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Headlines for Jan 19-25

  • Posted January 25th 2009
  • by Janice
  • » Five Questions for Russell Perkins

    Not health content specific, but a short, concise interview with co-founder and managing director of InfoCommerce Group, parent of Health Content Advisors. Focus on business models for publishers, esp. ad-supported vs. subscription/for fee.

  • » Health Blog : Coming Soon: yourdoctorsfinancialties.com

    Cleveland Clinic to begin adding info about financial ties to pharma, med device companies, etc. to profiles of doctors on their site. Pharma, in turn, say they will begin disclosing their payments to doctors.

  • » Interwoven Announces Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Autonomy - Interwoven - Press Releases

    Not health content specific, but relevant to online publishing: Two popular content management technology firms to merge. Interwoven includes LexisNexis and other B2B publishing companies as clients; UK-based Autonomy is also strong in legal market for e-discovery applications. Autonomy, which just reported strong Q4 20008 results to pay $775 for Interwoven. See www.autonomy.com for more details.

  • » http://blogs.technet.com/neupertonhealth/comments/3184423.aspx

    Peter Neupert, Corp VP, Health at Microsoft, posts on his recent testimony before Congress on health care industry improvements.

  • » Carefx Corporation :: Carefx Reports 200% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth in 2008 as Demand Grows for Solutions Focused on Clinical Decision Making

    Carefx, which offers s/w that help integrate and organize data from multiple systems to improve workflow. The press release touts the addition of 200 more hospitals to its client roster and 200% revenue growth 2008/2007.

  • » Elsevier acquires publishing assets of William Andrew Publishing in Norwich | pressconnects.com | Press & Sun-Bulletin

    Elsevier acquires William Andrew Publishing of Norwich, NY. William Andrew is an STM publisher of applied science handbooks, references and databases.

  • » Incentives Push Doctors to E-Prescribe - WSJ.com

    CMS’ e-prescribing financial incentives go into effect this month. Some details on the program in this post.

  • » Healthline Now Offers the Largest Condition-Specific Health Advertising Network

    Healthline’s HealthSTAT ad network ads AOL Health, iVillage, Organized Wisdon, tudiabetes.com, and WrongDiagnosis.com to its list of online health sites that use HealthSTAT to augment its direct ad sales.

  • » davidrothman.net » Apomediation, Online Health Info and Baloney

    David Rothman, one of the most highly regarded medical librarians, writes about the importance of promoting health literarcy, and his concern (to put it lightly) about social media enthusiasts who call for “crowdsourcing” of average citizens’ opinions to replace recommendations from medical professionals when seeking relevant health information.

  • » Companion Global Healthcare Honored for Medical Tourism site

    Press release from Companion Global announcing that they have “received second-place honors in the “Best Website for International Medical Travel” category at 2008 Consumer Health World Awards.

  • » peHUB » DeepDyve Submerses Itself (Sorry) in Nearly $4 Million

    DeepDyve, formerly Infovell, receives $3.9 million in early stage funding to expand its medical research service and introduce similar research services in other verticals. DeepDyve was a presenter at Health Content08’s Innovators Showcase.

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