McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Selects Silverchair Science+Communications to Enhance Its Online Medical References

McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing, a leading publisher of professional health references and databases for physicians and medical students, and Silverchair Science+Communications, a leading developer of health reference information solutions for health care publishers, today announced a multi-year agreement to develop the next generation of McGraw-Hill's best-selling clinical references for the Web, starting with Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2004 (CMDT).

Delivering CMDT through Silverchair Content Manager™(SCM) -- Silverchair's semantic Web platform for clinical references -- will dramatically enhance the speed and accuracy with which physicians can find mission-critical information to support patient care.

"Our alliance with Silverchair will allow us to provide an entirely new level of usability to physicians and medical students," said Jack Farrell, vice president and publisher of Online and Digital Products for McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing. "Semantics-driven applications will allow our key medical content resources-which are quite comprehensive and detailed-to be accessed more quickly and easily than traditional web portals. And updated information, which our author teams generate continually, can be rapidly integrated into these digital references."

"Silverchair is pleased to collaborate with McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing to deliver a breakthrough web application based on CMDT, which is one of the premier reference sources in all of medicine," said Thane Kerner, president and CEO of Silverchair. "An authoritative, comprehensive clinical tool like CMDT married to the speed and accuracy of semantic technology is truly a 'killer app' for medical content delivery."

About McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing is a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of electronic and print solutions that enhance teaching and learning in the pre-K through 12th grade, higher education and professional markets. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's and BusinessWeek. Founded in 1888, the Corporation has more than 322 offices in 33 countries. Sales in 2003 were $4.8 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

About Silverchair

Silverchair Science+Communications, Inc. is an editorial technology company specializing in the development of advanced medical information products. Founded in 1993, Silverchair has been a leader in developing digital publishing platforms and content specifically for health care professionals. It maintains offices in Charlottesville, VA, Philadelphia, and Raleigh, NC. Additional information is available at http://www.silverchair.com/.

SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing

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