2020 Best in KLAS Report Again Ranks UpToDate from Wolters Kluwer as Category Leader for Clinical Decision Support

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer, Health, a leading global provider of trusted clinical technology and evidence-based solutions, today announced that its decision support solution, UpToDate®, was ranked number one for clinical decision support (point-of-care clinical reference) in the 2020 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. KLAS, a research firm that specializes in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors, found that UpToDate was the top performing point of care clinical reference tool for the second straight year.

KLAS interviews thousands of healthcare professionals and uses the responses to rate point-of-care and clinical reference tools. Evaluation questions cover several areas, including Culture, Loyalty, Operations, Product, Relationship, and Value.

“KLAS’s recognition of UpToDate as a Category Leader again this year is gratifying for us as an organization,” said Denise Basow, MD, CEO, Clinical Effectiveness at Wolters Kluwer, Health. “We are committed to partnering with our customers and helping them to reduce variability in care by using the best available evidence to treat patients. Our expert solutions help align decision making across care teams and patients, enabling more consistent and cost-effective care.”

Adam Gale, President, KLAS Research, adds, “Providers and payers demand better performance, usability, and interoperability from their vendor partners every year. Best in KLAS winners set the standard of excellence in their market segment. Earning a Best in KLAS award should both excite and humble the recipients. It serves as a signal to providers that they should expect only the best from the winning vendors.”

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer N.V. (AEX: WKL) is a global provider of professional information, software solutions, and services for physicians, nurses, accountants, lawyers, tax specialists, and finance, audit, compliance, and regulatory sectors.

The company provides expert solutions - a combination of deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services - that help professionals navigate change, solve complex problems, and deliver impact in their respective fields.

Headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, Wolters Kluwer holds market-leading positions in 40 countries globally, represents customers across 180 countries and employs 18,600 people worldwide. In 2018, it reported annual revenues of €4.3 billion.

Wolters Kluwer provides trusted clinical technology and evidence-based solutions that engage clinicians, patients, researchers and students with advanced clinical decision support, learning and research and clinical intelligence. For more information about our solutions, visit http://healthclarity.wolterskluwer.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @WKHealth.

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