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TAMPA, Fla. – Oct. 3, 2012 – MedHOK, one of the healthcare industry’s fastest growing software companies, announced today that its integrated care, quality and compliance platform positions Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative participants to improve coordination of care provided under the program. The CPC initiative includes 500 primary care practices representing more than 2,000 primary care physicians and nurse practitioners in seven markets across the country.

TAMPA, Fla. – Sept. 27, 2012 – MedHOK, one of the healthcare industry’s fastest growing software companies, announced today the appointment of Maryalice Anderson, RN, BSN, PMP, as vice president of clinical solutions. MedHOK offers fully NCQA-certified software for HEDIS®, Pay for Performance and Disease Management performance measures.

The data integrity summary report is one of the most powerful – yet underutilized – tools hospitals have at their disposal for maintaining the integrity of the data within their MPI. Digging deeper into the statistics provided in these reports reveals far more than the volume of overlaid or duplicate records within the system. It can also reveal areas of weaknesses that, left unchecked, could threaten the long-term integrity of the MPI, limit its usefulness in achieving quality and safety goals and Meaningful Use, and hamper participation in ACOs and HIEs.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Sept. 25, 2012— Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Methodist Dallas Medical Center has selected its ProVation^® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate^® Decision Support, software as its electronic order set solution.

Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) have taken center stage as a focal point of Medicare's push for more accountability from the healthcare industry. Pay-for-performance strategies across the board point to a movement that is emphatically and systematically aimed at improving performance through a no-tolerance policy for these costly and preventable events.

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Standardization, streamlined processes, and technology — all three are fundamental strategies for eliminating many of the complexities that plague the healthcare industry today. The Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) program is one FDA initiative that has taken center stage recently because of its inherent flaws in each of these areas.

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn – Sept. 6, 2012 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the Medical Center of the Rockies has selected its ProVation^® Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding in its GI labs.

In their methodical march from paper to digital, IT personnel at Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC) have moved carefully, deliberately, vowing to get it right the first time.

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The momentum surrounding adoption of electronic health records (EHR) systems in the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) setting is accelerating as more examples emerge of their far-reaching benefits, in particular improved patient care and revenue cycle management.

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Secondary use of patient data has formed the basis of critical medical research for years.  And with the rise of EHR use across the nation, the far-reaching benefits of data mining are expected to take research efforts to a whole new level for improving healthcare delivery.

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Wolters Kluwer Health has partnered with the Altos Group for a sepsis mortality reduction program. The pilot will put mobile technology, actionable clinical content and change management programs to work in the hopes of early sepsis identification and intervention.

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Health information content vendor Wolters Kluwer Health and change management consultancy The Altos Group have jointly developed a program to reduce sepsis mortality rates in hospitals.

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Wolters Kluwer Health has announced a strategic partnership with The Altos Group to advance development of an innovative sepsis mortality reduction program. Hospitals are currently being enrolled to serve as pilot sites in the program, which brings together mobile technology, actionable clinical content and clinical change management to enable early sepsis identification and intervention.

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