Medical Economics Co. Launches PDR.net - Free Online Medical Supersite; Offers Authoritative Healthcare Information to Medical Professionals and Consumers.MONTVALE, N.J.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 10, 1999--The Medical Economics Company, publisher of the Physicians' Desk Reference Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR), n a comprehensive reference book detailing the composition and accepted applications of pharmaceuticals from major manufacturers. (R) (PDR PDR A trademark for Physicians' Desk Reference, a group of reference books containing drug listings, especially one for prescription drugs. PDR (R)), today announced that it has launched PDR.net(SM), a healthcare supersite offering practicing physicians online access to the PDR and other key resources and databases at no cost. In addition to the PDR library of reference works, the Web site offers access to more than 8,000 full-text articles from Medical Economics Company publications including Medical Economics(R), Patient Care(R), Contemporary OB/GYN(R), Contemporary Pediatrics(R), Contemporary Urology(R), and IM Internal Medicine(TM), plus free searching of the 11+ million abstracts from the MEDLINE The online medical database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) whose parent is the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. MEDLINE contains millions of articles from thousands of medical journals and publications. The consumer section of the site (http://medlineplus. , AIDSLINE AIDSLINE AIDS Information OnLINE aulse healthcare career opportunities. The site is accessed at http://www.pdr.net. Healthcare professionhan 4,000 prescription drugs, including usage information and warnings. The new Web site delivers import physician assistants, nurses, and consumers. e of information for more than 75 years," said Curtis Allen, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Medical Economics Company. "For example, PDR.net features a multi-drug interaction report that enable or are contraindicated."
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U.S.-based practicing physicians and physician assistants can access the entire PDR.net supersite - including the full online PDR and Stedman's Medical Dictionary at no cost. Subscriptions are available for others at a cost of $9.95 per month or $99.95 per year. PDR.net is sponsored, in part, by Forest Laboratories (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange : FRX), QDOnline, Roche Laboratories (ADR: ROHHY), Unilever, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : UL), the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. , and Wyeth-Ayerst (NYSE: AHP). Medical Economics Company (http://www.medec.com) is a leader in healthcare information publishing and communications, providing magazines, directories, newsletters, databases, and new media products and services to healthcare professionals, institutions, and consumers. Medical Economics Company (Montvale, NJ) is part of the Thomson Healthcare Information Group, a division of The Thomson Corporation (Toronto, TOC). |
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