Oakstone Publishing Signs Agreement with Haymarket Medical Education to Provide Continuing Education to U.S. Healthcare Professionals

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oakstone, one of the foremost providers of nonbiased multimedia educational programs for healthcare professionals, announces a strategic partnership with Haymarket Medical Education, a subsidiary of Haymarket Media Inc. and a distributor of quality continuing education through its website, myCME. The partnership will make Oakstone's top-tier continuing education programs available to the broad spectrum of U.S. healthcare professionals participating in Haymarket's medical education programs.

"This program is a clear win-win for Oakstone and Haymarket," said Diane Munson, Oakstone's President and CEO. "By partnering with Haymarket, we're not only expanding health practitioners' access to Oakstone programs, but are providing Haymarket's users with the opportunity to participate in our top-tier, nonbiased continuing education programs for healthcare professionals."

Clinicians using Haymarket's educational activities will soon have access to Oakstone programs including

• CMEinfo® – board certification reviews and clinical procedure multimedia learning programs
• Practical Reviews® – peer-reviewed journal summaries and commentary in 29 specialties that allow healthcare professionals to stay current with critical research
• NRCME Plus+ Online Training System© – training program for medical examiners to achieve certification under new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations required to perform physical exams on commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers

"Our collaboration with Oakstone is an excellent opportunity for us to expand our educational offerings for healthcare professionals in a variety of disciplines," said Lee Maniscalco, Haymarket Media's CEO. "We are excited to combine Oakstone's exceptional educational content with Haymarket's superior ability to meet the continuing education needs of a diverse base of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants."

About Haymarket Medical

Haymarket Medical Education LP, a subsidiary of Haymarket Media Inc., is a medical education company with more than 20 years of experience producing impactful, clinically relevant, independent continuing education programs for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. Haymarket is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions award for "Most Outstanding Industry-Supported Certified CME Activity." myCME is the educational website for digital continuing education courses developed by Haymarket and its educational partners. For more information about Haymarket, visit www.myCME.com.

About Oakstone

Oakstone Publishing, LLC excels at providing nonbiased, multimedia continuing education and certification materials for physicians, dentists and allied healthcare professionals, as well as effective and award-winning wellness resources for organizations interested in encouraging healthy lifestyle choices among their employees. Oakstone has been awarded Accreditation with Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), which places it in the top 8% of medical education content providers in the country. For more information about Oakstone, visit www.oakstone.com.

Oakstone is a portfolio company of BV Investment Partners, a leading private equity investor in the information and business services, communications and media sectors.

For more information or to schedule interview with Diane Munson, contact Rebecca Taber at 205-437-3048 or [email protected].

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SOURCE Oakstone Publishing, LLC