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Skyscape Celebrates National Nurses Week by Launching Nursing Practical Suite of Decision Support Apps for Nurses
MARLBOROUGH, MA, May 10, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Skyscape, Inc., the leading provider of trusted mobile medical
information and tools from more than 600 resources, has launched a
new, affordable Nursing Practical Suite developed specifically to
assist Licensed Practical Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses,
Registered Nurses and students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in
Nursing. The new Suite arms these healthcare professionals with
relevant and timely information to help make better clinical
decisions at the point of care. This trusted collection of medical
resources, available exclusively from Skyscape, includes content from
leading publishers. This Suite is a critical tool for both learning
and use in clinical practice because it includes interactive tables,
flowcharts, medical calculators and other clinical decision support
tools that provide nurses with the right information in the classroom
and at the patient's bedside.
"Launching the Nursing Practical Suite is just one way we're
celebrating National Nurses Week. Our goal with this Suite of nursing
resources, along with all of our mobile offerings, is to provide
nurses in all stages of their career with access to affordable
medical information in a quick, convenient mobile format," said
Marlene Galante, Skyscape General Manager. "This mobile Suite is
tailored to include the type of trusted medical resources and tools
that nurses turn to in order to provide first-rate patient care."
Skyscape currently offers an array of nursing Suites, including
Nursing Pro Suite(TM) and Nursing Constellation Plus(TM), to improve
the quality of nursing care and provide practicing nurses, Registered
Nurses and students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at
colleges such as Kent State University and Regis College complete
coverage of medical resources.
The Skyscape Nursing Practical Suite combines essential clinical
resources with useful medical dictionaries, coding tools, treatment
guidelines, ongoing content updates and free medical news and alerts.
Currently available, the Suite includes the following eight
resources:
Drug guide
-- Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (F. A. Davis)
Clinical content
-- LPN Notes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide (F. A. Davis)
-- Labs 360 degrees(TM) (Skyscape)
Tools & Guidelines
-- Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st edition (F. A. Davis)
-- Medical Eponyms (Andrew Yee)
-- Archimedes 360 degrees(TM) Medical Calculator (Skyscape)
-- MedAlert - Medical Alerts and Clinical Summaries (Skyscape)
-- Life Support 360 degrees (Skyscape)
The Nursing Practical Suite is being offered at a discounted price of
$119.95 for a one-year subscription. That is over 40 percent off the
list price. Additionally, Skyscape offers special add-on resources
such as "Mosby's Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills" and "Procedures and
Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual" at a 20
percent discount. For more information, please visit
http://www.skyscape.com/estore/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductId=2868. The
Skyscape Nursing Practical Suite is supported on Android(TM),
BlackBerry(R), iPhone(R), iPod touch(R) and the iPad(TM) and can also
be downloaded from the Apple App Store.
About Skyscape
Skyscape(R), a subsidiary of Physicians Interactive
Holdings LLC (PIH), is a global leader and provider of trusted mobile
medical information and tools used by more than one million
healthcare professionals. Skyscape's customizable content and
easy-to-use SmartLink(TM) technology supports natural thought flow
for streamlined clinical decision support. With more than 600 trusted
resources covering 30+ medical specialties, Skyscape enables
healthcare institutions and professionals -- including physicians,
nurses and students -- to tailor their mobile medical information
needs and accessibility in order to help provide quality,
cost-effective patient care while helping to reduce medical errors.
Skyscape's unmatched breadth of reliable medical content is available
on Android(TM), Palm OS(R), BlackBerry(R), iPhone(R), iPod touch(R),
iPad(TM), Windows Mobile(R) and Windows(R) powered desktop and Tablet
PCs. Skyscape is a privately held company headquartered in
Marlborough, MA. For more information, please visit www.skyscape.com
or call 508-460-6500.
About Physicians Interactive Holdings
Physicians Interactive
Holdings is the leading resource for healthcare information,
medication samples and mobile decision support tools to medical
professionals everywhere. We use the full power of our network to
bring clinicians and Life Sciences Companies together in ways that
will change the practice and business of medicine, for the better.
Physicians Interactive Holdings has developed a foundation of
user-generated, proprietary and public data that powers a networked
suite of transactional applications, including eSampling, interactive
learning programs and mobile solutions. Physicians Interactive
Holdings is owned by Perseus LLC, a merchant bank and private equity
fund management company. For more information about, visit
http://www.physiciansinteractive.com.
Media Contact:
KT McGraw
Skyscape, Inc.
617-779-1822
skyscape@shiftcomm.com
SOURCE: Skyscape
mailto:skyscape@shiftcomm.com
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