Up-to-date information on a broad range of journal articles, medical news and research studies

Apr 30, 2007 15:00 GMT  ·  By

Skyscape announced the launch of MedStream 360, a service that delivers medical information by specialty to physicians' mobile devices. The new MedStream 360 is a critical component of the Skyscape STAT service that integrates dynamic up-to-the-minute content with its portfolio of over 450 trusted resources.

MedStream 360 aggregates content from a collection of medical information channels, including journal articles, medical news and research studies, and delivers the information directly to the mobile device. MedStream 360 extends the coverage of medical information that professionals can access through Skyscape's context sensitive SmartLink and Knowtify technologies.

Skyscape's MedStream 360 software is available for free, preloaded with content that includes MedWatch, CDC Spotlights, Preventing Chronic Disease and MEDLINE 360. With the addition of the American College of Physicians Journal Club, the service adds a critical component of evidence-based medical information. Journal Club presents valued-added abstracts and commentaries on articles selected from over 100 of the most respected medical journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, the Lancet, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The articles chosen are those requiring immediate attention from physicians looking to stay current on the most important advances in internal medicine. Journal Club adds a prestigious selection of medical channels to the MedStream 360 portfolio including InfoPOEMs, the Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics, MedWatch and Drug News Weekly, which are available as fee-based subscriptions.

"As the medical community increasingly relies on Skyscape's trusted resources to meet their decision support needs, it is necessary to deliver an entire spectrum of medical information, from established clinical and drug information to late-breaking updates on the latest research and clinical trials in prestigious journals," said Sandeep Shah, president and CEO of Skyscape. "With MedStream, we have launched a new service to stream this up-to-the-minute dynamic content to the user's platform of choice, further enhancing the overall value of the extensive portfolio we have always offered. In addition, Skyscape's support of a wide array of mobile and wireless devices, combined with our context-sensitive linking and smart update features, makes this information easily accessible and actionable at the point of care."