“Top 100 Most Wired” Health System Provides Nurses Online Evidence-based References that Allow Instant Access to Expert Clinical Content at the Point of Care
Philadelphia, PA (May 25, 2010) – – Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announced today ProMedica Health System (PHS) will provide the trusted nursing information in Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills and Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor to the nurses in their facilities. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, and pharmacy. ProMedica Health System is a not-for-profit health care organization that cares for more than 2.4 million patients annually.
Developed by a team of expert nurses with extensive clinical experience, Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills and Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor offer an impressive combination of features that help promote, monitor, and maintain staff excellence. By having institution-wide online access to almost 1,000 evidence-based procedures and skills in Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills and the point-of-care information found in Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor, ProMedica’s nurses are able to find trusted answers to critical nursing questions quickly and easily. Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills is also integrated in the HealthStream Learning Center® (HLC), allowing ProMedica, and other HealthStream customers, to efficiently handle the assignment, tracking, and reporting of procedures as learning activities.
“Innovative products, such as Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills and Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor, allow nurses to deliver an exceptional level of patient care,” says Judy McCann, MSN, RN, and Chief Nursing Officer at Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. “We are honored to work with ProMedica and HealthStream, recognized leaders at effectively utilizing the best technology to improve patient safety and operational efficiency.”
ProMedica has been named one of the nation’s “Top 100 Most Wired” systems, according to results of the 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released in the July 2009 issue of Hospitals & Health Networks. More than 1,300 hospitals were represented in 556 completed surveys, and ProMedica Health System is one of only 10 organizations nationally to make the Most Wired list six times.
“We are pleased to provide our nurses with Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills and Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor, top-notch clinical resources providing immediate access to many evidenced-based nursing practices, which assist them in delivering professional quality nursing care for our patients and families,” says Cindy Schriefer, Vice President Clinical Informatics, ProMedica.
Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills gives nurses accurate, step-by-step guidance for almost 1,000 procedures. It also provides skills checklists and competency tests on each procedure to help facilities verify their staff competence. Each procedure undergoes a thorough annual review process to ensure the most up-to-date clinical information is provided. Facilities are able to customize the program and procedures to meet their specific needs.
Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor is designed to give nurses easy access to the specific information needed to provide optimal patient care, including drugs, diseases, treatments, diagnostic tests, care plans, patient teaching, and signs and symptoms. Unique customization features allow hospital protocols or critical notes pertaining to those areas to be added, improving staff awareness, compliance and care standardization. This feature provides a valuable reference and training tool, customized to individual or system hospitals.
For more information or to request a free trial of Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills or Lippincott’s Nursing Advisor, contact Lippincott Williams & Wilkins at 1-800-326-1685 or visit us at www.lwwnursingsolutions.com.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a leading international publisher for healthcare professionals and students with nearly 300 periodicals and 1,500 books in more than 100 disciplines publishing under the LWW brand, as well as content-based sites and online corporate and customer services.
LWW is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and drug reference tools and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Facts & Comparisons®; and electronic information providers, such as Ovid®, UpToDate®, Medi-Span® and ProVation® Medical.
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