Press Releases

Ottawa, ON – (July 17, 2013) – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that The Ottawa Hospital has launched UpToDate® Anywhere as its clinical decision support resource optimized for the hospital’s leading edge mobile-health strategy. The hospital represents the first UpToDate Anywhere hospital client in Canada.

DENVER, CO (July 17, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Connexin Software has selected its Health Language^® applications to promote higher-quality clinical documentation and regulatory compliance in its suite of pediatric electronic health record (EHR) solutions.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (July 17, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center has selected its ProVation^® Care Plans, powered by Lippincott’s Nursing Solutions, as its evidence-based interdisciplinary care plans solution. 

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – July 11, 2013 – Preferred Medical Plan, the oldest independently owned managed care plan in South Florida, announced today that it expects to significantly expand employment in South Florida within the next year to accommodate demands of several major expansion initiatives. Most significant of these is a sizable increase anticipated in its individual commercial line of business in response to the launch of the Healthcare Insurance Marketplace (“Exchange”).

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – July 3, 2013 -- Preferred Medical Plan, the oldest Medicaid managed care plan in Florida, announced today that it has expanded its Medicaid coverage to include eligible residents of Monroe County. The expansion comes after an 18-month process of building a comprehensive network of Monroe County care providers to comply with Medicaid access requirements.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — (June 20, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Polyclinic Surgery Center has selected its ProVation^® Medical software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. – (June 5, 2013) – Healthsense, Inc., a leading provider of aging services technologies, took top honors in the Clinical Effectiveness category of the 5th Annual iAwards for Connected Health from Triple Tree. The iAwards recognize companies that demonstrate insight, innovation and initiative in connected health.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 31, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that MedCentral Health System has selected its ProVation^® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate^® Decision Support, software as its electronic order set solution and ProVation^® Care Plans, powered by Lippincott’s Nursing Solutions as its evidence-based interdisciplinary care plans solution.

Indianapolis, IN — May 31, 2013 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that its embedded drug data solution, Medi-Span®, is releasing a Controlled Substances File™ to help healthcare organizations meet mandatory U.S. compliance requirements and to support quality assurance programs. The file data assists pharmacies, payers, EMR/CPOE vendors, and hospitals in adhering to prescribing, dispensing, and reporting requirements by identifying controlled substances schedules at the federal, state, and U.S. territory level.

BOSTON – (May 30, 2013) – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the UpToDate^® global customer support team has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard Award^SM for excellence in 2012 from Omega Management Group Corp. It is the second consecutive year that the UpToDate customer support team has been recognized by Omega for exceeding customer expectations.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — (May 29, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Southpoint Surgery Center has selected its ProVation^® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding and its ProVation^® MultiCaregiver as its electronic health record (EHR) and patient charting solution.

Waltham, Mass. – (May 16, 2013) – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that its clinical decision support resource, UpToDate^® has been named by IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program as a 2013 Laureate for its Global Health Initiative. 

DENVER, CO (May 7, 2013) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that SCL Health System (SCLHS) has selected its Health Language^® software as part of SCLHS’s strategic roadmap to ICD-10 implementation. The Leap I-10 solution will be leveraged to help the 2,250-bed health system mitigate financial risk, improve clinical documentation and streamline conversion to meet the Oct. 1, 2014 deadline of the new clinical coding system.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – April 30, 2013 – Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for healthcare organizations, joins a select group of Colorado companies recognized as finalists for the prestigious Colorado Companies to Watch award. This selection acknowledges the firm’s success as represented by significant and sustained growth and its contribution to business development in the state.