Elsevier Names Dr. Jim Nolin Editor-in-Chief Of Order Set Solution

PHILADELPHIA, February 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Nolin brings  24 years of experience in academic and community hospitals as an emergency medicine physician

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has appointed Dr. James Nolin as Editor-in-Chief of InOrder™, Elsevier's new order set solution. Nolin is responsible for leading content production and medical content strategy.

Prior to joining Elsevier, Nolin served as a Director of Clinical Excellence Informatics for Ascension Health, the country's largest Catholic, non-profit health system, based in St. Louis, MO. While there, Nolin led the development of national order sets for the 80-hospital system. Nolin is board certified in emergency medicine and has practiced 24 years in academic and community hospitals as an emergency medicine physician, including as co-founder of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Cook County Hospital in Illinois.

"At Ascension Health, Jim guided the hospitals' staff through the process of implementing and adopting order sets while developing system and local clinical informatics governance," said Jay Katzen, President of Elsevier's clinical solutions business. "We're looking forward to how his unique experience and expertise will help us continue to grow and advance Elsevier's clinical decision support offerings."

InOrder by Elsevier is an intuitive, cloud-based order set solution that enables physicians, clinicians and informaticists to author, review and manage order sets in a collaborative environment.

"Elsevier is a leader in clinical decision support, and I look forward to being a part of the team that will bring innovative clinical solutions to the marketplace in 2013," Nolin said.

Nolin, based in southwest Michigan, holds a B.A. in physics from Baylor University, an M.D. from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit and completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Chicago.

To meet Jim Nolin and learn more about InOrder and Elsevier, visit Elsevier's booth #6129 at HIMSS13 ( March 3-7) in New Orleans. A complete list of Elsevier demonstrations and presentations at HIMSS13 is at http://www.clinicaldecisionsupport.com/himss13.

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