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Healio.com makes orthopedic knowledge and information available in a more powerful platform
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The world of publishing continues to evolve and so does the role of SLACK Incorporated, the publishers of Orthopedics Today. From the company’s start in print 90 years ago to its current roster of medical newspapers and 18 different websites, SLACK’s team of seasoned medical reporters and physician-led editorial boards now drives expert information to more than 9 million users each year.
I’m pleased that Orthopedics Today readers will still be able continue to enjoy their news in its popular print form, but now our readers will also have access to a much larger scope of valuable medical information under one website at www.Healio.com, the new online home of all SLACK publications.
The news and specialized information is a major step forward and you’ll find Healio.com is a new destination for additional information. Using the reporting we have come to rely on through SLACK’s print publications, Healio.com will offer users a more powerful online platform for clinical information both within our specialty as well as the other specialties of our peers. In one click of a mouse, or in a simple screen swipe of your tablet or mobile device, you’ll have access to breaking news in the many specialties and subspecialties that may have a powerful impact on your practice.
The specialties you’ll find on Healio.com will include:
- Adolescent Medicine
- Allergy and Immunology
- Dermatology
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Hematology/Oncology
- Hepatology
- Infectious Disease
- Ophthalmology
- Optometry
- Orthopedics
- Orthotics and Prosthetics
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Rheumatology
- Sports Medicine
- Also, Nursing
Personalized content
With this new access to many specialties at your disposal, you’ll be able to register your practice preferences in all of the topics in which you want to know more. The new site delivers dynamic material that is personal to your professional experience. If you are an orthopedic surgeon whose patients experience frequent cardiovascular comorbidities or you want the latest in infectious diseases, then you can personalize your content delivery to receive the latest headlines in both specialties. By delivering the personalized content that is most meaningful to you, you’ll have the resources you need to be able to choose when, and if, to incorporate more information into your practice.
Create a conversation
One of the most well-received components of Orthopedics Today and OrthoSuperSite.com has been the physician perspective that accompanies so many of the published news items and in the letters to the editor. On Healio.com, that SLACK tradition will continue, and registered users will have the opportunity to comment and to lend their perspectives, creating a conversation with your peers online. You can “like” and also share the stories that are important to you with your colleagues through email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Digg. Learning from our peers and commenting to each other about how we practice ensures that we are able to provide the highest quality care to our patients.
A commitment to educate
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Once you are done reading the latest news, studies and clinical trials, the Healio.com Education Lab will be available and allow users to participate in CME and other educational activities online. This will serve as another potential way you can fulfill your education requirements while you’re on the go. Healio.com users will also have access to SLACK’s reference series, Curbside Consultation. Published across a large number of different specialties, Curbside Consultation is known for answering compelling questions that physicians face each day in practice, and provides detailed answers that physicians, nurses and other health care personnel can reference easily for their patients.
A history of delivering information
In place online as a leading medical news destination, Healio.com will also feature robust onsite meeting coverage, blogs, video, multimedia presentations and compelling editorials, columns and perspectives from your colleagues. You’ll have access to the full library of medical newspapers, books, peer-reviewed journals and education materials produced by SLACK Incorporated, a family-owned company that has provided the medical community with award-winning information for generations.
I feel Healio.com will enhance the ability of every Orthopedics Today reader to uniquely pursue his or her interests and design his or her own personalized portal of news, books, journals and educational materials online. The publishers of Orthopedics Today and I are proud to bring this expanded application of information to our valued readers. Bookmark www.Healio.com/Orthopedics on all your devices now so that we can “continue the conversation” online and learn what we need to know to better serve our patients together.
See you online!
Douglas W. Jackson, MD
Chief Medical Editor
Orthopedics Today
Healio.com/Orthopedics