Press Releases

Amphion Medical Solutions Launches Self-Paced Online ICD-10 Training System for HIM Departments, Individual Coders

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, January 09, 2014.

MADISON, Wis. – (Jan. 9, 2014) – Amphion Medical Solutions, a leading provider of advanced transcription and coding solutions and services, announced today the launch of Amphion University, a comprehensive online ICD-10 training program featuring courses designed and led by the company’s AHIMA-approved instructors. To maximize ICD-10 comprehension, Amphion U offers a customizable curriculum of individual modules and complete training packages, as well as terminology manuals, codebooks and a robust library of practice records coded by Amphion’s ICD-10 experts.

Humana, Healthsense Activate Telehealth Pilot to Monitor Daily Living Activities in Effort to Reduce Unnecessary Readmissions

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, December 19, 2013.

One hundred Humana members in Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia are participating in the pilot which uses in-home sensors, remote monitoring technology

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. AND MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn.Dec. 19, 2013 —Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation’s leading health and well-being companies, and Healthsense, a leading provider of aging services technologies, announced they have completed member enrollment in a groundbreaking remote monitoring pilot program. The pilot will measure the impact in-home sensors and remote monitoring technology have on improving health outcomes and reducing frailty and fall-related hospital admissions for Medicare members with chronic health conditions.

Lexicomp and Facts & Comparisons Updated with Information on European Meningitis B Vaccine Approved for Emergency Importation

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, December 19, 2013.

Once Contained to Princeton University, the Outbreak Has Spread to the University of California Santa Barbara

Hudson, OH —(December 19, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today the addition to its referential drug information resources, Lexicomp® Online™ and Facts & Comparisons® eAnswers, of information on the European vaccine to fight a meningitis B outbreak. The rapid response by the Wolters Kluwer Health reference content team demonstrates the speed and proficiency with which the resources are updated to keep clinicians current in a rapidly evolving drug information environment.

Wolters Kluwer Health Physician Executives among Inaugural Group of Board Certified Clinical Informaticists

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, December 18, 2013.

Dr. Linda Peitzman and Dr. Howard Strasberg Successfully Achieve Requirements for New Certification

Minneapolis, Minn. — December 18, 2013 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that two of its executives are part of the first physician cohort group to be designated as Board Certified Clinical Informaticists. Linda Peitzman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, and Howard Strasberg, M.D., Vice President of Medical Informatics, along with approximately 400 physicians nationwide, have passed the first-ever board certification exam for the new sub-specialty, administered by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in October 2013.

Wolters Kluwer Health Partners with Emmi Solutions to Offer Integrated Patient Education

Posted in Press Releases on Monday, December 16, 2013.

Helping Institutions to Further Improve Patient Engagement

Hudson, OH —December 16, 2013 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that its Lexicomp Integrated Patient Education solution has been integrated into EmmiEngage™, a patient engagement platform offered by Emmi™ Solutions. This integration will help foster patient’s understanding of their medical care by allowing clinicians to direct patients to information on topics such as medications, conditions and procedures from beyond the point of care.

Wolters Kluwer Health Announces New Health Language EHR Integration

Posted in Press Releases on Monday, December 16, 2013.

DENVER, CO (December 16, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that its Health Language® Provider Friendly Terminology (PFT) can now be used with Epic’s EHR technology for mid-size and large medical groups, hospitals and integrated healthcare organizations.

PFT makes it easier for clinicians to record problems and diagnoses by providing a comprehensive library of commonly-used synonyms with mappings to SNOMED CT, ICD-9 and ICD-10.  

Health Market Science Selects Medi-Span Controlled Substance Files to Integrate into Proprietary Data Assets for Enhanced Validation of Prescriptive Authority

Posted in Press Releases on Friday, December 06, 2013.

Indianapolis, Indiana —(December 5, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, today announced that its Medi-Span Controlled Substances Drug File has been selected by Health Market Science (HMS), a leading supplier of provider data and end-to-end solutions that address data management, regulatory compliance and market intelligence, for integration with HMS’s Prescriber Eligibility® (PE) solution.  The enhanced solution will provide the industry with near real-time validation of prescriptive authority for scheduled drugs at the U.S. state and territory level to reduce the risk of regulatory fines and improve third party reimbursement rates, including Medicaid.

