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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that The Chester County Hospital has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as its electronic order set solution.
The 220-bed facility is the only non-profit independent community hospital in Chester County, PA. The Chester County Hospital provides a full range of health services to Chester County and the surrounding areas. Nationally recognized for quality and excellence, the hospital was awarded the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval in six clinical areas. It was also named the CIO 100 for 2009 by CIO Magazine and received the publication’s coveted Plus One Award.
ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, is an easily customizable order set authoring and management solution that provides flexible integration into clinical processes to streamline the delivery of standardized care for improved patient safety, outcomes, clinician performance and regulatory compliance. Built upon ProVation Medical’s award-winning, clinician-designed technology platform, ProVation Order Sets offer automatic linking to the superior clinical decision support content of UpToDate, the resource of choice for more than 360,000 physicians.
UpToDate covers more than 7,700 topics in 14 medical specialties and includes more than 80,000 pages of text and graphics, as well as links to Medline abstracts, more than 260,000 references and a drug database. Content is continuously reviewed and updated by physician editors and authors.
“Chester County has an outstanding reputation for leveraging advanced technology to improve patient care and safety and streamline clinical workflows,” said Arvind Subramanian, President and CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions. “We are pleased that they have chosen Wolters Kluwer Health and ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, to help them advance their strategic IT vision of utilizing technology to assure the highest quality comprehensive care is delivered to every patient.”
About Wolters Kluwer Health
Wolters Kluwer Health (Philadelphia, PA) is 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 and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Facts & Comparisons®; and electronic information providers, such as Ovid®, UpToDate®, Medi-Span® and ProVation® Medical.
Wolters Kluwer Health is a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer had 2008 annual revenues of €3.4 billion ($4.9 billion), employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide, and maintains operations in over 35 countries across Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.
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