1. Slide 0 The Clinical Knowledge System Tehran – Dec 2004 Mike Tadman E-Business Development Manager

2. Slide 1 MD Consult is an online clinical content resource designed to help doctors answer clinical questions, stay up-to-date with medical news and educate their patients. Content from over 50 publishers, medical societies and government agencies. Integrates respected medical books, journals, MEDLINE, practice guidelines, drug information, patient education, clinical news, and other features into a single service. What is it?

3. Slide 2 Established in 1997 as part of Mosby Acquired by Harcourt Health Sciences Acquired by Elsevier Science in 2001 History Rose Systems, sole agent in Iran, 2003 IIN sole agent in Middle East, 2003

4. Slide 3 50 of the world’s most 50 of the world’s most renowned reference works Full-text articles from over 70 pre-eminent medical journals Full-text articles from over 70 pre-eminent medical journals Which books and journals?

5. Slide 4 How does it work? Search all resources simultaneously for comprehensive answers Search all resources simultaneously for comprehensive answers Accessible via internet Accessible via internet Search engine incorporates MEDLINE Search engine incorporates MEDLINE

6. Slide 5 How much time…… Reference books Journal Search using MEDLINE Find the full text Practice guidelines / drug information Plus: News, education, patient handouts Why use it?

7. Slide 6 OrganisationBooksJournalsDrugsNews Current Practice Patient Handouts Learning Center MDC Mobile Navigation

8. Slide 7 Results of search are conveniently displayed on left of screen Searches

9. Slide 8 Books A full shelf of the most respected references. Search across the entire collection simultaneously. Medical thesaurus makes it easy to find what you need, regardless of terminology differences.

10. Slide 9 Journals  Comprehensive searches include MEDLINE, and full- text articles from one search.  Refine searches using drop-down lists.

11. Slide 10 Drug Tab- Quick Look-up Box Enter drug name, indication, or drug class Drug Updates Drugs

12. Slide 11 This Week in Medicine In This Week’s Journals What Patients Are Reading News

13. Slide 12 Current Practice Practice Guidelines Clinical Topic Tours Clinical Insights Current Practice

14. Slide 13 Current Practice Current “hot” topics reviewed and extensively annotated Includes related information from all areas of MDC Reference additional resources online

15. Slide 14 Patient Handouts  Over 3,000 handouts written for the patient  Clearly written, offering either a simple 1-2 page summary, or more comprehensive discussion

16. Slide 15 Editions (containing books, journals and more) Core Infectious Disease Pain Respiratory & Critical Care Our Products Collections (containing just books) OBGYN Pediatrics Neurology Pain Infectious Disease Oncology Pulmonary Emergency Dental Cardiology Surgery

17. Slide 16 REFERENCE BOOKS Brown: Atlas of Regional Anesthesia, Raj: Practical Management of Pain, Raj: Radiographic Imaging for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management Raj: Textbook of Regional Anesthesia Waddell: The Back Pain Revolution, Waldman: Interventional Pain Management Waldman: Atlas of Interventional Pain Management Wall & Melzack: Textbook of Pain JOURNALS Anesthesiology Anesthesia and Analgesia Anesthesiology Clinics of North America European Journal of Pain Neuromodulation Pain Medicine Pain Practice The Journal of Pain The Lancet Neurology The Lancet Oncology Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain The Clinical Journal of Pain Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management Example – Pain Edition

18. Slide 17 Bradley: Neurology in Clinical Practice, 4/e Chokroverty: Sleep Disorders Medicine, 2/e Ettinger: Managing Epilepsy & Coexisting Disorders, 1/e Fenichel: Clinical Pediatric Neurology, 4/e Katirji: Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, 1/e Kirshner: Behavioral Neurology, 2/e Mohr: Stroke, 4/e Samuels: Office Practice of Neurology, 2/e Example – Neurology Collection

19. Slide 18 Annual subscription Combinations of Editions and Collections Not Collections alone Flexible licensing for medical schools and hospitals On campus or off site (remote) access provided Customers decide upon number of concurrent users Iran and Middle East open consortium price model Licensing

20. Slide 19 Full technical support Training sessions for your library staff Wide selection of marketing material in English and Farsi Support

21. Slide 20 Provides broad and deep selection of high quality Elsevier books and journals and other clinical information, searchable simultaneously with a simple search Solves clinical problems, educates students and qualified physicians alike, keeps users up to date with medical news and helps educate patients. Saves time Summary

22. Slide 21 DOHMS, UAE Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia Kuwait University Saudi Aramco King Fahad University, Saudi Arabia Some of our customers Mashad University Kerman University Isfahan University Tabriz University LAU, Lebanon AUB, Lebanon UOB, Lebanon UAE University

23. Slide 22 All 17 hospitals that made this year’s US News & World Reports Honor Roll of best hospitals 95% of US medical schools including National Health Service, United Kingdom Irish Health Service All medical schools in South Africa Many European medical schools and hospitals Some of our customers

24. Slide 23 Thank You