Online Clinical Decision Support Tool Delivers Evidence-based Nursing Information

Wolters Kluwer Health Delivers Evidence-based Nursing Information through Online Clinical Decision Support Tool

Clin-eguide offers direct access to Lippincott Williams & Wilkins trusted nursing information

MINNEAPOLIS--April 09, 2008--Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Clin-eguide, its online clinical decision support tool, now offers evidence-based, actionable information for nurses from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Clin-eguide is an online clinical decision support tool that provides accurate evidence-based information for health care providers in the clinical setting. It integrates trusted content from Wolters Kluwer brands like Ovid, Facts & Comparisons®, and Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, as well as other premier publishers.

Through Clin-eguide, nurses have access to a wealth of multi-specialty information that includes evidence-based nursing monographs for disease, drug, treatment, signs and symptoms; the Nursing Drug Handbook database; link to Lippincott's Nursing Procedures and Skills; disease and medication patient handouts; drug information from Facts & Comparisons®; visual differential diagnosis tools; MEDLINE® access; and more.

"Nurses face a myriad of challenges in today's healthcare environment," said Arvind Subramanian, President and CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions. "They're tasked with improving patient care and increasing patient safety, all while ensuring compliance with regulatory agencies and helping to educate and mentor incoming generations of nurses."

Subramanian continued, "Clin-eguide nursing solution was designed and created by nurses for nurses. It increases productivity via fast and easy access to evidence-based nursing information and allows nurse educators to better manage limited resources. Plus, it comes backed by trusted nursing content from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, the leader in evidence-based information for nurses."

About Wolters Kluwer Health

Wolters Kluwer Health (Conshohocken, PA), a division of Wolters Kluwer, is a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Facts & Comparisons®; electronic information providers, such as Ovid, Medi-Span® and ProVation®; and pharmaceutical information providers such as Adis International and Source®. Wolters Kluwer Health has annual revenues (2007) of $1,044 million (?761 million) and employs approximately 2,700 employees globally. For more information, visit www.WKHealth.com.

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Director, Marketing Communications
laura.gilbert@wolterskluwerhealth.com