursing journals. This gives NHS staff access to critical research information whenever and wherever they need it– 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from the library, the workplace or at home.
The KA24 project was established to build upon services developed by NHS libraries and education consortia to ensure a base level of access to core resources across the many sectoral and organisational boundaries of the two old regions. It is intended to support the widespread introduction of evidence-based medicine and facilitate government targets across a range of policy areas:
Realisation of the NHS plan.
Clinical governance.
National service frameworks.
National cancer plan.
Information for health/information for social care.
"This will transform the lives of busy clinicians and add considerably to their ability to deliver high-quality evidence-based patient care," said Michael Robson, Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chair of the Project KA24 Project Board. Barbara Cumbers, Electronic Resources Development Librarian for London, and Project Implementation Manager added "We are pleased that this contract has gone to Ovid because of the user-friendliness of the interface. The search features enable even novice users to obtain good results."
"KA24 is a strategic opportunity to integrate the latest knowledge and research into the working habits of clinical staff in the London and the South East NHS regions," said Jackie Cahoon, Ovid's NHS Partnership Development Manager. "Ovid Technologies is partnering with local bodies to encourage uptake and routine use of the knowledge base. We anticipate that future joint developments will offer access from the Electronic Patient Record, and from handheld devices. We will also be looking for opportunities to customise the interface and integrate it further with local information environments."
Northern and Yorkshire NHS Region chooses Ovid@Hand
Ovid Technologies Ltd has announced that the Northern and Yorkshire NHS Region has purchased Ovid@Hand, Ovid's new hand-held solution. Initially,up to 100 clinicians across the region will be the first in the country to access trusted Ovid medical information anywhere via their hand-held device. Using Ovid@Hand, clinicians will have easy access to the most current and relevant medical informed decisions to achieve the best patient outcomes –now with Ovid@Hand, they can access the Ovid solution anywhere, anytime.
"The Northern and Yorkshire Regional Library Service is undertaking this pilot by making these resources available to all types of health professionals in the region, particularly those in the community and primary care (such as health visitors) who may travel considerable distances from their base,"said David Peacock, Regional Librarian.
"Providing mobile access to drug and research information is the first initiative from Ovid with the aim of supporting clinicians to use quality resources in the course of their normal working practice. We look forward to important feedback from this first UK implementation on adapting and improving the product further," said Jackie Cahoon, NHS Partnership Development Manager, Ovid Technologies.
Developed by Ovid Technologies and Unbound Medicine, Ovid@Hand is revolutionising the way healthcare professionals find answers. Ovid@Handallows clinicians to order searches and review current journal content anywhere,anytime via their hand-held device. Ovid@Hand works in conjunction with the clinician's computer, so that valuable searches can be requested at point-of-need, and easily accessed. Launched in November 2001, it is already used by clinicians around the world, including in the USA, Australia and the Far East.
Ovid Technologies, a Wolters-Kluwer International Health & Science Company, is a leading provider of electronic information to the scientific,technical and medical markets. Ovid's clinical solution combines premium medical content with an interface that retrieves answers quickly and easily. It is used by thousands of prominent institutions worldwide, including hospitals, public and private universities, library consortia, pharmaceutical manufacturers and government agencies.
For further information please contact: Steve Hawe, Ovid Technologies Ltd,Merlin House, 20 Belmont Terrace, Chiswick, London W4 5UG, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 20 8585 6400; Fax: +44 (0) 20 8585 6640; E-mail: shawe@ovid.comURL: www.ovid.com
