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Australia’s Austin Health Selects ProVation® Medical Software for Gastroenterology Documentation and Coding

Posted in Press Releases on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

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.

Center for Ambulatory Surgery Selects ProVation® Medical Software for Gastroenterology Procedure Documentation and Coding

Posted in Press Releases on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

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 Appoints Vice President of Consulting Services

Posted in Client News Coverage on Friday, May 25, 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.

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Just Associates Appoints Karen Proffitt as Vice President of Consulting Services

Posted in Press Releases on Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

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 names Proffitt as VP

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

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.

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A Positive Side-Effect: How Clean MPIs Can Enhance the Patient Portal Experience

Posted in Client News Coverage on Monday, May 21, 2012.

Left unchecked, duplicates can prevent patients from fully utilizing portals.

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.

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Arizona Taps Mosaica Partners to Update Health Information Exchange Plans

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

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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Wolters Kluwer Health Announces Integration with MEDITECH

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

ProVation® Order Sets solution will deliver clinical decision support to MEDITECH users

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.

Meditech EHR to integrate with ProVation Order sets

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

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.

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Wolters Kluwer and MEDITECH Collaborate on CDS

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

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.

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Researchers at Singapore’s National University Hospital Report that UpToDate® Significantly Impacts Clinical Decision-Making and Practices

Posted in Press Releases on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

Bedside use of the trusted clinical knowledge system led to changes in patient care decisions more than one-third of the time

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.

Managing Complex ACO Data Requirements

Posted in Client News Coverage on Tuesday, May 15, 2012.

Managing the data needs within accountable care organizations (ACOs) is anything but business as usual. First, many of the quality and performance measures required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are more holistic quality-outcome measures, and are therefore relatively new concepts for hospitals and physician groups. Second, the data and information exchange requirements to effectively manage risk and quality outcomes within an ACO are extremely complex.

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HealthPlan Services Appoints Kristin Baca as COO

Posted in Press Releases on Monday, May 14, 2012.

TAMPA, Fla. – May 14, 2012 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), the nation’s leading technology and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, has appointed Kristin Baca as its Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Arizona Taps Mosaica Partners to Update Health Information Exchange Plans

Posted in Press Releases on Monday, May 14, 2012.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – May 14, 2012 – Mosaica Partners, a nationally recognized 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.

Business, Clinical Research Successes Lead to Executive Transition at Heat Biologics

Posted in Press Releases on Tuesday, May 08, 2012.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – (May 8, 2012) – Heat Biologics, a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, and Colonial Technology Development Co., which grows and builds medical and technology companies, announced today that Taffy Williams, Ph.D., will transition from being Heat’s president to being its senior advisor. Heat CEO Jeffrey Wolf will take on the additional role of president from Williams, the founder of Colonial Technology who has helped guide Heat’s growth for the past four years.