MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Skyscape, Inc. today announced the launch of a new real-time Clinical & Healthcare Articles service on its professional website http://www.skyscape.com, created in collaboration with Advanstar Medical Economics (AME), the second largest medical publisher in North America.

"The service will provide healthcare professionals with convenient access to the most up-to-date, specialty-focused, peer-reviewed and credible clinical, practice management and business information as part of Skyscape's ongoing commitment to providing comprehensive, trusted solutions for enhancing patient care and the practice of medicine," said Sandeep Shah, President and CEO.

Physicians, surgeons, nurses, physician assistants, and others will now have free access to trusted content from dozens of AME's award-winning medical journals -- including Medical Economics®, Contemporary OB/GYN®, Drug Topics®, Patient Care®, and Managed Healthcare Executive®.

The articles will be conveniently organized and presented according to medical specialty, including:

"Skyscape's philosophy of providing the broadest portfolio of 300+ relevant, branded and trusted references addressing each of 30+ medical specialties has been highly rated by our subscribers for its role in reducing medical errors and improving patient safety," Shah said. "Through our partnership with Advanstar, we are mobilizing a complementary article service of providing much sought after healthcare practice management information, already trusted by over 1.5 million healthcare providers in the print medium -- all in one convenient place, at http://www.skyscape.com."

More than 450,000 medical professionals rely on Skyscape for medicine's largest and most trusted portfolio of mobile references including The Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics, Harrison's Manual of Medicine, The Harriet Lane Handbook of Pediatrics and the DSM IV Handbook for Psychiatry.

"Skyscape is a 'blue-chip' Mediwire Network partner that greatly enhances the targeted reach of Mediwire content across all major practitioner types," says Andy Weissberg, GM of Advanstar. "Mediwire Network has specifically tailored the delivery of its content to enable Skyscape to link targeted article content to products in Skyscape's growing portfolio."

About Advanstar Medical Economics Advanstar Medical Economics (http://www.advanstarhealthcare.com) offers a wide range of strategic and practical healthcare information distributed through multimedia channels. Reaching over 1.5 million healthcare providers each month through its publications, Advanstar Medical Economics is the second largest healthcare publisher in the United States. Physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants and healthcare executives receive the journals and participate in the educational programs developed by Advanstar Medical Economics, a division of Advanstar Communications Inc.

About Skyscape Skyscape® (http://www.skyscape.com) is the leading provider of interactive, intelligent mobile medical references that improve the quality and efficiency of patient care and help reduce medical errors. Skyscape has a registered user base of over 450,000 medical practitioners. Its more than 300 trusted references cover 30+ medical specialties. All are integrated via Skyscape's easy-to-use smARTlink(TM) technology and are available on Palm OS®, Windows® Mobile and Windows® powered desktop and Tablet PCs.

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About Mediwire Network
Mediwire is a syndicated resource for healthcare professionals online that is supported by Advanstar Medical Economics a leading distributor of peer-reviewed clinical and business information reaching millions of healthcare professionals monthly. Mediwire features medical information and resources from a suite of trusted healthcare publications which can all be accessed via Modern Medicine – a new online resource for physicians, featuring the latest medical news & information, CME and practice management tips and tools.