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Houston Healthcare to Deploy ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support

on Wednesday, November 02, 2011.

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.

MedHOK Appoints Dr. Rahul Singal as Chief Medical Officer

Posted in Press Releases on Monday, October 31, 2011.

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.

Shamokin Community Area Hospital Selects ProVation Medical Software for Procedure Documentation and Coding

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, October 26, 2011.

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.

MedHOK Software Helps Drive Successful Provider, Payer Participation in CMS Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, October 20, 2011.

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.

Vendor-Hospital Partnership Approach to Resolving CDS Challenges the Focus of Orlando Health, Wolters Kluwer Health Co-Presentation at AMIA 2011 Symposium

on Thursday, October 20, 2011.

Dr. Kahlid Moidu, Dr. Stephen Claypool to discuss joint development of order set-EHR mapping tool through Wolters Kluwer Health’s Innovation Lab

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.

Southeast Alabama Medical Center Realizes $1.7 Million from Deployment of ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support

Posted in Press Releases on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.

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.

Doctors Administrative Solutions President and CEO David Schlaifer Named a Finalist for TBTF Outstanding Leadership Award

Posted in Press Releases on Friday, October 14, 2011.

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).

Commentary: Why RECs and HIEs need each other

Posted in Client News Coverage on Friday, October 14, 2011.

Regional Extension Centers (RECs) and health information exchange (HIE) initiatives share a common purpose: enabling the exchange of patient information to improve health outcomes and care quality. Their individual goals and objectives are also complementary. RECs support physicians in the selection, implementation and use of electronic health records (EHRs), while HIEs provide the infrastructure across which the information collected by those EHRs can be exchanged.

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Palestine Regional Medical Center Selects ProVation® Medical Software for Procedure Documentation and Coding

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN —Oct. 12, 2011 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Palestine Regional Medical Center has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

Doctors Administrative Solutions CEO David Schlaifer Recognized by Business Leader Magazine as a Tampa “Mover & Shaker”

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

TAMPA, Fla. – (Oct. 12, 2011) – David Schlaifer, President and CEO of Doctors Administrative Solutions (DAS), has earned a 2011 Tampa Movers & Shakers Award from Business Leader magazine in recognition of his business acumen and community involvement.

MedHOK Named Finalist for the TBTF Emerging Technology Company of the Year Award

Posted in Press Releases on Monday, October 10, 2011.

TAMPA, Fla. – (Oct. 10, 2011) – MedHOK, a leading provider of cloud-based quality, care management and compliance software to the healthcare industry, has been named a finalist for the 2011 Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF) Emerging Technology Company of the Year Award.

5 Steps for a Successful Joint Commission Infection Control Survey

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, October 05, 2011.

The Joint Commission has upped the ante on infection prevention, a move that has many hospitals scrambling to prepare for surveys that now encompass more than just a review of historical outcomes data.

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Carson-Tahoe Regional Healthcare to Deploy ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support

Posted in Press Releases on Tuesday, October 04, 2011.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – October 4, 2011 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Carson-Tahoe Regional Healthcare has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as its electronic order set solution.

Just Associates to Provide Remote Duplicate Record “Repair” Services to Sharon Regional Health System

Posted in Press Releases on Monday, October 03, 2011.

The data integrity consulting firm is featuring its innovative, comprehensive outsourced MPI management service in Booth #325 at the 83rd AHIMA Convention & Exhibit

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Oct. 3, 2011 – Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for healthcare organizations, announced today that Sharon Regional Health System has extended its relationship to include Repair™, the firm’s remote master patient index (MPI) maintenance service. Part of Just Associates’ comprehensive outsourced patient identity management suite, Repair leverages the firm’s highly trained staff and proprietary IDMaster® Duplicate Workflow Software for cost-effective ongoing management of the duplicate validation and reconciliation process.

 

 

HealthPlan Services Launches EDGE Dashboard, Providing Carrier Clients with Real-Time Reporting Tools

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, September 28, 2011.

TAMPA, Fla. – Sept. 28, 2011 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), the nation’s leading technology and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, announced today the launch of its EDGE (Enhanced Data Graphing Enrollment) tool.