Riverside Community Hospital Selects ProVation Medical Software for Procedure Documentation and Coding

MINNEAPOLIS, MN —February 24, 2011 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Riverside Community Hospital 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 and heightened clinician satisfaction.

Located in Riverside, Calif., the 373-bed Riverside Community Hospital is the Inland Empire region’s leading provider of advanced, comprehensive healthcare and is home to the region’s largest emergency room and trauma center. It is one of Riverside County’s only ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) receiving centers and is a fully accredited Chest Pain Center. Its centers of excellence include the HeartCare Institute, transplant program and Level II neonatal intensive care unit.

“Riverside Community Hospital is an organization dedicated to providing high-quality healthcare services with integrity, compassion and excellence,” said Arvind Subramanian, President and CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions. “We are pleased that it has selected ProVation MD for GI to further this mission and provide streamlined documentation and coding in the GI lab.”

About ProVation Medical

ProVation® Medical is part of Wolters Kluwer Health (Philadelphia, PA), a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools, journals, and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; and electronic information providers, such as Ovid®, UpToDate®, Medi-Span®, Facts & Comparisons® and ProVation® Medical.

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