Lancaster General Hospital Selects ProVation Medical Software for Procedure Documentation and Coding

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Lancaster General Hospital (LGH) has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation, coding and image integration.

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.

Located in Lancaster, PA, LGH is the keystone of the Lancaster General Health (LG Health), a not-for-profit 623-bed Magnet-designated healthcare system. Accredited by The Joint Commission, LG Health includes: Women & Babies Hospital, the Suburban Outpatient Pavilion, VNA Community Care Services, the nationally recognized Lancaster Cleft Palate Clinic, and LG College of Nursing & Health Sciences. The system also operates 10 outpatient facilities, the Lancaster General Medical Group of primary and specialty care physician practices, and community and school-based health clinics.

“Lancaster General Hospital is an organization dedicated to providing the highest quality of service and care, as evidenced by its many awards and recognitions,” said Arvind Subramanian, President and CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions. “We are pleased that they have chosen ProVation MD for GI to further this mission and provide streamlined documentation and coding for the nearly 8,000 GI procedures performed annually in its five procedure rooms.”

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®, Lexicomp, Facts & Comparisons®, Pharmacy OneSource® 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).



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Wolters Kluwer Health
Laura Gilbert
Sr. Director, Marketing Communications
Clinical Solutions Division
612-313-1506
[email protected]

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