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While sterile compounding in hospital and health-system pharmacies has long been a critical component of quality care delivery, the industry’s ability to mainstream and standardize best practices of these high-risk processes has faced ongoing challenges. However, several decades of effort are beginning to show promise as states increasingly adopt and mandate use of USP Chapter <797> (USP 797), the recognized industry standard, to improve the safety outlook for both patients and the staff who engage in compounding.

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The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that Dr. Soetomo Academic Medical Center Hospital (RSUD Dr. Soetomo) in Surabaya has expanded access to UpToDate^® to ensure clinicians throughout the hospital can use the acclaimed resource for clinical decision-making. The hospital-wide subscription plays an essential role in the hospital’s efforts to secure JCI accreditation.

The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that Health Language experts will lead a breakout session titled “A Strategic Approach to Terminology Management Challenges in Population Health and Analytics” at the 87^th Annual AHIMA Convention and Exhibit. Stephen Ross, M.D., Medical Informatics Specialist, and Brian Laberge, Director of Client Services Strategy, will discuss the critical role terminology management strategies play in achieving success with population health management (PHM) and data analytics.

Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced it has extended its successful publishing partnership with the American Heart Association (AHA). In place for nearly two decades, the longstanding partnership has evolved beyond traditional print publishing to include web and mobile platforms, as well as open access.

The NASCAR Foundation has chosen Dunedin's Carl Flatley, the founder of Sepsis Alliance, as one of four finalists for the foundation's Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award presented by Nationwide. Flatley founded the alliance after his daughter lost her life to sepsis, a complication that occurs after an infection. Learn more about the reward at carlspitcrew.com.

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As a faocal point of national quality initiatives, meaningful use (MU) is unfolding across the industry as a startegic effort to increase the momentum of health information exchange (HIE). The initiative accomplishes this goal by progressively laying a foundation of attestation requirements for the collection, exchange, and reporting of data using certified EHR technology (CEHRT).

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Growing demand for more accessible and blended learning, the emergence of adaptive learning, and increased adoption of learning analytics are transforming the higher education landscape, according to the NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Higher Education Edition. In addition, a recent survey conducted by Wolters Kluwer of nursing school Deans identified computer-aided simulations, educational EHRs, and adaptive quizzing as growing requirements to Nursing School programs.

SwervePay Health and Summit Software Technologies, LLC, have entered a strategic alliance that will provide physician practices with one-click payment collection functionality through their electronic health record (EHR) systems. Summit will connect SwervePay’s cloud-based payment processing technology to its clients’ existing workflow, maximizing practice cash flow and efficiency.