The daily digest
34
What's interesting to us? Here's my collection of snippets
Follow
Scooped by andrew sandland onto The daily digest
Scoop.it!

Amazon to be stripped of tax advantage on sale of ebooks

Amazon to be stripped of tax advantage on sale of ebooks | The daily digest | Scoop.it
European commission tells Luxembourg to end VAT loophole, a decision that could close the gap with British ebook prices...
No comment yet.
Your new post is loading...
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Optimal Medicine and Wiley collaborate to enhance a new clinical decision support solution for mental health disorder

Optimal Medicine, a personalized medicine company dedicated to improving healthcare through state-of-the-art software, and publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. have announced their collaboration on mehealthT, an online clinical decision support for mental health disorders.

mehealthT enables clinicians to provide patient-centric care, informed by evidence-based guidance from the most respected sources of clinical guidelines and knowledge, and will include Wiley's international best-selling clinical reference, The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry. Optimal Medicine will incorporate The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry into its decision support software, enabling the content to provide one of the guidance sources accessible to mehealthT users at the point of care.

No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

UK wide survey of academics spotlights researchers’ reliance on open access : JISC

UK wide survey of academics spotlights researchers’ reliance on open access : JISC | The daily digest | Scoop.it
A major survey of UK Academics released today examines the attitudes of researchers and practitioners working within higher education. It sheds light on their behaviours, including their reliance on digital technologies, the Internet and open access.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Why physicians need to write

Why physicians need to write | The daily digest | Scoop.it
I would argue that one cannot be a good doctor without being able to communicate one’s thoughts, knowledge, opinions, and analyses in writing.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Doximity to Launch New Physician Education Platform with Cleveland Clinic

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Doximity, the largest professional network of U.S. physicians,...
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Osborn’s Brain from Amirsys Publishing Receives Doody’s Top Honors

Osborn’s Brain from Amirsys Publishing Receives Doody’s Top Honors | The daily digest | Scoop.it
Amirsys announced today that Osborn’s Brain: Imagine, Pathology, and Anatomy, authored by Anne G. Osborn, M.D. has received a perfect score (5 stars, 100/100) from Doody’s Review Service.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Scientific Insurgents Say Journal Impact Factors Distort Science

Scientific Insurgents Say Journal Impact Factors Distort Science | The daily digest | Scoop.it
The journal impact factor insurrection, which began last December in San Francisco, is spreading through scientific institutions and organizations around the world.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

The controversy over DSM-5 and the cataclysm in mental health

The controversy over DSM-5 and the cataclysm in mental health | The daily digest | Scoop.it
The DSM's opponents have said that this system is too subjective, not scientifically valid, and subject to abuse.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Is print dead?

Is print dead? | The daily digest | Scoop.it
Digital was definitely the catchword at a meeting of UK magazine publishers in London last week. Perhaps more surprising was how often the p
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Is College Moving Online?

Is College Moving Online? | The daily digest | Scoop.it
Many people think that massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are the future of higher education in America.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

EBSCO Announces Intent to Collaborate with the American College of Physicians

EBSCO Announces Intent to Collaborate with the American College of Physicians | The daily digest | Scoop.it
EBSCO announces the intent to collaborate with the American College of Physicians (ACP) around evidence-based expertise. If formalized, the multi-year collaboration
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Crowd-sourced app development: Web of Knowledge

Crowd-sourced app development: Web of Knowledge | The daily digest | Scoop.it
Thomson Reuters to Award up to $30,000 for Most Innovative Use of Web of Knowledge Application Programming Interfaces
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Reflections on medical education, medical practice and the underserved

Reflections on medical education, medical practice and the underserved | The daily digest | Scoop.it
It is the maldistribution of physicians, not necessarily the lack of physicians, that is a more significant threat to the health of our nation.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Hachette to Sell Frontlist Ebook Titles to Libraries

Hachette to Sell Frontlist Ebook Titles to Libraries | The daily digest | Scoop.it
Hachette Book Group has announced that it will once again sell its frontlist ebook titles to libraries, beginning on May 8, 2013.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Liberating the literature: New upgrades to Trip

Liberating the literature: New upgrades to Trip | The daily digest | Scoop.it
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Cardiology at Hand is an Android app that provides medical news

Cardiology at Hand is an Android app that provides medical news | The daily digest | Scoop.it

Cardiology at Hand is an Android app that gathers information from several Cardiology journals like the Journal of Interventional Cardiology and the Journal of Clinical Hypertension and provides access to that information all in one place.

No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Washington Legal Foundation Comments Question the Constitutionality of Reporting for Reprints and Textbooks

Physician Payment Sunshine Act: Washington Legal Foundation Comments Question the Constitutionality of Reporting for Reprints and Textbooks | The daily digest | Scoop.it
The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the final rule on the Physician Payment Sunshine Act.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Urban Dictionary Finds a Place in the Courtroom

Urban Dictionary Finds a Place in the Courtroom | The daily digest | Scoop.it
Courts are looking to Urban Dictionary, a crowdsourced Web site, as one way to define words on which a case may turn.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Wiley Trial Alternative Metrics on Subscription and Open Access Articles

Wiley Trial Alternative Metrics on Subscription and Open Access Articles | The daily digest | Scoop.it
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Looking for the Next Goodreads

Looking for the Next Goodreads | The daily digest | Scoop.it
When Amazon announced in March that it would acquire Goodreads in the second quarter of the year, there was much handwringing, along with tweeting and Facebooking, especially by independent booksellers.
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

SAGE launches MobileStudy

SAGE today announced the launch of its highly innovative digital revision tool, MobileStudy to aid student learning on the go. As one of the first revision   tools to use a QR reader, SAGE’s MobileStudy is a significant step in supporting   the student interactive learning experience on the go through mobile  technology.

No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

What Open Access to Sci-Tech Research Can Achieve

What Open Access to Sci-Tech Research Can Achieve | The daily digest | Scoop.it
A global movement is on to make sci-tech research accessible to all. How soon will Indian industry and consumers embrace it?
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

BMJ Clinical Evidence Now Available on Ovid

BMJ Clinical Evidence Now Available on Ovid | The daily digest | Scoop.it
Wolters Kluwer Health announced today that it has expanded its partnership with BMJ to be the exclusive aggregated information provider of the BMJ Clinical
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Study shows impact and use of various clinical digital resources

Study shows impact and use of various clinical digital resources | The daily digest | Scoop.it
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

Harnessing the wisdom of crowds to solve medical mysteries with CrowdMed

Harnessing the wisdom of crowds to solve medical mysteries with CrowdMed | The daily digest | Scoop.it
A few years ago when Jared Heyman’s sister fell ill, the medical system was unable to find a quick answer. She saw over 2 dozen doctors. S
No comment yet.
Scooped by andrew sandland
Scoop.it!

ebrary Adds 1,500 Titles from John Wiley & Sons to Academic Complete

ebrary Adds 1,500 Titles from John Wiley & Sons to Academic Complete | The daily digest | Scoop.it
No comment yet.