Elsevier and The Corridor Group Work Together to Ensure That Home and Hospice Healthcare Providers Stay Current in Their Education Needs

PHILADELPHIA, October 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

More than 100 CHEX eLearning courses added to the Elsevier home healthcare portfolio

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has signed an agreement with The Corridor Group, provider of industry expertise and solutions for non-acute healthcare providers, to add its CHEX eLearning courses to Elsevier's home healthcare portfolio. The CHEX eLearning products include essential information for home healthcare and hospice personnel, including skilled clinicians (nurses and therapists), social workers, administrators and home healthcare and hospice aides.

"It is essential that home health care providers stay educated and compliant as they grow in this ever-changing environment," said Des Varady, Corridor's Chief Executive Officer. "As a leader in education for home healthcare and hospice, Corridor is thrilled to be partnering with Elsevier to jointly offer a compelling spectrum of eLearning resources to the healthcare industry."

Today's home healthcare and hospice agencies must ensure that their skilled clinicians receive standardized orientation and continuing education based on the latest evidence and best practices to help them provide safe, quality care, according to Cindy Tryniszewski, RN, MSN, Executive Director, Clinical eLearning, Elsevier Clinical Solutions.

"With the addition of the CHEX products to the Elsevier home healthcare product portfolio, including Mosby's Orientation to Home Health Care eLearning course and Elsevier Home Health Care clinical resource, we now offer a comprehensive solution to meet these needs as well as to help agencies keep their nurses, therapists and other personnel current with regulations, standards, and coding requirements for home health care and hospice," Tryniszewski said.

About The Corridor Group 

Founded in 1989, Corridor is a trusted business partner to non-acute healthcare providers, specializing in revenue cycle, coding, regulatory compliance, and operations excellence. Forward-thinking, and committed to excellence - the Corridor team has delivered solutions to thousands of clients ranging from large health systems and national chains to smaller, independently operated agencies. Corridor is a portfolio company of HealthEdge Investment Partners. For more information visit http://www.corridorgroup.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 more than 2,500 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and more than 33,000 book titles, including a number of iconic reference works. Elsevier is part of RELX Group plc, a world-leading provider of information solutions for professional customers across industries. http://www.elsevier.com .

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