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www.provationordersets.com - Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions Laura Gilbert, 612-313-1506 Director, Marketing Communications laura.gilbert@wolterskluwerhealth.com or American Heart Association Carrie Thacker, 214-706-1665 Director, Corporate and Media Communications carrie.thacker@heart.org Wolters Kluwer Health today announced the inclusion of American Heart Association (AHA) consistent cardiovascular order sets within its ProVation Order Sets evidenced-based order set authoring
and management tool.
The ProVation Order Sets solution meets the growing demand from medical facilities to improve clinical performance and regulatory compliance through established standards of care. ProVation Order Sets helps improve patient care by providing easy access to a comprehensive repository of evidence; reduces costs related to medication errors and increases patient safety through built-in standardization at the point of care; aids implementation of evidence-based practice across medical specialties; and delivers a solid return on investment by simplifying the order set review and approval process. For more information, visit www.ProVationOrderSets.com
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is: "Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke." The association's impact goal is to reduce coronary heart disease, stroke and risk by 25 percent by 2010.
The AHA-Consistent Order Sets included in the ProVation application are in accordance with the AHA's clinical practice guidelines that suggest appropriate use of diagnostic procedures, therapeutic interventions, and/or therapies in managing cardiovascular diseases.
"Wolters Kluwer Health is committed to providing medical content of the highest quality and reliability at the point of care - through referential and imbedded drug information for pharmacists and clinical decision support and documentation tools for clinicians," said Arvind Subramanian, CEO Clinical Solutions, Wolters Kluwer Heath. "The integration of AHA-consistent guidelines within ProVation Order Sets allows us to deliver the most rigorously, tested up-to-date cardiovascular treatment protocol to our clients and the patients they treat."
About Wolters Kluwer Health
Wolters Kluwer Health (Conshohocken, PA), a division of Wolters Kluwer, is a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Facts & Comparisons; electronic information providers, such as Ovid, Medi-Span and ProVation; and pharmaceutical information providers such as Adis International and Source(R). For more information, visit www.WKHealth.com.
Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services globally for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2007) of EUR 3.4 billion ($4.8 billion), maintains operations in over 33 countries across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific and employs approximately 19,544 people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Visit www.WoltersKluwer.com for information about our market positions, customers, brands, and organization.
ProVation Medical provides procedure documentation and clinical decision support solutions for hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. ProVation MD, ProVation MultiCaregiver and ProVation EHR software reduce transcription, paper storage and image printing costs and deliver a high Return on Investment through electronic procedure documentation. ProVation(R) Order Sets is an actionable, evidenced-based order set authoring and management tool that allows hospitals put evidence-based healthcare into practice by establishing and maintaining standards of care.
About the American Heart Association
Founded in 1924, the American Heart Association today is the nation's oldest and largest voluntary health organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, America's No. 1 and No. 3 killers, and all other cardiovascular diseases claim nearly 870,000 lives a year. In fiscal year 2006-07 the association invested more than $554 million in research, professional and public education, advocacy and community service programs to help all Americans live longer, healthier lives. To learn more, call 1-800-AHA-USA1 or visit americanheart.org
AHA practice guidelines incorporated in ProVation Order Sets
clinical decision support tool
