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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Earns National Health Information Award

Awards honor nation's best consumer health information programs and materials. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins earned a National Health Information Award from the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC) for their Anatomical Chart Company English/Spanish Anatomical Chart Desktop Collection. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, publisher of the Anatomical Chart Company line of products, is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) November 14, 2007 -- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins earned a National Health Information Award from the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC) for their Anatomical Chart Company English/Spanish Anatomical Chart Desktop Collection. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, publisher of the Anatomical Chart Company line of products, is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry.

"We were delighted to participate in the National Health Information Awards Program and are honored to be selected as a winner," said Lesley Ochoa, New Product Development Manager, Anatomical Chart Company, "The English/Spanish Anatomical Chart Desktop Collection is not only a valuable tool to teach terminology, but can also be important in bi-lingual patient counseling sessions."

The English/Spanish Anatomical Chart Desktop Collection includes thirty-four of Anatomical Chart Company's most popular anatomy and pathology topics, with emphasis on those disorders that often affect the Hispanic/Latino population. Medical terminology and supporting text are printed directly on each of the sixty-eight charts. The bi-lingual book was chosen by a panel of health information experts to receive the Bronze Award for Health Information, out of nearly 1,000 entries.

"These awards set an industry standard of quality for consumer health materials and this seal of quality helps health professionals find the best resources for their programs," says Patricia Henze, Executive Director of the Health Information Resource Center.

For more information on The English/Spanish Anatomical Chart Desktop Collection or other Anatomical Chart Company products visit LWW.com.

About Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW.com) is a leading international publisher for healthcare professionals and students with nearly 300 periodicals and 1,500 books in more than 100 disciplines publishing under the LWW brand, as well as content-based sites and online corporate and customer services. LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Wolters Kluwer Health is a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global information services and publishing company with annual revenues (2006) of %u20AC3.4 billion and approximately 18,450 employees worldwide. Visit WoltersKluwer.com.

About Health Information Resource Center (HIRC)
The Health Information Resource Center is a national clearinghouse for consumer health programs and materials. The HIRC promotes the distribution of accurate, timely consumer health information to professionals and managers in the field.

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