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Bob Brown is the co-author of “The Health Information Exchange Formation Guide: The Authoritative Guide for Planning and Forming an HIE in Your State, Region or Community.”  The book was published in February 2011 and was recently named HIMSS Book of the Year. Along with co-author, Laura Kolkman, RN, MS, FHIMSS, he also writes the monthly HIE Formation column in HIMSS monthly e-newsletter, HIMSS HIELights.

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. – June, 5, 2012 – Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for healthcare organizations, has appointed Monica Mosis, RHIA, as its senior consultant. In this role, Mosis will work with Just Associates’ clients on a wide range of data integrity projects.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — May 31, 2012 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Memorial Medical Center of West Michigan has selected its ProVation^® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate^® Decision Support, software as its electronic order set solution.

TAMPA, Fla. – May 30, 2012 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), the nation’s leading technology and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, announced today the launch of “benefit crossroads” to provide consumers with a single online source for top-rated individual insurance plans. It combines medical, dental, vision, life, Medicare advantage, PDP and Medicare supplement plans from the nation’s leading carriers with advanced online search and education tools and trusted advisors to guide consumers toward insurance that is tailored to their specific needs.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 29, 2012 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Austin Health has selected its ProVation® Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 25, 2012 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the Center for Ambulatory Surgery has selected its ProVation^® Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for healthcare organizations, has appointed Karen Proffitt, MS, RHIA, CHP as its vice president of consulting services.

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. – May 21, 2012 – Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for healthcare organizations, has appointed Karen Proffitt, MS, RHIA, CHP as its vice president of consulting services.

Just Associates, a health information management and integrity company based in Centennial, Colo., has named Karen Proffitt to the newly created position of vice president of consulting services.

Modern Healthcare»

Patient portals are emerging as an effective channel of communication and information exchange between hospitals, physicians and their patients, as well as a key element of many provider organizations' meaningful use strategies. However, realizing their full value can be hindered by a problem that is shared by the majority of hospitals across the nation - duplicate patient records.

Executive Insight»

Mosaica Partners, a health information consulting and advisory firm, has been selected to assist the state of Arizona in updating its health information exchange (HIE) strategic and operations plans.

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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 16, 2012 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has signed an agreement with MEDITECH to offer integration between MEDITECH version 5.64 (Client/Server and MAGIC) and ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support. This integration enables hospitals to author order sets via the ProVation software, then make finished order sets available to physicians in MEDITECH’s Physician Care Manager application through an automated process.

Wolters Kluwer Health has signed an agreement with Meditech to offer integration between Meditech version 5.64 (Client/Server and Magic) and ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support.

CMIO»

Wolters Kluwer Health, a Minneapolis-based provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has signed an agreement with MEDITECH (Westwood, Mass.) to offer  clinical decision integration between MEDITECH version 5.64 (Client/Server and MAGIC) and Wolters’ ProVation Order Sets. Wolters Kluwer says this integration will enable hospitals to author order sets via the ProVation software, then make finished order sets available to physicians in MEDITECH's Physician Care Manager application through an automated process.

Healthcare Informatics»

WALTHAM, Mass. — (May 15, 2012) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that new research published in the Singapore Medical Journal found that use of UpToDate® led to changes in investigations, diagnosis or management 37% of the time. The study, “Utility of the Electronic Information Resource UpToDate for Clinical Decision-Making at Bedside Rounds,” also revealed that UpToDate, an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical knowledge system which clinicians trust to make the right point-of-care decisions, provided a satisfactory answer 75% of the time.