Elsevier Publishes First 'Clinics Collections' to Fill Content Gaps for Multidisciplinary Healthcare Practitioners and Professionals

PHILADELPHIA, October 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

New reference series provides latest knowledge on highly prevalent medical conditions  

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the availability of Clinics Collections, the first of a new series of multidisciplinary, general medical reference digests targeted to a wide variety of healthcare practitioners and professionals. Clinics Collections integrates updated content from Clinics Review Articles to provide a succinct and current overview of specific, highly prevalent medical conditions and significant medical developments.

"Clinics Collections help fill a content gap for many healthcare professionals and providers, particularly general practitioners who are caring for patients with these widespread conditions and their associated co-morbidities," said Adrianne Brigido, Publisher, Elsevier Clinical Solutions. "Clinics Collections is a continuation of Elsevier's commitment to provide trusted content that medical professionals rely on to support optimal patient care and outcomes."

Clinics Collections provide current clinical content targeted to specific practice areas. Current and soon to be released titles in 2014 include Type II Diabetes Mellitus, Asthma, Obesity, and Pain Management, which impact millions of people worldwide.

Clinics Collections are designed for a wide variety of healthcare practitioners, including:

• The general medical practitioner, including internists, family physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners that are seeking in-depth reviews on conditions affecting their patient population;
• Specialists who want to gather further information on their specific area of expertise;
• Healthcare professionals (such as payer executives, drug and device product managers, and public health professionals) for which specific medical content may be needed.

All Clinics Collections titles are published under the direction of Dr. Joel Heidelbaugh, MD, FAAFP, FACG, Professor, Family Medicine and Urology at University of Michigan Medical School.

Clinics Collections are available as eBooks at http://www.elsevierhealth.com or http://www.inkling.com. Hard-copy editions will also be available at http://www.elsevierhealth.com and at industry events and conferences, including the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Assembly in Washington, D.C., October 21−25.

For more information on Clinics Collections, go to http://www.clinicscollections.com

About Elsevier 

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, deliver better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries that advance the boundaries of knowledge and human progress. Elsevier provides web-based, digital solutions - among them ScienceDirect, Scopus, Elsevier Research Intelligence and ClinicalKey - and publishes nearly 2,200 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and over 25,000 book titles, including a number of iconic reference works.

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