PHILADELPHIA, July 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
HCOs can create, exchange, review, approve and share
knowledge and documents in highly flexible and configurable
PolicyNavigator
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services, announced today the
launch of PolicyNavigator, a knowledge management tool for
healthcare organizations (HCOs). PolicyNavigator allows executives,
administrators and healthcare legal professionals to create,
exchange, review, approve and share knowledge and documents quickly
and easily, and ensures that content remains current and
appropriate for use.
"Centralized, organized, consistent policies are not optional in
modern healthcare," said Michelle
Troseth, MS, RN, DPNAP, FAAN, Chief Professional Practice
Officer, Elsevier Clinical Solutions. "In fact, they're essential
for employee evaluations, legal compliance, reimbursement, and
above all, patient safety. Writing, distributing and tracking
policies should be a seamless, painless, paperless process and this
solution makes that possible."
PolicyNavigator, which can be implemented as a stand-alone
solution or with an organization's existing workflow as a seamless
extension of Elsevier's Mosby's Skills and Performance Manager,
encompasses five categories of functionality: document creation;
document management; electronic review and approval workflow;
search and browse content online; and archival of polices with the
ability to retrieve prior versions.
"Many healthcare organizations struggle to manage their
administrative and operational policies and procedures and their
clinical practice standards," Troseth continued. "The fact that
this solution can be integrated with Elsevier's Mosby's Skills and
Performance Manager further simplifies the entire process."
PolicyNavigator is automated and paperless, eliminating the work
of distributing and tracking policies, as well as generating
reports for regulatory agencies. All documents can be stored,
revised, and distributed across the organization to control all
aspects of the business and improve decision making.
PolicyNavigator's functionalities include:
- Staff Member/Learner features for staff to acknowledge
assigned documents, search documents, view documents, view alerts
and email notifications, select, save and print documents, and
acknowledge policy documents are read.
- Author/Creator features for document creation, search,
browse and publishing documents. Users can view email
notifications; select, view, edit and save documents; facilitate
document collaboration, view reviewed and approved documents and
policies; and view version history and archives.
- Reviewer/Approver features include search and browse
documents, email notifications. Users have the ability to
accept, decline, or provide feedback on documents, edit documents,
track changes, and submit feedback to the author. Additionally,
users can view list of documents reviewed and approved, and view
version history and archives.
For more information on PolicyNavigator, go to visit
http://www.elsevierpolicy.com.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that
enhance the performance of science, health, and technology
professionals, empowering them to make better decisions, deliver
better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries that
advance the boundaries of knowledge and human progress. Elsevier
provides web-based, digital solutions - among them
ScienceDirect, Scopus, Elsevier Research Intelligence and
ClinicalKey - and publishes nearly 2,200 journals, including The
Lancet and Cell, and over 25,000 book titles, including
a number of iconic reference works.
The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading
provider of professional information solutions in the Science,
Medical, Legal and Risk and Business sectors, which is jointly
owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols
are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and
ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
Media contact
Christopher Capot
Director, Corporate Relations
Elsevier
+1-212-633-3164
c.capot@elsevier.com
SOURCE Elsevier
