Elsevier Purchases CPM Resource Center from Eclipsys.Acquisition Accelerates Elsevier's Strategy to Deliver a Comprehensive Suite of Workflow-Integrated Information Solutions to Nurses and Allied Health Professionals and Enhances Its Ability to Help Healthcare Organizations Provide Safe, Quality Care PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of science and health information, has announced it has purchased CPM (1) (Critical Path Method) A project management planning and control technique implemented on computers. The critical path is the series of activities and tasks in the project that have no built-in slack time. Resource Center from Eclipsys, a leading provider of integrated enterprise clinical, revenue cycle, access management, and decision support solutions. Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan “Grand Rapids” redirects here. For other uses, see Grand Rapids (disambiguation). Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 197,800. , CPM Resource Center is a leading provider of executable evidence-based clinical tools, resources, and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. designed to transform healthcare. The transaction is effective immediately. The integration of CPM Resource Center strengthens Elsevier's position as a leading provider of solutions that help healthcare organizations improve patient care and safety. In addition, the CPM Resource Center's assets will provide synergies through broader utilization of Elsevier's existing clinical content products and complementary sales channels. "Elsevier is committed to helping our healthcare customers improve outcomes in the high priority area of patient care and safety," said Brian Nairn, chief executive officer of Elsevier Health Sciences. "To achieve measurable improvements, healthcare organizations need accurate, evidence-based content that can be used by nurses and all care team members to improve decision making, reduce care variability, and support care documentation. We are excited that CPM Resource Center is joining Elsevier, and we look forward to building on our relationship with Eclipsys." As part of the acquisition Elsevier acquired the following CPM Resource Center lines of business that will expand its capabilities: * A comprehensive database of executable evidence-based clinical content that is designed for seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. into clinical practice and documentation systems at the point of care. * Consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" that help healthcare settings align and sustain organizational behaviors that reduce care variability and improve clinical outcomes. * A healthcare consortium of rural, community and academic organizations engaged in practice-technology integration, clinical scholarship and clinical content development. * Practice-Education Partnerships with academic and affiliate clinical settings to advance learning and practice environments. Going forward, the clinical content embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. within Eclipsys' Sunrise Knowledge-Based Charting, an interdisciplinary, pre-configured clinical documentation solution, will continue to be enhanced through an ongoing strategic partnership between Elsevier and Eclipsys. "We feel that CPM Resource Center's professionals will provide expanded value to the healthcare market as part of the larger Elsevier team," said R. Andrew Eckert, Eclipsys president and chief executive officer. "We look forward to continue working with Elsevier on delivering solutions that leverage the power of evidence-based content to help healthcare organizations achieve outcome improvements." CPM Resource Center's evidence-based products and professional services assist healthcare organizations in creating a healthy work culture and interdisciplinary integration using a professional practice framework and standardization. With the goal of offering "context for the content," these practice-transformation and implementation services are provided by a diverse, interdisciplinary team interdisciplinary team, n a group that consists of specialists from several fields combining skills and resources to present guidance and information. with extensive experience in clinical practice transformation. Customizable to any healthcare organization, these services build on the strengths of clinicians at the point of care to ensure successful implementation and integration of clinical content and best practices that help improve clinical outcomes and create the best places to give and receive care. About Elsevier Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as Science Direct. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MDConsult (http://www.mdconsult.com/), Nursing Consult (http://www.nursingconsult.com/) Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/), bibliographic databases, and online reference works. Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. 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