Southern Illinois Healthcare Selects Portfolio of Elsevier's Clinical Solutions

Southern Illinois Healthcare SelectsSouthern Illinois Healthcare Selects Portfolio of Elsevier's Clinical Solutions PR Newswire PHILADELPHIA, March 26, 2014 Evidence-based solution set provides latest interprofessional care planning and documentation, guidelines, skills reference and patient information for three-hospital system Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced that the Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) has selected CPM CarePoints, ExitCare, Mosby's Nursing Consult and Mosby's Skills from Elsevier's Clinical Solutions suite. SIH chose these point-of-care solutions to provide an easily implemented framework for employing actionable, evidence-based care and improving its clinical workflow, patient education and patient satisfaction. Southern Illinois Healthcare is a not-for-profit healthcare system with more than 3,300 employees across multiple facilities, including Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Herrin Hospital and St. Joseph Memorial Hospital. Healthcare professionals at SIH facilities will have direct access to Elsevier's evidence-based content solutions through its MEDITECH electronic health record system (EHR). "Our clinical leadership enthusiastically supported the collaboration with Elsevier as we look towards a full transformation of the reference services made available to our clinical staff," said Dave Holland, SIH's Chief Innovation Officer.