Vikram Savkar

Senior Vice President & General Manager for Medicine Markets, Wolters Kluwer Health

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I'm pleased to announce that as of this week I'm moving into a new role as EVP & GM of the Financial Compliance Solutions business at Wolters Kluwer. Built around AI-enabled industry-leading software solutions spanning the mortgage, digital lending, lien…https://t.co/yuwrghD2ow

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Everyone has hobbies. One of mine is writing, which I do under a pen name. Here is my most recent work, published by Kelsay Books, a wonderful independent literary publisher. It's a small volume of sonnets on themes that range f…https://t.co/lOexj13g7i https://t.co/iwxKSeDjH2

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In this piece in the Bookseller I recommend that the information industry look to generative AI as a product development opportunity, rather than an existential risk. (I also recall my days pounding away at a supercomputer at my high school, Thomas Jeffe…https://t.co/rNQKRLDP0q

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In this piece in Technology Networks, I reflect on how both the hype and the doomsaying surrounding ChatGPT are overblown, but how I do foresee significant and positive impact from generative AI on business in the future. Take a l…https://t.co/GeYiqmShku https://t.co/LA8wI6QCA3

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I enjoyed being interviewed this week by Robert Harrington for the Scholarly Kitchen. We discussed the challenges of the STM industry, Open Access, and what I think future leadership roles in the industry are likely to look like.…https://t.co/16G6Ps4MfR https://t.co/jkYjpFEzsw

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In this interview with Research Information, I talk about the global outlook for the Open Medicine movement, with specific focus on how achieving global health equity will take more than just Open Access publishing . . . it will ta…https://t.co/FbZ9XLhfRt https://t.co/nYpuH0q9DQ

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I'm delighted to be joining the Board of Directors of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) alongside so many impressive colleagues from from the scholarly, trade, educational, and other segments of the publishing industry. The AAP is a robust org…https://t.co/kQUrDt6LcU

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I'm very pleased by our new partnership with Body Interact, bringing state-of-the-art patient simulations to medical students around the world. Evidence and experience over the past several years make clear that high-quality interactive patient simulatio…https://t.co/PHSlQfw43I

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Have you heard of Jumpstart? It's a non-profit dedicated to developing early literacy for children from underserved communities. There's plenty of evidence that shows that children who start kindergarten with a smaller than avera…https://t.co/697ibwYmwm https://t.co/h3dJvU61SB

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Congratulations to our Medical Education team who have just launched our entry into the metaverse: XR anatomy education via our superb partner Biodigital.

It's difficult to convey in 2D but when you see this application through…https://t.co/M8sMUw65wh https://t.co/gC23BIW0ei

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I'm very pleased to formally release our new substantial position paper on the questions of Open Medicine and Open Access that have dominated STM industry discussions for some years. In this paper we share our findings and views on a range of critical to…https://t.co/jDdMSIIhSo

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Ten years from now we'll look back and clearly see the larger, long-term shifts that the pandemic drove in the ways we live and work. A steady transition to hybrid/WFH and the resulting impact on company culture and commercial rea…https://t.co/sgZubpdTBp https://t.co/5trxrM8dbV

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I'm delighted to announce a significant new partnership between Wolters Kluwer and the New England Journal of Medicine. Going forward, our industry-leading medical research platform Ovid will be the exclusive digital distributor o…https://t.co/t2B9k2irec https://t.co/n26Iude2Cp

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I'm very pleased to announce the acquisition of IJS Publishing Group, a leading global Open Access research publisher in surgery and medicine, headquartered out of the U.K.

IJSPG increases our portfolio's exposure to the high-grow…https://t.co/Ias4RDT0ry https://t.co/YRFYBViHqT

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Congratulations to the Lippincott journals team for this milestone. Accelerating publication of innovative medical findings was critical before the pandemic, but the pandemic raised the urgency massively. Quickly disseminating results of clinical researc…https://t.co/nehJytuGVw

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I'm excited to announce today that we are adding SRI International's BioCyc software to our Ovid platform, further expanding the reach of our global medical research ecosystem. This partnership represents a significantly expanded focus for Wolters Kluwer…https://t.co/Y9lpWcw9uo

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In this piece in HIT Consultant I discuss how technology-enabled collaboration across key functions within hospital systems, particularly around evidence-based practice and quality improvement, is essential to driving optimal patie…https://t.co/2mq81NrU9q https://t.co/oDlfqNFPBj

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Most leaders today are doing quite a lot of hiring, because there's still a lot of post-pandemic movement of people between companies and across industries. Most leaders today are also focusing lot on increasing diversity, equity…https://t.co/9JB2bzuT6F https://t.co/2riODMgwh7

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I'm delighted and honored to welcome the American Society of Nephrology's journal portfolio to Wolters Kluwer Health! Thank you to the ASN for the confidence shown in us, and to our team here for exceptional work helping the ASN recognize the clear and e…https://t.co/ftI18WjQn6

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I'm looking forward to a thoughtful dialogue on the future of telehealth technology and policy with @draditijoshi and Susan Morse in this upcoming HIMSS panel discussion webinar. Please join if you can https://t.co/ObnDfkeU2z