AAN, Wolters Kluwer Health announce launch of Neurology Today for the iPad

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and Wolters Kluwer Health today announced the launch of Neurology Today® for the iPad®, a digital app of the most widely read newspaper for neurologists. The app release coincides with the publication of the January 5, 2012, print and online edition of Neurology Today, an official publication of the AAN. Neurology Today is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

"Neurology Today for the iPad provides neurologists with a portable and easy-to-navigate medium for reading breaking news wherever and whenever they like," said Neurology Today Editor-in-Chief Steven P. Ringel, MD, professor and director of the Neuromuscular Division of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and a Fellow of the AAN.

Neurology Today for the iPad aims to provide an enhanced reading experience of the print publication. Among the new features, the app will provide supplementary direct links to the abstracts and web pages of the journal citations and sources provided in every story, as well as greater interactivity and opportunities for reader input and commentary.

"We're most excited about the fact that we'll be able to provide additional perspectives and expanded discussion of the print stories, whether it's a view of the latest AAN guideline or a controversy in the field," Dr. Ringel said. "Every edition of the app will offer embedded podcasts from our editors, members of our editorial advisory board and the experts interviewed in our stories." Future issues will include videocasts.

"Today's busy medical practitioners need digital access to their professional content when and where they want to read the literature. We're pleased to partner with the American Academy of Neurology to deliver Neurology Today for the iPad," said Karen Abramson, President and CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research.

For example, Neurology Today for the iPad January 5 edition features an extended podcast discussion of the print edition's publication of the best 2011 papers by the publication's expert editorial advisory board. Ringel and Neurology Today Associate Editor Robert G. Holloway, MD, professor of neurology and community and preventive medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and a Fellow of the AAN, discuss the impact that each of the new discoveries and insights will have on the practice of neurology.

A number of features also will make it easier for readers to comment on stories. For example, readers can use the "Talk Back" icon at the end of each story to provide feedback that will flow directly to the publication's correspondence folder. The comments will be moderated and published.

Source: American Academy of Neurology