Elsevier / MC Strategies Online Courses Named in the 15th Annual Communicator Awards

ATLANTA, Georgia - Excellence and Distinction Winners Announced

Elsevier / MC Strategies, a pioneer in providing e-learning solutions to over 1,300 healthcare organizations nationwide is proud to announce that five Clinical e-Learning courses were named as winners in the 2009 Communicator Awards (www.communicatorawards.com/) presented by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA). With thousands of entries received from across the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring the creative excellence for communications professionals.

Entered into this year’s competition and winning the gold Awards of Excellence in Interactive Media in the area of corporate training were ReadyRN: Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness, Mosby’s Neonatal Nursing, and Mosby’s Perioperative Nursing. Also entered into this year’s competition and winning the silver Awards of Distinction in Interactive Media in the area of corporate training were Mosby’s Essential Nursing CE and the Emergency Nurses Association: Emergency Nursing Orientation online course.

“We are truly honored to have been named among the winners in this year’s Communicator Awards competition,” said Barbara Nelson Cullen, Vice President of Healthcare e-Learning for Elsevier / MC Strategies. “Winning these awards reflects our continued commitment to excellence in healthcare e-Learning and the mission and values of Elsevier.”

The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), an organization made up of more than 450 leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media.

“The quality, creativity and execution of this year’s work is a true testament to the talents and abilities of communications professionals from around the world. The entries received reflect an increasingly diversified industry and the work once again sets the bar extremely high,” noted Linda Day, director of the IAVA. She added, “On behalf of the entire Academy, we are honored to have once again judged the 15th Annual Communicator Awards and we are proud to honor the outstanding communications professionals who continue to push a high standard of excellence.”

About Elsevier / MC Strategies

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Elsevier / MC Strategies has been providing web-based training and education products and services to the healthcare industry since 1986. The company is a pioneer in providing e-learning solutions and serves a client base of over 1,300 healthcare organizations nationwide, including integrated health-delivery networks, hospitals, academic institutions and the federal government. We offer a wide range of courses to help nurses meet their clinical and professional education needs and as part of Elsevier Health Sciences, home to some of the world’s premier names in healthcare publishing such as Mosby and Saunders, our library continues to grow. For more information, please visit the Elsevier / MC Strategies website (www.mcstrategies.com).

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier’s 7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult ( www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (www.info.scopus.com/), bibliographic databases, and online reference works.

Elsevier (www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc (www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier’s ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

About The Communicator Awards:

The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations and identity work for print, video, interactive and audio. This year’s Communicator Awards received thousands of entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. Please visit www.communicatorawards.com for more information.

The Communicator Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms. Please visit www.iavisarts.org for a full member list and more information.

Please visit www.communicatorawards.com to view the full winners list.

Contacts: Name: David Minett Phone: +1-800-999-6274 E-mail: d.minett@elsevier.com

Source: Elsevier / MC Strategies

Contacts: Name: David Minett, Phone: +1-800-999-6274, E-mail: d.minett at elsevier.com