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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Chooses Zynx Health for Order Sets and Primary Care Decision Support

Posted on: Thursday, 17 July 2008, 09:01 CDT

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS) has entered into an agreement with Zynx Health, which will provide both hospital and outpatient VCUHS facilities with access to Zynx evidence-based decision support.

VCUHS has licensed both ZynxOrder(TM) and Zynx AmbulatoryCare(TM) to provide consistent point-of-care clinical decision support in its hospital and outpatient clinics. In total, clinicians at VCUHS will have access to more than 900 order set templates, as well as online customization tools to streamline the process of developing order sets and reaching rapid consensus on best practices. Once customized, order sets can become a part of clinicians' workflow through integration with clinical documentation and information systems.

"With ZynxOrder, we have been able to 'Zynxify' our existing order sets by infusing them with evidence links," said Colin Banas, MD, assistant chief medical information officer for VCUHS. "We are thrilled to extend the reach of evidence-based decision support from the hospital to the outpatient realm, thus allowing us to provide our patients with consistent and superior care across all settings."

"Zynx Health is very proud to work closely with VCUHS to incorporate evidence-based decision support within the clinician workflow," said David Rhew, MD, vice president of client services and content for Zynx Health. "By standardizing care in accordance with the most current evidence-based knowledge, we expect to observe measurable improvements in patient outcomes."

About Zynx Health

Zynx Health, a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, is the leading provider of evidence-based clinical decision support. Its team of physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals rigorously reviews the latest peer-reviewed literature to develop clinical summaries and distill evidence-based best practices that help improve the quality of patient care. More than 1,400 hospitals nationwide trust evidence-based decision support from Zynx Health to address regulatory initiatives, optimize pay-for-performance reimbursement, and measurably improve the quality and safety of patient care. For more information about Zynx Health, visit www.zynx.com or call 888.333.ZYNX (9969).

About Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

The VCUHS is the only academic medical center in Central Virginia. As the regional teaching institution, we offer access to some of the most advanced state-of-the-art treatments and technologies available. Our medical staff includes internationally recognized physicians, dozens of whom have been recognized among the best doctors in the country. Many VCUHS physicians are also ranked among the top doctors in Richmond across multiple specialties ranging from Allergy and Immunology to Vascular Surgery. For several years running, we've been selected by many of the rating organizations including National Research Corporation's Consumer Choice, Solucient "Top 100" Hospitals, US News and World Report, and as a technology leader by being recognized as one of the "Most Wired" healthcare institutions.

Source: Business Wire

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