Health Language Selected by Banner Health to Assess Risk and Ease ICD-10 Conversion Pressures

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, December 04, 2013.

DENVER, CO  (December 4, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Banner Health has selected its Health Language® solutions to successfully navigate the complex ICD-10 conversion process.

Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in the country, and Banner Health Network, Banner Health’s Accountable Care Organization, will use the Health Language LEAP I-10 solution to understand the impact of ICD-10 on their DRG-based reimbursement programs, and help them mitigate that risk and prepare for the ICD-10 transition through documentation improvement, coder education, template updates, list mapping & systems remediation.

New HTML5 Web Application Launched within ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, November 21, 2013.

Improved User Interface Speeds Uptake by Physicians, Streamlines Order Set Development Process

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (November 21, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today the launch of an enhanced web application within its leading clinical content management solution, ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support. Built using HTML5 technology, the improved user interface provides a more intuitive experience that can be accessed from any web browser on any type of computer or mobile device.

Health Language Selected by SummaCare to Help Navigate National Regulatory Initiatives

Posted in Press Releases on Tuesday, November 12, 2013.

DENVER, CO (Nov. 12, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that SummaCare has selected its Health Language® applications to aid with the complex transition to ICD-10. As part of its readiness strategies for the approaching deadlines, the health insurance company will leverage LEAP I-10 and Provider Friendly Terminologies to ensure successful compliance.

Healthsense Appoints Charles Fazio, M.D., to Chief Medical Officer

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, November 07, 2013.

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. – (Nov. 7, 2013) – Healthsense, Inc., a leading provider of aging services technologies, announced today the appointment of Charles J. Fazio, M.D., M.S., to the newly created position of Chief Medical Officer. In this role, Dr. Fazio is responsible for representing the company’s clinical capabilities, evaluating and translating clinical trends in the healthcare landscape and ensuring the efficacy of Healthsense products in the advancement of technology-enabled care.

QuadraMed Expands Integration of Health Language Solutions

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, November 07, 2013.

DENVER, CO (Nov. 7, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that QuadraMed Corporation has extended and expanded its partnership agreement to further leverage its Health Language® terminology management solutions. Enhanced integration of Health Language applications into the QuadraMed Computerized-Patient Record (QCPR) continues to build upon the clinical value and usability of the Enterprise Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution for QuadraMed users.

HealthPlan ServicesSM Celebrates Multiple Go-To-Exchange SM Milestones in Wake of Federally Facilitated Marketplace Launch

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, October 24, 2013.

HPS is among the first to confirm full enrollment of an individual in a qualified health plan via its innovative exchange platform

TAMPA, Fla. – Oct. 24, 2013 – HealthPlan ServicesSM (HPS), the nation’s leading technology, sales, retention and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, is celebrating successful go-live of its Go-To-Exchange SM platform, a comprehensive suite of services designed to streamline carrier participation in insurance marketplaces. It is just one of several significant milestones HPS has achieved related to the opening of the Federally Facilitated Marketplaces (FFM) and State Based Marketplaces (SBM).

Health Language Selected to Support DocuTAP’s Urgent Care EMR Solutions

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, October 24, 2013.

DENVER, CO (Oct. 24, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that DocuTAP will integrate its Health Language® applications into its electronic medical record (EMR) solution for urgent care environments. The terminology management solutions were specifically selected to address improved regulatory compliance with Stage 2 Meaningful Use and help improve accuracy and conversion to the ICD-10 coding system.

Just Associates Appoints Megan Munns Project Supervisor

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, October 17, 2013.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Oct. 17, 2013 – Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for the health information exchange (HIE), health information management (HIM), health informatics (HI) and health information technology (HIT) markets, has appointed Megan Munns as a Project Supervisor. In this position, Munns will leverage her extensive Epic certifications and experience to support IDOptimizeTM for Epic, which improves data integrity and care quality by improving the system’s record match capabilities and increasing duplicate record identification.