Wolters Kluwer acquires nursing and health science publisher Springhouse Corporation

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Springhouse is a leading publisher of information and continuing education for US nurse professionals, as well as health, wellness and anatomical information. Springhouse also operates the Internet portalwww.springnet.com, which provides segmented online communities for nurse practitioners and students. Wolters Kluwer said it would retain the Springhouse name and that the unit would become part of itsInternational Health & Science Publishing group, headquartered in Philadelphia, Penn. (USA). Springhouse has approximately 250 employees and had 1999 revenues of approximately US $ 59 million.
 
"The acquisition of Springhouse supports our strategy of expanding our role in health and clinicalpublishing by providing quality clinical information to health practitioners," says Herman Pabbruwe, CEO
of Wolters Kluwer International Health & Science. "Nursing professionals are an important and respectedaudience for Wolters Kluwer International Health & Science. This acquisition will expand our access to thisaudience that is crucial to the delivery of quality patient care."
 
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