Press Releases

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (December 20, 2010) – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Essent Healthcare has selected ProVation^® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate^® Decision Support, as the electronic order set solution for the system’s five hospitals.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (December 13, 2010) – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Community Memorial Health System has selected ProVation^® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate^® Decision Support, as the electronic order set solution for its two hospitals.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Dec 6, 2010 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, today announced that it will highlight medication safety and patient care through its Facts & Comparisons eAnswers drug reference solutions at the 45^th American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting. Also exhibiting at ASHP is Pharmacy OneSource, a leading healthcare Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider that helps hospitals manage the complex challenges of patient safety, compliance and efficiency. Wolters Kluwer announced on November 29th that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Pharmacy OneSource.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (Nov. 15, 2010) — Access to advanced clinical decision support (CDS) tools, such as evidence-based order sets and trusted clinical content, prior to system rollout is emerging as a successful strategy for ensuring user proficiency with and adoption of CPOE. As such, a growing number of hospitals are turning to ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, the industry-leading electronic order set solution from Wolters Kluwer Health.

TAMPA, Fla. – November 15, 2010 – HealthPlan Holdings, Inc. (“HealthPlan”) today announced that it has appointed John S. Watts, Jr., a former executive with WellPoint, Inc., to chairman.  HealthPlan is a leading provider of outsourcing solutions to insurers in the individual, small business, union trust and voluntary benefits markets.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — November 8, 2010— Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Exempla Healthcare has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology and pulmonary procedure documentation and coding. ProVation MD will be deployed across three hospitals in the nationally recognized Exempla Healthcare System.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (October 26, 2010) — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Centegra Health System has selected ProVation^® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate^® Decision Support, as the electronic order set solution for the system’s three hospitals.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — October 20, 2010— Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Platte Valley Medical Center has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

TAMPA, Fla. – (Oct. 20, 2010) – Responding to demands for comprehensive information that is actionable and sharable, MedHOK (www.medhok.com) offers software that eliminates silos and enables the collection and organization of data into a user-specific 360-degree view of the patient. That information can then be securely shared across the healthcare continuum for proactive end-to-end care management and measured against national quality standards.

Waltham, Mass. (October 19, 2010) — UpToDate, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announced today that it has added a section on Hospital Medicine to its evidence-based clinical information resource. UpToDate in Hospital Medicine will include both existing content as well as additional topics developed specifically for hospital medicine clinicians. This new section will be available to subscribers December 1, 2010.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN –October 19, 2010 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Union Hospital of Cecil County has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate^® Decision Support, as the organization’s electronic order set solution.

TAMPA, Fla. – Oct. 7, 2010 – When it comes to complying with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, meeting the 80% Medical Loss Ratio (MLR), acquiring and retaining the best risk, establishing cost-effective distribution channels and working with exchanges are U.S. payers’ top priorities.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (October 7, 2010) – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Sansum Clinic will deploy Medi-Span® to provide clinicians with point-of-care access to comprehensive drug information and medication decision support.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN —October 6, 2010— Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding at its Ambulatory Surgical Pavilion.