Orlando, Fla. (December 7, 2009) - The secret to successful adoption of health information technology is leveraging point-of-care clinical decision support (CDS) tools that clinicians will enthusiastically embrace. That is the message Stephen Claypool, M.D., vice president of clinical development and informatics-clinical solutions with Wolters Kluwer Health (Booth #115), will share with attendees of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) 21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care.
Dr. Claypool will present “Controlling the Chaos: CDS Products that Drive Physician EMR Adoption” on Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 12:30-1 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall at the IHI National Forum, taking place in Orlando Dec. 6-9.
During the “lunch and learn” session sponsored by Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, Dr. Claypool will share insights into the expectations clinicians have for the clinical decision support tools they are being asked to integrate into their care processes. He will also discuss the features and functionality required to ensure that CDS delivers a maximum return-on-investment from the clinical and operational perspectives.
“Realizing the greatest quality, safety and other outcomes from the practice of evidence-based medicine requires CDS that is intuitive and clinically relevant,” said Dr. Claypool. “The best clinical decision support tools are designed by clinicians. They understand the best methods for integrating trusted medical content into the clinician’s workflow so that it leads to better-informed decisions and, subsequently, improved outcomes.”
As an example, he cites ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, Wolters Kluwer Health’s customizable order set authoring and management solution that will be featured in Booth #115 during IHI. Built upon ProVation Medical’s award-winning clinician-designed technology platform, ProVation Order Sets provides flexible integration into clinical processes to streamline the delivery of standardized care for improved patient safety, outcomes, clinician performance and regulatory compliance.
ProVation Order Sets offers automatic linking to the superior clinical decision support content of UpToDate, the resource of choice for more than 360,000 clinicians. UpToDate covers more than 7,700 topics in 15 medical specialties and includes more than 80,000 pages of text and graphics, as well as links to Medline abstracts, more than 260,000 references and a drug database. Content is continuously reviewed and updated by physician editors and authors.
“High-quality trusted medical content and streamlined clinical workflow are two key reasons the ProVation Order Set solution is embraced by clinicians,” said Dr. Claypool. “This is an excellent example of a clinician-designed CDS tool that can be leveraged to advance the practice of evidence-based medicine for the delivery of superior patient care.”
Visit Wolters Kluwer Health in Booth #115 for more information on ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support or attend “Controlling the Chaos: CDS Products that Drive Physician EMR Adoption” Tuesday, Dec. 8 from 12:30-1 p.m.
About Wolters Kluwer Health
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