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

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.

ProVation MD replaces dictation and transcription and allows physicians to efficiently document procedures at the point of care. Available for a full range of medical specialties, ProVation software streamlines the coding and billing process and enhances compliance by producing complete, coding-ready and image-enhanced procedure notes. The end result is greater efficiency, increased profitability and heightened clinician satisfaction.

Located in Palestine, Texas, Palestine Regional Medical Center has provided the citizens of Anderson County and the surrounding communities with comprehensive healthcare for more than 60 years. Palestine Regional Medical Center and Palestine Regional Rehabilitation Hospital house 150 beds and provide a full range of comprehensive care, including the latest in diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services. Surgery specialties include urology, gynecology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, oral maxillofacial and gastroenterology, as well as general and vascular surgery. Palestine Regional is fully accredited by the Joint Commission.

“Palestine Regional Medical Center is dedicated to providing high-quality patient care and ensuring its physicians have the support they need to achieve clinical excellence,” said Arvind Subramanian, President and CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions. “We are pleased that they have selected ProVation MD for GI to further this mission and provide streamlined documentation and coding in the GI lab.”

Wolters Kluwer Health’s Clinical Solutions business unit provides evidence-based medical content, workflow based applications software and services that allow clinicians to efficiently and effectively diagnose and document patient care. Key brands ProVation Medical, UpToDate®, Medi-Span®, Facts & Comparisons®, Pharmacy OneSource®, Lexicomp™ and Medicom (China) lead in market segments that include drug information, disease information, clinical patient order sets, clinical documentation and hospital pharmacy productivity applications.

About ProVation Medical

ProVation^® Medical is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information, business intelligence and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry. Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company with 2010 annual revenues of €3.6 billion ($4.7 billion).