Skyscape Announces Agreements to Provide Mobile Medical Reference Solutions to 12 Nursing Schools
Marlborough, Mass. (ContentDesk) October 4, 2005 -- Skyscape, Inc., the leading provider of interactive mobile references for over 475,000 medical professionals, today announced agreements to provide its solutions to the faculty and students of a dozen leading nursing schools around the U.S.Under the wide-ranging agreements, the nursing schools will either distribute free or substantially-discounted Skyscape mobile medical references to their students and instructors.
Loaded onto personal digital assistants (PDAs), Skyscapes references enable users to access continuously up-to-date and cross-indexed medical references quickly and accurately and leave many traditional textbooks on the shelf.Sandeep Shah, president and CEO of Skyscape, announced agreements with:1. Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine2. Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.3.
Edison Community College, Piqua, Ohio4. Fort Hays State University, Fort Hays, Kan.5. Fort Sam, San Antonio, Texas6. North Central Michigan College, Petoskey, Mich.7. Patrick Henry Community College, Martinsville, Va.8.
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ9. UMASS Memorial Medical Center, Boston, Mass.10. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing, Houston, Texas11. University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing, Galveston, Texas12. Western Iowa Tech Community College, Sioux City, IowaIn the classroom, nursing instructors use Skyscapes medical references to facilitate teaching and demonstrate the latest in medical reference technology.
On rounds, nursing students utilize Skyscapes medical references to keep abreast of new medical issues and concerns and to reference the latest medication dosages or to check symptoms of a new condition all without leaving the patients bedside. Given what nurses are facing from the medical system today from their dramatically increased responsibilities to the complexity and volume of available medical treatments and information handheld computer technology and digital medical reference solutions are nothing less than a critical tool thats needed to get the job done, said Sandeep Shah, president and CEO of Skyscape, Inc. We are pleased to be working closely with the nations finest nursing schools and faculty to help ready the nursing students of today to become the best trained and finest quality caregivers of tomorrow, Shah added. About SkyscapeSkyscape? (www.skyscape.com) is the leading provider of interactive, intelligent mobile medical references that improve the quality and efficiency of patient care and help reduce medical errors.
Skyscape has a registered user base of over 475,000 medical practitioners. Its more than 300 trusted references cover 30+ medical specialties.
All are integrated via Skyscape's easy-to-use smARTlink" technology and are available on Palm OS?, Windows? Mobile and Windows? powered desktop and Tablet PCs.Notes to Editors:-
Skyscape and smARTlink are registered trademarks.
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According to a report by the Health Resources and Services Administration, 30 states currently have shortages of registered nurses (RNs).
The shortage is expected to intensify over the next two decades, with 44 states expected to have RN shortages by the year 2020.
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Nursing Associations to Launch National Nursing Awareness Campaign
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Six Things Everyone Should Know About Nursing Homes
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Finally your patient is at the skilled unit of nursing home.
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The responsible party whether it is you the patient, your spouse an adult child, someone will have to sign all of the paper work.The day that the resident is received at the nursing home skilled rehabilitation unit the resident or the responsible party will be offered a list of physicians to select one that will follow them during their stay.
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