AAACN is pleased to announce it will collaborate with Wolters Kluwer Health to develop a new ambulatory care nursing category for Lippincott Procedures, the leading software used by nurses and other clinicians at the point-of-care and in competency management.

AAACN will appoint a task force of member experts to write and review 100 new ambulatory care nursing procedures.

The procedures will help expand the use of Lippincott Procedures in the growing area of outpatient healthcare and will make it more useful to nurses who practice in settings such as hospitals with outpatient services, ambulatory care centers, community-based settings, urgent care clinics, home care, schools and workplaces.


The Press Release:

With Increasing Number of Patients in Outpatient Care Settings, Lippincott Procedures Is Being Expanded to Better Serve Ambulatory Care Nurses

PRESS RELEASE: October 27, 2014 - Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced it has entered into an agreement with the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) to develop a new ambulatory care nursing category for Lippincott Procedures, the leading procedures software used by nurses and other clinicians at the point-of-care and in competency management. Ambulatory care nurses care for patients in a variety of diverse outpatient settings and, according to AAACN, are becoming an increasingly important means of coordinating care and managing transitions as America searches for more cost-effective approaches to quality healthcare.

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