Press Release - May 18, 2007 - BusinessWire

ProVation Medical to Offer One-Click Access to Electronic Prescribing Solution

New Product Alliance Provides Instant Access to E-Prescribing Through Physician Documentation Software

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ProVation® Medical, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announced today that it plans to make electronic prescribing available through its ProVation® MD software for multi-specialty procedure documentation. Starting this fall, the software will include embedded access to eRx NOW™, the free e-prescribing software created by Allscripts as part of the National ePrescribing Patient Safety InitiativeSM (NEPSISM). Access to eRx NOW will be delivered at no charge to new and current ProVation Medical clients.

The product integration is an expansion of an existing alliance between Wolters Kluwer Health, leading global provider of medical and drug information services and content to physicians, and Allscripts, the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The two companies are working closely to integrate Wolters Kluwer’s Health’s customized clinical content into a number of Allscripts applications.

eRx NOW™ is an easy-to-use, web-based e-prescribing solution that is safe, secure, requires no downloading and no new hardware. It is being offered by Allscripts as part of NEPSI, which was developed in response to the high number of medical errors that plague the US healthcare system. The $100 million NEPSI initiative, led by Allscripts and Dell, is comprised of a coalition of healthcare, technology and provider companies dedicated to improving patient safety by offering free electronic prescribing to every physician in America.

“Ensuring patient safety and providing quality healthcare delivery are the fundamental principals of NEPSI’s eRx NOW and ProVation Medical’s software solutions for electronic physician and nursing procedure documentation,” said Arvind Subramanian, President & CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions and ProVation Medical. “This integration means that our clients now have access to the best in electronic documentation, coding and workflow as well as a safe and easy way to improve quality of care and automate the prescribing process.”

About ProVation Medical

ProVation Medical is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information for professionals and students 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 Technologies, Medi-Span and ProVation Medical; and pharmaceutical information providers Adis International and Source.

Wolters Kluwer Health is a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global information services and publishing company with annual revenues (2006) of €3.7 billion and approximately 19,900 employees worldwide. Visit www.wolterskluwer.com.

ProVation Medical provides solutions that significantly enhance revenue and decrease costs per medical procedure. ProVation MD & MultiCaregiver software replaces dictation/transcription and paper charting, producing complete, billing-ready, image- and diagram-enhanced documentation for clinical procedures. The result is coder-ready documentation delivering compliance, proper reimbursement, and shortened days in Accounts Receivable. For more information, visit www.provationmedical.com.

About NEPSI

The National ePrescribing Patient Safety InitiativeSM (NEPSISM) is a coalition of the nation’s most prominent technology companies and leading healthcare organizations dedicated to improving patient safety by providing free access to simple, safe and secure electronic prescribing for every physician in America. The initiative is led by Allscripts and national sponsor Dell, and includes technology sponsors Cisco Systems, Fujitsu, Microsoft and Sprint Nextel; healthcare sponsors Aetna, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and WellPoint; information and content provided by Wolters Kluwer Health; connectivity sponsor SureScripts; and search sponsor Google.

The NEPSI offering also is supported by a growing number of academic medical centers, integrated delivery networks and physician groups across the U.S., who are leading the rollout of the NEPSI electronic prescribing solution, eRx NOW™, within their states and regions. For more information, visit NEPSI on the web at www.nationaleRx.com.
Contacts

ProVation Medical Inc, Wolters Kluwer Health
Laura Gilbert, 612-313-1506
Director, Marketing Communications
laura.gilbert@provationmedical.com