Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Selects ProVation® Medical Software for Procedure Documentation and Coding

MINNEAPOLIS, MN —September 28, 2011 — Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding in its GI labs.

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.

Based in Atlanta, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is comprised of three hospitals, Children’s at Egleston, Children’s at Hughes Spalding and Children’s at Scottish Rite, and 17 practices offering services including primary care, sports medicine, rehabilitation and outpatient surgery. It is the pediatric physician teaching site for Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine and is fully accredited by the Joint Commission. Nearly 150 Children’s Healthcare physicians have been named as among the nation’s best by Best Doctors in America®.

“Children’s Hospital of Atlanta is clearly dedicated to providing the highest quality of care, as evidenced by its highly awarded staff of physicians,” 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 its GI labs.”

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).