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Responding to concerns that its original regulations stymied reform efforts, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made a number of concessions in its final Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) rules. Nonetheless, many organizations remain hesitant about entering the ACO fray and continue weighing the pros and cons of setting up the infrastructure demanded by CMS.

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Waltham, Mass. (November 16, 2011) —New research published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine Early View found that hospitals using Wolters Kluwer Health’s UpToDate—an evidence-based, physician-authored clinical knowledge system which clinicians trust to make the right point-of-care decisions—experienced shortened hospital stays, fewer deaths, and better quality performance than non-UpToDate hospitals. The study (Isaac T, Zheng J, Ashish J. Use of UpToDate and Outcomes in US Hospitals. J Hosp Med. 2011; DOI 10.1002/jhm.944) reinforces other research studies conducted about how UpToDate improves patient outcomes.

LAKELAND, Fla., Nov. 10, 2011 – First Service Administrators, Inc. (FSAI) announced an agreement with Aetna to offer FSAI clients access to Aetna’s products and services. FSAI is a premier benefits and risk management administrator for hospitals, healthcare systems, and public entities. Aetna offers a broad range of health insurance products and related services to employer groups, individuals, health plans, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, and labor groups.

Twenty-seven billion dollars in potential incentive payments would make any industry take action. When coupled with steep future penalties for noncompliance, the stakes for achieving meaningful use (MU) go even higher.

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TAMPA, Fla. – (Nov. 9, 2011) – Doctors Administrative Solutions (DAS) has been named a finalist for the 2011 Tampa Bay Business Journal Ultimate Management Teams award. The award recognizes the achievements of the best and the brightest business executive management teams across a variety of industry sectors, businesses and organizations.

Waltham, Mass. (Nov. 9, 2011) — UpToDate®, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announces the addition of General Surgery to its clinical knowledge system. Subscribers to UpToDate can now access clinical information and evidence-based recommendations in 19 specialties.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN —Nov. 8, 2011 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

Waltham, Mass. (Nov. 4, 2011) — UpToDate, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announced today the release of a new Japanese-language search and navigation feature that allows Japanese users to enter queries and review results in their native language. Streamlining the search and navigation process with this feature ultimately will enhance use of the product by Japanese-speaking clinicians.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN –Nov. 2, 2011 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Houston Healthcare has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as the electronic order set solution at Houston Medical Center and Perry Hospital.

TAMPA, Fla. – (Oct. 31, 2011) – MedHOK, a leading provider of cloud-based quality, care management and compliance software to the healthcare industry, has appointed Rahul Singal, M.D., as its Chief Medical Officer. In this role, Dr. Singal will provide oversight of the company’s product development, clinical strategy and customer support.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — October 26, 2011 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Shamokin Community Area Hospital (SCAH) has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

TAMPA, Fla. – Oct. 20, 2011 – MedHOK announced today that its integrated suite of cloud-based quality, care management and compliance software for the healthcare industry helps meet the needs of those seeking to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Oct. 20, 2011 – Orlando Health took unique approach to overcoming the challenge of updating, consolidating and maintaining thousands of “home grown” order sets available within its EHR system. It partnered with Wolters Kluwer Health as part of the company’s Innovation Lab, where Wolters Kluwer informaticists work with hospitals to develop solutions to problems hindering utilization of advanced clinical decision support tools.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Oct. 18, 2011 – Deployment of ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support has resulted in cumulative benefits of approximately $1.7 million in increased clinical and administrative staff productivity and operating profits for Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC). That is according to The Business Value of Automating Evidence-Based Medicine: Southeast Alabama Medical Center (Document # HI229945), a case study by IDC Health Insights sponsored by Wolters Kluwer Health, which identified the key benefits realized by SAMC from its use of the evidence-based order set solution to accelerate and improve its order set development process and use of evidence-based medicine as part of its CPOE strategy.

TAMPA, Fla. – (Oct. 14, 2011) – David Schlaifer, president and CEO of Doctors Administrative Solutions (DAS), has been named a finalist for the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF).