News
Date: 1/30/2012
LPIT Solutions, Inc. has partnered with the Center for Improvement in Quality Healthcare (CIHQ), located in Round Rock Texas. CIHQ is a healthcare organization providing resources and education to healthcare facilities,improving their regulatory compliance and increasing patient safety for their clients.
CIHQ provides a range of accreditation and regulatory support services including standards interpretation, alerts to changes in regulations, as well as comprehensive resource and reference libraries. In addition, the orgnaization hosts monthly audio conferences, periodic performance reviews and will perform mock surveys for their members. Member organizations consistently achieve sucessful survey outcomes, report fewer issues with regulatory agencies and rate the CIHQ's services with high satisfaction.
About LPIT Solutions:LPIT Solutions is the leading developer of software solutions for the healthcare industry. The TrackCore platform manages the entire chain of custody for biologic and non-biologic implants.
About CIHQ:The CIHQ is a membership based organization comprised of more than 150 acute care, critical access hosptials, and ambulatory care centers along with home health and long term care facilities.
For more information about CIHQ and their healthcare services, please visit
www.cihq.org.
Date: 1/30/2012
GRAND RAPIDS, MI- LPIT Solutions, Inc. has entered into a partnership with Medline Industries, Inc. The Mundelein, IL-based company will be introducing the implant and tissue tracking industry leading solution to their nationwide clientele of hospitals and healthcare systems.
Medline, the nation's largest privately held medical supplier, provides clinical solutions and medical products to all markets of the healthcare industry along with consulting and management services designed to improve the logistics and supply chain operations of their healthcare clients.
Medline manufactures and distributes over 125,000 medical and surgical products to healthcare institutions and retail outlets. The company strives daily to provide quality medical products to healthcare providers, improve patient care and deliver cost-effective products and valuable clinical solutions.
TrackCore, the flagship product of LPIT Solutions, will now be available to all Medline customers. Healthcare organizations nationwide utilize TrackCore to manage inventory levels and to track the receipt, transfer, validation, implantation and disposal of tissues and implantable devices.
To learn more about TrackCore, please visist
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/ or contact TrackCore Sales at 1-866-LPITSOL.
To learn more about Medline and their products, please visit
http://www.medline.com/ or contact Medline Sales at 1-800-MEDLINE.
Date: 11/1/2011
LPIT Solutions, Inc. has entered into a vendor partnership with Adventist Health, a not-for-profit, integrated health care delivery system headquartered in Roseville, California. The agreement enables LPIT to provide TrackCore, our tissue and surgical implant tracking solution, to all member hospitals of Adventist Health at an affordable rate.
TrackCore is a cost efficient software product for managing the chain of custody for biologic and non-biologic implants. TrackCore adheres to compliance regulations, including standards of the FDA as well as The Joint Commission. Healthcare organizations use TrackCore to manage inventory levels and to track the receipt, transfer, issuance, validation, implantation and disposal of tissues and implants, including biological and non-biological items.
With an easy-to-use intuitive interface, TrackCore provides unique labeling and a dashboard customized for specific user roles. The system enables quick and accurate data retrieval, enhancing patient safety while minimizing administrative costs. In addition, there are numerous options available for integration with clinical or supply chain systems.
LPIT looks forward to serving the implant and tissue compliance needs of the hospital communities who are members of Adventist Health.
If you would like more information on TrackCore, please visit
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/ or contact our sales team at 866-574-8765.
Date: 10/10/2011
Las Vegas, NV- The TrackCore User Group for 2011 was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada September 19th-22nd, 2011. TUG11 was designed to gather the users of TrackCore from across the country and allow them to discuss their TrackCore experiences and how they strive to be compliant in their handling of tissues and implants.
The 2nd annual event drew hospital participants from Massachusetts to Washington state. Thirteen individuals were successfully certified on the TrackCore RN Exam and 9 individuals received the TrackCore Super User certification. We consider those who are certified to be experts, according to their roles in TrackCore.
"We had a lot of positive feedback from participants, and our users were excited to hear about the upcoming features and future improvements we're making to TrackCore." said James Casavant, Chief Technology Officer.
Scott Brubaker, Chief Policy Officer of the
American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB), provided the keynote address, "Expectations When Handling Tissue Grafts." Mr. Brubaker has led the AATB since 2004, serving as a liaison with the FDA, CDC and other professional organizations.
The featured educational session on "Bridging the Gap between Biologics and Compliance," was led by Phil Cearley. He is an Allograft Consultant with the
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation and is a Certified Tissue Banking Specialist with 10 years of experience in the medical industry.
Participants also heard from fellow TrackCore users, Terri Stec and Dave Border, who presented on their own experiences in using TrackCore, focusing on the TrackCore implementation process and how TrackCore enables continuous readiness for inspections.
Our users really enjoyed the event. "No improvements needed. You did a great job!," said one participant.
Information on the TrackCore User Group for 2012 will be announced early next year.
Date: 10/8/2011
Recently, one of our customers forwarded the following to us:
"[We had] an outstanding QRS survery. The exit conference has just concluded and our surveyors spoke very highly of our organization. They cited numerous best practices including:
- House-wide staff engagement in the survery process
- Performance Improvement processes
- Collaborative relations with the medical staff
- Medical Staff credentialing
- Tissue Tracking program
- Food and Nutrition hiring practices
- Environment of Care program
- Very low medical record delinquency rate
- Departmental stoplight reports
While [there are] opportunities for improvement, which in many cases have already begun, the surveyors told us they had an 'amazing and rewarding' week with us. "
Date: 9/28/2011
The Joint Commission's annual report on quality and safety names hospitals and critical-access hospitals that are top perfomers in using evidenced-based care processes, which are closely related to positive patient results. The hospitals were evaluated for the calendar year of 2010, with the top performers determined based upon 22 accountability measures in the categories of children's asthma, heart failure, heart attack, pneumonia, and surgical care. LPIT Solutions wants to recognize and offer congratulations to our TrackCore customers who ranked among the 405 hospitals and health organizations.
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield, CA
Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA
Saint Francis Health Center, Inc., Topeka, KS
Spectrum Health United Memorial, Greenville, MI
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
Plainview Hospital, Plainview NY
St. Charles Hopsital, Port Jefferson, NY
Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, NC
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, Houston, TX
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital, Sugar Land, TX
To view the entire 2011 Annual Report please visit
The Joint Commission.
Date: 9/26/2011
LPIT Solutions, Inc. is sponsoring the Donate Life Symposium, which is being held on Thursday, October 6, 2011 in Bloomington, MN. The event is put on by LifeSource and the University of Minnesota Medical School's Office of Continuing Medical Education. This year's symposium will focus on encouraging participants in "Creating a Culture of Donation" within their work place, communities and personal lives by sharing in best practices as well as experiences with transplantation or donation of organs and tissue.
LPIT Solutions looks forward to attending this event as it promotes organ and tissue donation as well as compliance in the proper handling and management of organ and tissue inventory. LPIT will be showcasing TrackCore, our inventory management solution which ensures that healthcare organizations are compliant with the FDA and The Joint Commission regulations by allowing them to efficiently manage and track the chain of custody for their tissues and implants.
About LPIT Solutions, Inc.Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPIT Solutions, Inc. specializes in the design, development and implementation of software solutions for the healthcare industry. For more information on LPIT or TrackCore, please visit
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/.
Date: 9/12/2011
LPIT Solutions, Inc will be in attendance at the 2011 Fall IDN Summit and Expo on September 13-15, 2011 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort. The event is organized and hosted by Healthcare Business Media, which produces highly focused healthcare events bringing together hospital executives and their partners.
Over 50 hospitals and health systems have registered to attend the 2011 conference, to engage with their peers in discussions on improving their supply chain operations. The unique tradeshow features a Reverse Expo, allowing healthcare decision makers to staff booths and host the suppliers.
The event also includes educational tracks, featuring industry representatives discussing the latest solutions in healthcare. LPIT looks forward to the opportunity to engage in discussions with prospective hospitals as well as continue in our relationships with our customers who are exhibiting.
For more information on this event, please visit
http://www.idnsummit.com/
Date: 9/8/2011
LPIT Solutions was among eight corporate sponsors of Censis Technologies, Inc.'s inaugural Censitrac Users Conference. The event was held August 14-16 in Nashville, TN at Vanderbilt University's Student Life Center.
LPIT enjoyed the opportunity to connect with Censistrac users and discuss TrackCore, the leading software solution for tracking tissues and surgical implants. The event focused on efficiency in healthcare supply chain operations, allowing us to showcase TrackCore's newest features of RFID and Mobile technology platforms. These new platforms allow supply and materials management staff to wave a device over a group of products and complete one of several TrackCore actions, such as receiving or validation, with one click. LPIT Solutions looks forward to building upon our relationship with Censis and welcomes the opportunity to serve the implant tracking needs of Censitrac users.
To learn more about Censis Technologies, Inc., please visit:
http://www.censis.net/home
Date: 8/1/2011
“I had an awesome experience with the training and use of TrackCore. The training given to us was thorough and concise without being overwhelming. Our staff is using the system and I have heard very few complaints about learning another computer system because it is so intuitive. At a glance I can see what has been used and what needs reordering. Since our billing staff also has access to the system, I feel we are incurring fewer lost charges. Thank you for making TrackCore a system that 'makes sense'.”
Cynthia L. Klein
Tissue Bank Coordinator
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Date: 8/1/2011
Have you ever “Googled" your own name or organization? We recently did just that at LPIT and here are some of the interesting links and newsy tidbits that we discovered.
First is LPIT’s partnership with The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, which began in September of 2007. Fast forward to 2009 when Rapid Growth Media covered LPIT’s development of TrackCore, and then Censis Technologies announced the strategic alliance LPIT formed with them in early 2009.
The most recent search results concern LPIT winning the GLITR “Reinvented Company of the Year” award in September of 2010, and LPIT‘s latest partnership which was formed last October with Amerinet, a leading healthcare group purchasing organization.
Read the complete articles online at:
Date: 7/28/2011
US News & World Report has released its 22nd annual rankings of the best hospitals in the US. Reviewing 5,000 hospitals, they identified 140 standout facilities in 16 specialties. LPIT Solutions would like to congratulate the TrackCore customers who made the 2011 list.
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Best Children’s Hospital and Top 50 in 10 specialties
Cleveland Clinic - #4 on The Honor Roll Top 50 in 13 specialties
Stanford Hospital and Clinics - #17 on The Honor Roll, Top 50 of 14 specialties
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco -#7 on The Honor Roll, Top 50 of 14 specialties
Hackensack University Medical Center - Top 50 in 4 specialties
Harborview Medical Center - Top 50 in 2 specialties
Henry Ford Hospital - Top 50 in 4 specialties
Indiana University Health - Top 50 in 18 specialties
Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center - Top 50 in 3 specialties
Rush University Medical Center - Top 50 in 11 specialties
St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY - Top 50 in 3 specialties
St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center - Top 10 in Neurology & Neurosurgery
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital - Top 50 in 6 specialties
University of California at San Diego Medical Center - Top 50 in 6 specialties
University of Chicago Medical Center -Top 50 in 21 specialties
University Hospitals Case Medical Center -Top 50 in 21 specialties
University of Minnesota Medical Center -Top 50 in 17 specialties
University of Rochester Medical Center - Top 50 in 7 specialties
Virginia Mason Medical Center - Top 50 for Gastroenterology
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Top 50 in 4 specialties
For the complete rankings and to view hospitals by specialty, please visit
http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals
Date: 7/28/2011
"The customer service from the TrackCore support staff is excellent! The staff have helped me on the very few occasions that I was stuck. The TrackCore team is consistently cheerful and fully equipped to handle any issue I presented to them. Calling the TrackCore help desk is always a pleasant experience."
Karen Schneck , CTBS
Tissue & Recall Coordinator
Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center
Date: 7/28/2011
“The biggest thing I took from TUG10 was learning ways to streamline our process. We had not started the pre-receiving process before TUG10, and I was very apprehensive about the potential for issues we could encounter. We implemented a couple of weeks after returning and have not had any issues. We pre-receive all tissue through our loading dock now and it has been a smooth transition/addition to our chain of custody.”
Elise Bell,
General Surgery Materials Coordinator
St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Date: 7/22/2011
LPIT Solutions wishes to congratulate several of its TrackCore customers who were named to the 2011 “Most Wired” listing by
Hospitals and Health Networks. The survey conducted in early 2011 asked hospitals and health systems to respond on their IT department’s initiatives.
The list of nationally recognized hospitals and health systems include
Baystate Health,
Hunterdon Healthcare,
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System,
MultiCare Health System,
Rush University Medical Center,
Stanford Hospital & Clinics,
University of California San Diego Health System, and
University of Missouri Health Care.
The survey for the 2011 Most Wired revealed that the majority of “Most Wired” electronically order medications, utilize digital records for clinical data and are leaders in safeguarding information via encryption on laptops and smartphones.
As a partner and vendor with these hospitals, LPIT Solutions helps ensure their technological advancement through the utilization of TrackCore for managing the chain of custody and tracking their usage of tissues and surgical implants. TrackCore provides full compliance with the standards of The Joint Commission and the FDA.
For a complete list of the “Most Wired” hospitals visit:
'Most Wired' Hospitals of 2011
Date: 7/22/2011
Scott Brubaker, the Chief Policy Officer at the American Association of Tissue Banks will provide the keynote address, Expectations when Handling Tissue Grafts, at the 2011 TrackCore User Group (TUG11) in Las Vegas. TUG11 attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions for Brubaker to answer during his address. The address will be followed by a live Q&A session with Brubaker.
Presentations by TrackCore customers are new to TUG this year. For our 2011 event, our customer presenters include Theresa Stec, Biovigilance Program Manager at Baystate Medical Center who will speak on Implementing TrackCore–Preparation, Training, Competency and Engagement and David Border, Tissue Coordinator at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center who will present Surprise! Maintaining Continuous Readiness for Inspections.
TUG11 runs September 19th to 22nd.
Date: 7/17/2011
Recently, VHA Mountain States became the fourth VHA regional office to offer TrackCore to their members. LPIT has been a sole source contracted provider with VHA since 2009 and values the relationship we have established with all our VHA customers. LPIT looks forward to providing members throughout the Mountain States region with our market leading solution for tracking tissues and implants within hospitals.
LPIT's first Mountain States customer has been successfully using TrackCore for 3 months. Exempla Health, located in Denver, CO, achieved a TrackCore record by being one of the fastest healthcare systems to implement TrackCore. TrackCore was live in all three Exempla Health facilities within 90 days of signing the contract.
About TrackCore
TrackCore ensures healthcare organizations are compliant with the FDA and Joint Commission regulations by allowing them to efficiently manage and track the chain of custody for their tissues and implants.
About LPIT Solutions, Inc.
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPIT Solutions, Inc. specializes in the design, development and implementation of software solutions for the healthcare industry.
Press Contact:
Amy Rycenga
Public Relations & Communications, LPIT Solutions
Phone (616) 632-2222
Fax (616) 632-2225
Date: 6/20/2011
The University of Missouri Health System has successfully launched LPIT’s TrackCore at three facilities with the Orthopaedic Institute being the first site live and now enjoying their first 6 months on TrackCore.
Columbia Regional Hospital, the Orthopaedic Institute and the University Hospital are now on the path to total compliance with the standards set forth by the Joint Commission.
The University’s medical experts have found the transition to tracking implants and tissue via technology easy. There are no more tedious forms to write on or paper copies to file. TrackCore does it all, providing electronic forms and storing data in a system with point and click accessibility.
The University chose to interface their Cerner SurgiNet EHR with LPIT’s TrackCore software by using Lawson’s Cloverleaf Secure Courier to send HL7 messages between the two programs.
For more information, visit The University of Missouri Health System at
http://www.muhealth.org/
Date: 6/17/2011
Valley Medical Center located in Renton, WA went live with TrackCore and implemented a TrackCore ADT interface with McKesson STAR in December 2010. Valley Medical completed the interface with TrackCore, the #1 rated tissue and implant tracking software, in less than two months.
Valley Medical is relying on Lawson's Cloverleaf Secure Courier to transmit messages to TrackCore. STAR 2000™ and TrackCore both follow HL7 standards which allow for better communication with the tissue and implant products of third-party vendors, including tissues from the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation.
TrackCore is a tissue tracking and implant management software application developed to improve hospital efficiency, manage inventory and storage of tissues or implants, and provide full compliance with the standards of the Joint Commission.
For more on Valley Medical Center please visit
http://www.valleymed.org/
Date: 6/15/2011
LPIT Solutions and the TrackCore team wishes to thank all the Nurses and Managers who visited our booth at AORN’s 58th Annual Congress. It was wonderful to meet and mingle with those who expressed an interest in how TrackCore addresses compliance with Joint Commission and FDA standards.
LPIT debuted TrackCore RFID and TrackCore Mobile at the event, demonstrating the new platforms which enable wireless identification of products using RFID labels and faster inventory management by completing the same action for an entire group of tissue products.
We would like to recognize and extend our appreciation to all of our TrackCore Customers who voluntarily shared their success stories with those who visited our AORN booth, particularly Jane Smith from Medical City Hospital in Dallas and Shelly Bosworth at North Kansas City Hospital.
Date: 5/31/2011
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 31, 2011 – LPIT Solutions Inc., a healthcare software company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, whose flagship software product TrackCore is the leading solution for tracking tissues and implants, is delighted to be attending the Picis Exchange 2011 Global Customer Conference the week of June 5 in San Diego, California.
LPIT will be meeting top professionals who utilize Picis’ products in their facilities including Nurses, IT Specialists and Executive Management. TrackCore provides the best inventory management for tracking, recording, and reporting data from a variety of sources. As the only solution reviewed by The Joint Commission, TrackCore has become the market leading software for tracking tissues and implants. LPIT has recently introduced TrackCore RFID and TrackCore Mobile platforms and looks forward to building relationships with the partners and customers of Picis.
About TrackCore Software
TrackCore Software is a cost-efficient, easy-to-use software package allowing organizations to efficiently manage and track the receipt, transfer, issuance, validation, implantation and disposal of tissues and implants. TrackCore ensures healthcare organizations are compliant with the FDA and Joint Commission.
About LPIT Solutions, Inc.
LPIT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology and healthcare software. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPIT Solutions, Inc. specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions and is the developer and distributor of TrackCore.
About Picis Exchange 2011
Picis Exchange Annual Customer Conference focuses on providing learning opportunities in all of the Picis solution areas for high-acuity care areas — the emergency department, operating room and intensive care. This year’s program will also include sessions focused on Picis LYNX revenue management solutions.
Press Contact:Amy Rycenga
Public Relations and Communications, LPIT Solutions
Phone (616) 632-2222
Fax (616) 632-2225
Date: 5/9/2011
MANDALAY BAY RESORT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- (May 8, 2011) - LPIT Solutions Inc., a healthcare software company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with flagship product TrackCore, attended the MedAssets 2011 Healthcare Business Summit at The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. 
LPIT Solutions was delighted to be a first time participant in the MedAssets conference. MedAssets provided a wonderful networking opportunity for its members and suppliers. LPIT is eager to offer MedAssets members the leading market solution for tracking tissues and implants. Numerous hospitals were able to see the advantages of TrackCore—from quick ROI to the intuitive features.
The TrackCore team enjoyed discussions with many OR Directors and Nurses on the new features and enhancements of TrackCore, including the functionality of TrackCore RFID and TrackCore Mobile. LPIT Solutions looks forward to continuing in the new relationship with MedAssets.
About TrackCore
TrackCore allows organizations to efficiently manage and track the receipt, transfer, issuance, validation, implantation and disposal of tissues and implants. TrackCore is the industry leader in tissue tracking helping healthcare organizations ensure compliance with the FDA and The Joint Commission.
About LPIT Solutions, Inc.
LPIT Solutions, Inc. specializes in the design, development and implementation of business technology and healthcare software. LPIT is proud to be the developer and distributor of TrackCore software.
About the MedAssets 2011 Healthcare Business Summit
The MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit was held April 25-29, 2011. The annual event arms healthcare providers with the trends, best practices and education they need to improve their operational performance, manage their margins and achieve sustained financial improvement.
Press Contact:
Amy Rycenga
Public Relations & Communications, LPIT Solutions
Phone (616) 632-2222
Fax (616) 632-2225
Date: 4/12/2011
Grand Rapids, Mich., April 2011—The TrackCore User Group 2011 (TUG11) will be held at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino on September 19-22, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. TUG11 is for all users of TrackCore including IT Directors, Materials Managers, and OR Directors as well as Perioperative, Surgical and Nursing staff.
The event will feature discussions on compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) and Food & Drug Administration (FDA) standards, TrackCore developments and releases–including TrackCore Mobile and TrackCore RFID, and industry insight on the future of tracking. The TrackCore team encourages all users to attend TUG 11 as it provides an opportunity for interaction and participation with clinical decision makers from across the United States.
New for 2011, attendees may become TrackCore Certified, receive additional training and have an opportunity to earn CEU credits. In addition, TUG11 attendees are invited to submit a poster based on topics related to tissue and implant management. The top qualifying posters will be selected for display in Las Vegas. TrackCore Users are also encouraged to submit a presentation on relevant topics including FDA/TJC Compliance and best practices for utilizing TrackCore.
TUG11 will also include the opportunity to explore Las Vegas with events planned at both the Rio and at locations along the Las Vegas strip. This high-energy event will be one you won’t want to miss!
For more information and to register for TUG 11 please visit https://secure.lpitsolutions.com/TUG11
Date: 2/21/2011
Bi-Directional Interfacing is now occurring between TrackCore and Meditech’s ORM Application at three of the Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) facilities in the Bakersfield, CA area; Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, and the Mercy Hospitals of Bakersfield Campuses at Truxtun and Southwest.
As of late December 2010, inbound ADT messages from the Memorial, Truxtun and Southwest facilities have been flowing via HL7 to TrackCore. ADT messages containing patient data are flowing from Meditech and auto-populating fields within TrackCore’s implant record.
The completed TrackCore Log, containing the tissue or implant data, is then sent back to finalize Meditech’s item implantation record. Additionally, outbound TrackCore inventory consumption messages from these facilities are being received by Meditech via HL7.
About CHW’s Bakersfield, CA Hospitals
Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) is the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California and the nation’s eighth largest hospital system. Founded in 1986, the CHW network serves a population spanning 22 million people at 41 hospitals across California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital opened in 1956 as a community hospital and is currently a regional medical center with nationally-recognized departments and services including a cardiovascular program, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery and general surgery, a Family Care Center, and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Today, the 418-bed facility serves patients throughout Kern County and beyond.
Mercy Hospitals of Bakersfield, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and consisting of the Truxtun and Southwest campuses, has cared for the residents of Kern County for over 100 years. Mercy is committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality, affordable health care services with special attention to the poor and underserved.
About LPIT Solutions & TrackCore
LPIT Solutions is a leading resource for healthcare technology solutions and integrated tracking applications through dynamic web-based software. TrackCore is the premier tracking solution designed to give healthcare providers the power to stay in control of their implant operations. TrackCore allows you to efficiently manage and track the receipt, transfer, issuance, validation, implantation and disposal of tissues and implants — all accomplished with point-and-click accessibility.
Date: 12/23/2010
LPIT Solutions commends three of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System’s facilities for their attainment of Stage 6 in HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model. They are three of 150 hospitals nationally recognized as sophisticated healthcare organizations.
Upon reaching Stage 6 the facilities of Memorial Hermann Katy, Memorial Hermann Southeast and Memorial Hermann Sugar Land are accepted as displaying significant progression in their IT proficiency. In addition, HIMMS officials distinguish Stage 6 hospitals for their advantageous capabilities of increased patient safety, support and recruitment for clinicians as well as competitive marketing for nurses and patients.
The EMR Adoption Model developed by HIMMS Analytics measures the advancement of employing information technology software applications and utilizing automated patient records. The hospitals achieving Stage 6 have almost entirely gone to electronic and paperless medical records and charting.
LPIT Solutions is proud to enhance Memorial Hermann’s efforts in utilizing the latest healthcare technology by providing them our TrackCore software. TrackCore allows Memorial Hermann to have efficient operating room procedures, by tracking their tissues and implants from delivery and reception to storage and implementation.
Memorial Hermann’s facilities are fully able to provide their data to the healthcare community by acquiring the technological support to trade an extensive amount of medical information. TrackCore improves their data sharing abilities by offering the point-and-click generation of reports on any tissue or implant.
Memorial Hermann, with 11 hospitals and 10 surgery centers, is the largest among Texas’ not-for profit health systems. Memorial Hermann has remained steadfast in accomplishing their mission of improving healthcare for the people of southeast Texas. The Memorial Hermann staff members have embraced an atmosphere of accountability and innovation allowing for an environment where patient safety persists as the top priority.
LPIT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for healthcare technology solutions and integrated tracking applications through dynamic web-based software. TrackCore, recognized as the market leading solution, is designed to give healthcare providers the power to stay in compliance and in control of their implant tracking process. TrackCore is the primary software platform for tracking, recording, and reporting data from a variety of sources.
Date: 12/17/2010
LPIT Solutions congratulates its TrackCore customers for their achievement in making the 2010 Leapfrog Group’s Annual Top Hospital List. The list of medical centers covers children’s hospitals, university and teaching hospitals as well as community hospitals.
LPIT commends Stanford Hospital and Clinics (CA), Rush University Medical Center (IL), Baystate Medical Center (MA), Hackensack University Medical (NJ), University Medical Center at Princeton (NJ), and Virginia Mason Medical Center (WA) for their success and recognition. We also congratulate Virgina Mason Medical Center for their additional achievement of being selected as one of two Top Hospitals of the Decade (2000-2010).
Our customers voluntarily took the survey, pitting themselves against the finest of their peers. They rose to be among the Top 65 from a body of 1200 Hospitals. The benchmarks for 2010 consisted of standards for high risk procedures, using computer physician order entry, providing adequate physician and nursing staff, adhering to the National Quality Forum’s appropriate protocol and policies along with advancement in preventing infections and implementation of procedures for managing serious medical errors.
LPIT is proud to help manage the tissue and implant tracking needs of these outstanding hospitals. Our TrackCore software helps these hospitals exceed compliance to the procedures outlined by the FDA and Joint Commission as well as National Quality Forum. We at LPIT are delighted to assist our clients in striving to achieve the highest standards in healthcare.
Leapfrog Group is an association of public and private employers that recognize and reward those in the healthcare industry who make improvements in safety, quality and enhance customer value in their medical facilities. For more information visit their website at
http://www.leapfroggroup.org/.
Date: 10/11/2010
St John’s Medical Center in West Lake, OH successfully went live with TrackCore in June 2010. They are using TrackCore to track all their cellular and synthetic implants from the loading dock all the way through final disposition. One of the challenges for the clinical staff was the completion of the patient information in TrackCore. Due to IT department constraints they were not able to provide an HL7 or webservices integration between Meditech and TrackCore at the time of go live. To help ease the charting demands on nursing, the IT team generated a report out of Meditech, like this one http://www.lpitsolutions.com/resourcedocuments/MeditechBarcodeSheet.pdf, for all patients booked for surgery. The report is placed in the patient’s chart in the holding area, and contains individual barcodes for Medical Record Number, Account/Visit Number, Patient Name, and Date of Birth. This allows the Circulating Nurse to scan the patient information directly into the implant screen in TrackCore thus dramatically reducing both the number of keystrokes and the time to complete the implant record.
Date: 10/11/2010
Recently, we have posted a lot about how our TrackCore customers can interface their existing Healthcare IT systems with TrackCore. What many may not be aware of is that TrackCore’s open integration platform also allows implant and tissue vendors to integrate with TrackCore. This means that by entering a serial number into the appropriate field when receiving an item into TrackCore, a user can retrieve information regarding that specific item directly from the vendor’s data description. This results in tremendous time savings, in terms of data entry, when receiving an item into TrackCore.
Many of our customers are familiar with this when receiving items from the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) into TrackCore. Through LPIT’s unique partnership with MTF, TrackCore regularly receives product information for individual items that are shipped to joint MTF / TrackCore customers. This allows automatic population of everything from the item description to the cost and dimensions of the item, saving a tremendous amount of keystrokes. This interface is automatic for every new TrackCore customer.
What some do not know is that a similar interface was also implemented by Edwards Lifesciences (ELS), a leading manufacturer of heart valves and related repair products. The first interface between ELS and TrackCore was implemented over a year ago for the Cleveland Clinic. In order for a customer to initiate an ELS interface, you must contact your ELS account representative and have them contact LPIT Solutions to start the discussions of establishing the interface.
Hospitals that are looking for an easy to use tissue and implant tracking application that utilizes vendor interfaces to streamline Joint Commission and FDA implant tracking requirements should contact LPIT Solutions at 1-866-574-8765. Information may also be requested on the LPIT website at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/info.
Date: 10/7/2010
Recently, LPIT Solutions worked with Memorial Hospital South Bend (MSB) to utilize TrackCore’s 2D barcode functionality to create an interface between TrackCore and Cerner Surginet.
The process started by determining the order of the fields on the Cerner implant screen for Memorial South Bend. Next, a 2D barcode rule was created in TrackCore which pulls out the necessary fields from TrackCore and puts them into the chosen barcode format (DataMatrix). In the case of MSB, they chose to include only implant item information, including the TrackCore serial number, the item vendor name, item description, item dimensions, the vendor provided serial number, expiration date, lot number, vendor part number, and MSB’s internal item number.
When the item is received into TrackCore, the 2D barcode label is printed and affixed to the product. The 2D barcode scanner attached to the Cerner station is configured to read the barcode label and provide the information to the Cerner implant screen.
This process will save several keystrokes per implant and untold minutes in data entry for MSB. This also allowed them to attain a certain level of system integration without the added expense of having to engage their interface team. Existing TrackCore customers can get a detailed worksheet, for free, that explains the steps through this process. Customers can also engage the TrackCore implementation team for additional process and implementation consulting if necessary. Existing customers should visit
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/support/trackcore to request the 2D integration document. Hospitals that are looking for an easy to use implant and tissue tracking application that interfaces using 1D and 2D barcodes, as well as using HL7 and other industry standards, should contact LPIT Solutions at 1-866-574-8765. Information may also be requested on the LPIT website at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/info.
Date: 10/6/2010
The modern bar code began in 1948, and by 1974, the first supermarket product with a barcode scanned at checkout was a 10 pack of Wrigley’s gum. Since then, the barcode’s distinct ability to mechanically identify a product has grown and evolved to the point where countless products are barcode labeled and the barcode itself has evolved to contain far more information than a simple product code.
Realizing the versatility and power of barcodes, LPIT Solutions added several pieces of functionality to TrackCore over the last several years that utilize barcodes to streamline and speed up data input, while enhancing integration capabilities. Relatively inexpensive and easy to implement barcode readers and label printers make utilizing TrackCore’s barcode capabilities a very cost effective way of streamlining the tissue and implant tracking process, and in the long run, a great return on your investment.
Bar code symbologies are definitions for how the barcode itself is formatted. TrackCore supports numerous symbologies including Code 39, Code 128, QR Code, PDF417, DataMatrix and more.
In TrackCore, you can use barcode scanners to read barcodes and:
- Search for and find specific items in the system.
- Retrieve data regarding an item that you are receiving into the system.
- Retrieve data regarding a patient by scanning their patient wrist band or chart.
- Use it as a data entry mechanism, by having other EMR software print out a list of barcodes that represent distinct pieces of information regarding an item or patient.
Most barcode scanners interact with your software packages by making your computer think that they are a keyboard. This means that you can use barcodes to enter data into a variety of fields and save a tremendous amount of keystrokes and data entry time. Scanners also come in both tethered and wireless models, the latter of which can offer the end user a tremendous amount of mobility when using TrackCore.
Attaching a label printer and printing barcode labels from within TrackCore provides users with two distinct advantages. In some cases, not all tissue and implant vendors uniquely identify each item that they send to a hospital. These items are barcoded with lot numbers or batch numbers which represent the general product information rather than the specific item the user is holding in their hand. Once an item is received into TrackCore, it is issued a unique identifier which can then be printed in the form of a barcode label and attached to the item itself. This enables hospital staff to scan for and easily identify the specific product that they are look for whether it is to implant the item or isolate it due to a recall notification.
The second major advantage to printing barcodes from TrackCore, is that users can print TrackCore barcode labels in a 2D format. Two-dimensional barcodes are usually represented in a square or pattern of squares that form a rectangle and are able to encapsulate a considerable amount of information in a small area. Symbologies like QR, PDF 417 and DataMatrix are all forms of 2D barcodes. Printing a 2D barcode out of TrackCore and affixing it to a patient chart allows users to enter their data into TrackCore. Then by using a 2D barcode scanner attached to their EMR system, they are able to efficiently enter information about both the implant and the patient into the EMR with a minimal amount of clicks and keystrokes.
For more information or questions about using 1D and 2D barcodes to efficiently and effectively track tissue and implants per Joint Commission and FDA regulations, contact LPIT Solutions at 1-866-574-8765. Information may also be requested on the LPIT website at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/info.
Date: 9/24/2010
The TrackCore team is often asked whether or not TrackCore will interface with a hospital’s existing EMR, OR scheduling software, supply chain software or other healthcare IT (HIT) systems. Often that question revolves around specific software like Epic’s Optime, Meditech, Lawson supply chain, Cerner’s Surginet, etc. The short answer to this question is always YES.
The TrackCore system was developed with an open integration system that allows hospitals to interface with TrackCore using the most desirable method for a hospital. This could mean an HL7 interface, secure web services or secure FTP, which are the three most popular types. Only data relevant to a customer’s use of TrackCore is used in the interfaces, however, LPIT continues to advance interface capabilities and is constantly working on developing new means and methods, as well as collection routines for specific types of data. This open system allows our interface capabilities to be agnostic when it comes to a specific HIT application.
Below is a short list of several of the interfaces that are currently implemented:
- Vendor specific item master data via FTP and XML Web Services
- Scheduling transactions from Epic Optime
- ADT Messages from Meditech via Web Services
- Scheduling transactions sent from Sybase Ebiz Impact via Web Services
- HL7 SIU (scheduling messages) sent via a secure HL7 courier application
- Scheduling information from Cerner Surginet via a secure HL7 courier application
- ADT information from Meditech via HL7 courier application
- Inventory consumption information from TrackCore via HL7 courier application (for supply chain software)
- Population of Cerner implant documentation screen fields using 2D barcodes printed in TrackCore
- Population of TrackCore implant data entry fields using barcodes printed from Meditech
If you are looking to interface your internal systems with a tissue and implant tracking package, LPIT can provide the right solution for your needs.
For more information or questions about interfaces not listed above, contact LPIT Solutions at 1-866-574-8765. Information may also be requested on the LPIT website at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/info.
Date: 9/3/2010
TrackCore Software, product of LPIT Solutions, Inc., is able to provide customers with integration to Surginet, Cerner’s perioperative and anesthesia information system. This integration allows customers to fully utilize both software applications’ functionality, eliminating the need for clinical staff to have to document information into two unique systems. Through the use of the industry standard messaging method known as HL7, data is sent from Surginet to a Lawson Cloverleaf Secure Courier (licensed from LPIT Solutions) and then into the TrackCore application.
This process is in use by three medical facilities at the University of Missouri and reduces the amount of data that the end users are required to enter in order to meet Joint Commission documentation requirements for the tracking of implants and tissues.
Many more Surginet interfaces are in the planning or implementation stages and there is always room for more interfaces at LPIT Solutions. Any interested existing customers or hospitals looking for Joint Commission tissue tracking compliance software that integrates with Surginet should contact the LPIT Solutions’ TrackCore sales department at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/sales/trackcore
Date: 9/2/2010
MEDITECH is an established vendor of integrated Health Care Information Systems and TrackCore is the market leading vendor of implant and tissue tracking software designed to assist hospitals in meeting Joint Commission compliance requirements for the tracking of tissue and implants. With many hospitals searching for ways to streamline their tracking and documentation efforts as well as ramp up their efforts to meet Meaningful Use requirements, the TrackCore team at LPIT Solutions has worked with a variety of hospitals to allow them to integrate the two systems to accomplish their goals.
Three facilities in the Christus Health system are exporting ADT messages from MEDITECH through their Lawson Cloverleaf integration engine into the secure TrackCore data transport application then into TrackCore. Currently over 1,000 ADT messages are sent from the 3 facilities daily.
Catawba Valley Medical Center is sending SIU scheduling messages from MEDITECH through their E-gate Interface Engine to the Cloverleaf Secure Courier client (licensed from Lawson through LPIT Solutions) and into the TrackCore application. Three facilities in the Catholic HealthCare West system are also in the process of implementing this HL7 interface option.
St. John’s Westshore Hospital, has taken a slightly different approach, and has created a process where they print a sheet of 1D barcodes from MEDITECH and then use that barcode sheet and a barcode scanner to enter data into TrackCore without the user having to touch the keyboard.
Many more MEDITECH interfaces are in the planning or implementation stages and there is always room for more MEDITECH interfaces at LPIT Solutions. Any interested existing customers or hospitals looking for Joint Commission tissue tracking compliance software that integrates with MEDITECH should contact the LPIT Solutions’ TrackCore sales department at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/sales/trackcore .
Date: 9/1/2010
At the TUG10 TrackCore User Conference, hosted by the Cleveland Clinic August 8-10, 2010, LPIT Solutions and the Cleveland Clinic announced the completion of an Enterprise Agreement that provides LPIT Solutions’ market leading implant and tissue tracking software to all of the Cleveland Clinic’s North American facilities.
In 2007, the Transplant Center and the Quality and Patient Safety Institute [at the Cleveland Clinic (sic)] implemented tissue tracking compliance software [TrackCore (sic)] designed to ensure adherence to Joint Commission standards for tissue transplantation and improve patient safety. This web-based program allows for bi-directional tracking of tissue from the donor or source facility to the recipient or other final disposition, including inventory monitoring, the ability to track the movement of tissue throughout the organization, storage of validation and patient implant records and the ability to monitor and log adverse events or donor infections so they can be properly reported. By the end of 2007, the tissue tracking system was in use at Main Campus and the three Ambulatory Surgery Centers for all areas using tissue. This is an excerpt from the Cleveland Clinic website and can be found in whole at
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/transplant/services/bone/default.aspx.
Date: 8/31/2010
LPIT’s Director of Technology, James A Casavant, will be presenting a session at Lawson’s 2010 Cloverleaf User Conference. Lawson (
http://www.lawson.com/ ) provides enterprise software and service solutions in the manufacturing, distribution, maintenance, and service industries. Over 4,500 customers use their software throughout the world and they have a particularly strong presence in various areas of the healthcare industry. Their Cloverleaf product provides organizations, like hospitals, the ability to enable all of their applications to seamlessly communicate with each other and share data. In the healthcare industry, inter-application data communication allows hospitals to move one step further toward achieving the Meaningful Use standards set forth in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2010. ARRA allows hospitals to receive financial incentives from Medicare and Medicaid for meeting Meaningful Use benchmarks.
James’ presentation will focus on one of LPIT Solutions’ core company values, delivering highly functional, budget-friendly software to solve internal and external customer business needs. The presentation will focus on how hospitals, in particular, can leverage Software as a Service (SaaS) applications like LPIT Solutions’ TrackCore platform in conjunction with the Cloverleaf Secure Courier client to create a fully integrated, budget-friendly software solution.
Date: 8/30/2010
On August 10, 2010, LPIT Solutions closed the TUG10 TrackCore User Group Conference by introducing the latest evolution of its market leading Implant and Tissue Tracking Software. TrackCore RFID and Mobile was introduced as a means that will further simplify and streamline the implant tracking process.
TrackCore has partnered with hardware vendor Informs, Inc (
http://www.informsinc.com/ ) and is piloting the new platform at the Cleveland Clinic’s (
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/ ) main campus. The application introduces Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) read/write capabilities, 1D/2D barcoding, touch screens and mobile device capabilities to reduce the keystrokes required to meet Joint Commission implant tracking documentation requirements and to simplify the overall process.
A new desktop based user interface utilizes the best features of kiosk style applications and applies it to the regulatory compliance and supply chain in healthcare environments. The TrackCore add-on works with customers’ existing web application data, enabling users to access TrackCore from either the software as a service (SaaS) web-based interface or from the RFID and Mobile interfaces. Those that had the opportunity to preview the application, at TUG10, found the user interface very user-friendly and viewed it as another significant step in streamlining the implant and tissue tracking process.
LPIT Solutions is currently in the pilot phase with The Cleveland Clinic, and will be looking for additional beta / pilot sites interested in implementing this solution in the very near future. Any existing or future customers interested in investigating this solution should contact LPIT Solutions at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/sales/trackcore and join the future of innovation.
Date: 8/19/2010
"Our nurses are having no problems and loving TrackCore! The ability to scan barcodes saves time by allowing us to quickly enter long serial numbers in our charting system. We are also utilizing the temperature logging feature. The program is so user friendly because input was given by a person who is actually on the user end! Thank-you!"
Jane D. Cox, R.N., BSN, CNOR
Perioperative Education Coordinator
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Date: 8/16/2010
CLEVELAND, OH--The TrackCore User Group 2010 was held at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute in Cleveland, Ohio on August 8-10. TUG10 was designed to spark and facilitate innovation with regards to tissue & implant tracking, compliance and methodologies to make the process easier and more efficient.
The event sparked interest from around the country, including hospitals from Californa all the way to New Jersey. "The input from our customers is invaluable to us" says Brenda Vander Linden, Co-Chair TUG10, "especially from a usability standpoint. In addition to giving our users the opportunity to voice their opinion, it gave them tremendous insight into how other organizations are tracking tissue and ensuring compliance."
In addition to the educational sessions, there was a panel session, comprising of Susan Sable of St. Francis Medical Center, David Border of Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Shelly Bosworth of North Kansas City Hospital, Karen Graves of The Cleveland Clinic, and Terri Stec of Baystate Medical Center.
Participants also had the opportunity to hear from Dr. Thomas Bauer, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Bauer has given more than 150 invited lectures outside of Cleveland Clinic, and has served as a consultant and voting member to U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panels in two different divisions. He has published more than 225 manuscripts and book chapters. He is also Deputy Editor for Research for The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.
The TrackCore User Group 2011 location and dates will be announced later this year.
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Date: 8/6/2010
US News & World Report just released its 21st annual rankings of the best hospitals in the US. Sifting through 5,000 hospitals, they identified 152 standout facilities in 16 specialities. LPIT Solutions would like to congratulate those customers that made the list.
- UC San Francisco Medical Center
- #7 on The Honor Roll with top 50 rankings in 11 specialties
- Cleveland Clinic
- #4 on The Honor Roll with top 50 rankings in 13 specialties
- Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, California
- Top 50 rankings in 12 specialties
- University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland
- Top 50 rankings in 7 specialties
- University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
- Top 50 rankings in 2 specialties
- Clarian Health, Indianapolis
- Top 50 rankings in 10 specialties
- Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
- Top 50 rankings in 11 specialties
- UC San Diego Medical Center
- Top 50 rankings in 5 specialties
- Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle
- #32 ranking in Gastroenterology
- Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
- Top 50 ranking in 4 specialties
- Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
- Top 50 rankings in 2 specialties
- Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Houston
- Top 50 rankings in 4 specialties
- Harper University Hospital, Detroit
- #43 ranking in Gynecology
- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix
- #8 ranking in Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Harborview Medical Center, Seattle
- #12 ranking in Orthopedics
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, California
- Top 30 rankings in 9 children's specialties
- Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis
- Top 30 rankings in 8 children's specialties
- Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit
- #28 ranking in Children's Heart & Heart Surgery
- Children's Medical Center-Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas
- #2 ranking in Children's Orthopedics
Read more about US News & World Report's top hospitals at
http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings
Date: 5/10/2010
Congratulations and welcome to the UCSF Medical Center as TrackCore was recently rolled out across three campuses including Parnassus, Mt. Zion and the Orthopedic Institute. The last campus to go live was Mt. Zion which went live in May of 2010.
If you are part of a hospital, system or IDN looking to implement tissue and implant tracking software for the purposes of Joint Commission and FDA regulatory compliance, feel free to contact the LPIT Solutions’ TrackCore sales department at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/sales/trackcore
Date: 3/15/2010
TrackCore was recently selected and implemented by the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System at all nine hospital locations. TrackCore was rolled out to the entire system in a 6 month timeline in order to easily facilitate each of the hospitals’ needs to meet Joint Commission requirements for implant and tissue tracking chain of custody documentation. Additionally, Memorial Hermann TMC serves as a Center of Excellence for the TrackCore platform.
If you are part of a hospital, system or IDN looking to implement tissue and implant tracking software for the purposes of Joint Commission and FDA regulatory compliance, feel free to contact the LPIT Solutions’ TrackCore sales department at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/sales/trackcore
Date: 3/10/2010
LPIT Solutions welcomes Stanford Health to the TrackCore family. TrackCore is the market leading implant and tissue tracking software that allows hospitals to meet and exceed Joint Commission requirements for the documentation of the chain of custody of tissues and implants, and it is being used at both the main hospital and the Surgical Center for their tissue and implant tracking needs.
If you are part of a hospital, system or IDN looking to implement tissue and implant tracking software for the purposes of Joint Commission and FDA regulatory compliance, feel free to contact the LPIT Solutions’ TrackCore sales department at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/sales/trackcore
Date: 12/14/2009
"After we ‘went live’ with TrackCore, our staff response has been very positive. I have been impressed with your software from the first time I saw a demonstration! I am amazed at the ease of use and intuitiveness. The TrackCore process is very easy to navigate. From receiving an item, to adding vendors and users, TrackCore makes tissue tracking painless.
I cannot express how happy we are that we have implemented TrackCore at Medical City Dallas.
Thank-you for such a great product!"
Jane M. Smith, RN, CNOR
Orthopedic Supervisor, OR
Medical City Dallas Hospital
Date: 12/8/2009
LPIT Solutions, Inc. (TrackCore Software) and Lawson Software announce a strategic integration partnership designed to benefit healthcare organizations utilizing the CloverLeaf Secure Courier Client Suite. The partnership allows customers to easily integrate with most clinical and supply chain applications being utilized by hospitals today, including, but not limited to, Cerner/SurgiNet®, Epic®, McKesson®, Meditech®, and more.
Working together, we will create more incentives for customers to utilize both TrackCore and Cloverleaf. Using Cloverleaf, the TrackCore Software application will be able to seamlessly exchange information among various applications, data repositories, and information technology systems as needed, in real-time, regardless of location or format. Even if you currently use a different integration engine this partnership makes it easier for us to provide integration with your existing integration engine.
For more information about the LPIT Solutions-Lawson Partnership,
contact us.
Date: 11/1/2009
"I have had a wonderful experience with TrackCore ever since we have been using it! In addition to the great software, my experience with customer support is outstanding! TrackCore support is knowledgeable and has handled any/all questions with grace.
Keep up the great job!”
Carmel Pound
Education Resource Specialist
Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital
Date: 10/1/2009
TrackCore has partnered with VHA Pacific Northwest, West Coast and Central regions as a sole source contracted provider for tissue and implant tracking software for their members.
If you are part of a hospital, system or IDN looking to implement tissue and implant tracking software for the purposes of Joint Commission and FDA regulatory compliance, feel free to contact the LPIT Solutions’ TrackCore sales department at
http://www.lpitsolutions.com/contact/contactform/sales/trackcore
Date: 3/26/2009
At the 2009 AORN Congress, LPiT Solutions, the developer of Tissue TrackCore announced that their software solution now supports integration with RFID hardware. RFID hardware is used to wirelessly receive product identification information from an RFID label and then electronically transmit the information directly to Tissue TrackCore, reducing the number of keystrokes required to perform data entry if bar code scanners are not in use. The RFID integration allows hospitals to track items with less manual data entry, providing for quicker and more accurate data entry, thus saving hospitals time and money.
Tissue TrackCore has become a best in breed solution for meeting Joint Commission and FDA compliance regulations regarding the tracking of tissue and other implantable items. Developed by a group of healthcare and technology professionals, Tissue TrackCore continues to evolve in ways that make tracking implantable items and meeting compliance regulations easier, faster and more affordable. In the next few months, Tissue TrackCore will be integrating even more technology to make meeting Joint Commission requirements that much faster and easier.
Date: 3/26/2009
There are several new changes to the Joint Commission Standards for 2009. One of the biggest changes directly affects the transplanting of tissues and organs.
- Transplant Safety (TS) is now its own Gold Chapter and a hospital must meet all the Elements of Performance (EP) in this chapter as a “Requirement for Accreditation”
What this means: The Joint Commission surveyor will spend time doing tracers and reviews on your entire tissue program.
- The new TS chapter requires more Documentation and new Measures of Success.
What this means: A Measure of Success (MOS) is needed. An MOS is defined as a quantifiable measure, usually related to an audit, which will be used to determine whether an action has been effective and is being sustained.
- There are now six Elements of Performance (EP) that are critically tagged and fall under the “Direct Impact Requirement” {TS .03.01.01 #5, #10} {TS .03.02.01 #1} {TS .03.03.01 #3, #4, #5}
What this means: If one or more Direct Impact EPs under a standard are found to be partially or insufficiently compliant, then all EPs under that standard must be addressed in an Evidence of Standards Compliance (ESC) within 45 days. Failure to send in the ESC or the MOS can result in either conditional accreditation or even denial of accreditation, or an unannounced on-site validation survey to see if you have made the required changes.
- Tissue TrackCore (TTC) is the only tissue tracking compliance software to be reviewed by the Joint Commission Resources. TTC can help you simply and efficiently meet all of the new standards with minimum impact on your staff.
What this means: For the cost of a couple of pieces of tissue you can not only ensure compliance, but also save time and reduce costs by purchasing the market leading software solution.
Date: 3/26/2009
The Tissue TrackCore Team at LPiT Solutions would like to extend a sincere thank you to the nearly 1400 Nurses and Managers who visited our booth and the MTF booth at the AORN trade show. It was great to meet everyone who stopped by to find out how Tissue TrackCore can help address compliance issues in a fast and easy manner.
We would like to extend a special thank you to the following TrackCore Customers who volunteered to share their Tissue TrackCore success stories with everyone who visited us at AORN:
- Jennifer Mockler, Program Manager for Tissue Transplant at the Cleveland Clinic
- Karen Graves, Operations Coordinator-Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic
- Judith Berkshire, Surgical Information Systems Nursing Liaison at Rush University Medical Center
- Susan Sable, Quality Improvement Coordinator for Laboratory at St. Francis Medical Center
Date: 3/1/2009
"TrackCore has turned tears of frustration to tears of relief! Instead of going tediously through all of our ASC’s Records, TrackCore allows us to generate, compare and print reports. It’s simple! The intuitiveness of TrackCore allows us to quickly point, click and print all tissue related information.
We love TrackCore! My happiness meter if off the charts!"
Gina Igel, RN, BSN
Stanford University Medical Center
Date: 2/17/2009
LPiT Solutions, developer of Tissue TrackCore, software for tissue tracking compliance, announced today that they will once again be exibiting at the
2009 AORN Congress. Be sure to visit them at booths 1200 and 1522 [shared with Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF)] in the exhibit hall. The
Congress allows the perioperative profession to revitalize their passion for nursing and expand their skills. Outstanding education and events help them make valuable connections with their colleagues and industry partners. One of the educational opportunities, will be the chance to earn 2 hours of CE credit at the MTF booth by completing the Allograft Standards and Compliance: "Getting on Track" study guide. The guide explains the current FDA, AATB, Joint Commission, AORN and AABB standards as they relate to tissue management and provides a tracking solution that can be tailored to your individual facility. Also included are case studies from Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Rush University Medical Center and St. Francis Medical Center describing how each facility "got on track" and implemented a tissue tracking system that saves time and ensures compliance within their organization.The
AORN Congress is attended by more than 6,800 perioperative professionals. This year the
Congress is being held in Chicago, Illinois from March 14th to 19th, 2009. Visit the
AORN Congress website at
http://www.aorn.org/.
LPiT Solutions is a group of healthcare and technology professionals, that developed software that provides hospitals and surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissue in compliance with
FDA and Joint Commission (
JCAHO) standards.
Tissue TrackCore offers the healthcare industry a market leading software package that allows facilities to meet and exceed the The Joint Commission's (
JCAHO) standards. The application allows for verification of package integrity, temperature range, and expiration date for every point of contact with each tissue. Reporting, source facilities, follow-ups, storage location temperature processing, and many other features are built into this integrated software application.
Date: 1/2/2009
Tissue TrackCore’s Director of Training and Implementation, Alan Brander, was recently featured in an article titled
Keeping Track of Tissue in the Supply Chain in
Materials Management in Health Care magazine. In the article, Alan, a former Chief Nursing Officer, remarked on how things are different now than in prior years.
In the past, materials managers really cared about whether the right order showed up at the right time on the loading dock. Now the Joint Commission wants you to track every interaction that every person has with that tissue.
Penn State Hershey Medical Center, a current Tissue TrackCore customer, is also mentioned in the article. The hospital’s director of surgical services, Matt Brennan agrees with Alan:
... materials managers must be aware that a new age of tissue care has dawned—one that requires increased tracking, record keeping and accountability. Sooner or later, some agency will knock on every hospital door, experts say. If you can show that you have your ducks in a row, you won’t have a problem. If not, the consequences can be serious.
For full text of the article, see
http://www.matmanmag.com/matmanmag_app/jsp/articledisplay.jsp?dcrpath=MATMANMAG/Article/data/10OCT2008/0810MMH_FEA_BioStorage&domain=MATMANMAGA rich feature set, thorough knowledge and understanding of the Joint Commission’s evolving standards, regular application updates, and a wealth of feedback from an active and participatory user group, has allowed Tissue TrackCore to establish itself as a market leader in implantable item tracking and compliance. If your hospital is in need of tissue tracking and compliance software and wants to join our other success stories when it comes time for your Joint Commission reaccredidation survey, contact a Tissue TrackCore sales representative at
1.866.574.8765 or email us at
sales@tissuetrackcore.com.
Date: 1/2/2009
Successful implementations of TrackCore are providing huge dividends for customer hospitals. The implementation and use of TrackCore is leading to successful Joint Commission audits and is easing the minds of OR managers who no longer have to fear whether or not their documentation is up to Joint Commission Standards.
In September of 2008, Spectrum Health United Hospital (SHUM) in Greenville, Michigan joined the ranks of successfully surveyed TrackCore clients. With regard to SHUM’s recent Joint Commission reaccreditation survey, Brian L. Brasser, RN and Chief Nursing Officer at SHUM said:
The physician surveyor remarked that he was "extremely impressed with the on-line tissue tracking program" and particularly liked our ability to quickly display the detail around all of the tissue samples in our program. He mentioned that the functionality provided by Tissue TrackCore was "very impressive" and that it was instrumental in assuring our compliance to the applicable standards.
We are completely satisfied customers of your product.
Additionally, in December of 2008, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois participated in a “mock” Joint Commission inspection and experienced great results, thanks in part to Tissue TrackCore.
…we had a "mock" JCAHO inspection and one of the first things they asked to see was our tissue tracking system. I was able to easily show how our tissues are documented through log in to implantation. The examiner seemed impressed with our system, taking notes, including getting the TrackCore name. I felt very confident with the organized information that I was able to provide. This will be one less anxiety when the actual JCAHO inspection occurs.
Judith A. Berkshire,R.N.
Surgical Information Systems
Operating Room
Rush University Medical Center
A rich feature set, thorough knowledge and understanding of the Joint Commission’s evolving standards, regular application updates, and a wealth of feedback from an active and participatory user group, has allowed Tissue TrackCore to establish itself as a market leader in implantable item tracking and compliance. If your hospital is in need of tissue tracking and compliance software and wants to join our other success stories when it comes time for your Joint Commission reaccreditation survey, contact a Tissue TrackCore sales representative at 1.866.574.8765 or email us at sales@tissuetrackcore.com.
Date: 10/14/2008
“I have been the Quality Assurance Coordinator for the Tissue Implantation Program for the last 8 years. When I looked at TTC, I just knew it was exactly how I thought things should work. The TTC software allows us to print a unique bar-code label for each product, so our staff knows which one to scan when there are multiple barcode stickers. In addition, the training program was detailed and well planned after which I felt comfortable doing the training for the OR Staff, Wound Care Center and Blood Bank myself. The TTC Team has been great from start to finish and we have not had any problems. TTC alone does everything and is the only application we use for implant tracking! I can only say good things about TTC and would highly recommend them.”
Susan Sable MT (ASCP), SM, CIC
Laboratory Quality Assurance Coordinator
St. Francis Medical Center
Date: 9/22/2008
In light of several successful new integrations between Tissue TrackCore and external medical information systems, the Tissue TrackCore training and implementation team has released new documents for both existing and potential customers. These documents outline how Tissue TrackCore customers can leverage integration between Tissue TrackCore and their existing information systems to improve ROI, reduce errors in data entry and increase the speed at which tissue tracking compliance tasks are completed.
Tissue TrackCore's HL7 and Web Services integration systems along with their systems integration team offers the medical facility a lot of flexibility integrating their existing systems with Tissue TrackCore. For more information on getting started with Tissue TrackCore integration visit the Integrations page on the Tissue TrackCore website at
http://www.tissuetrackcore.com/
Date: 9/10/2008
9/9/2008 – Through the use of secured web services, LPiTSolutions, Inc is successfully interfacing with McKesson’s Pathways Healthcare Scheduling (PHS) to ease data entry and improve accuracy in its tissue tracking software, Tissue TrackCore, aimed at assisting medical facilities in meeting Joint Commission standards for tracking allograft and autograft tissue.
In November 2007, LPiTSolutions introduced its Web Services Integration Platform (WSIP) into Tissue TrackCore, in order to provide medical facilities the ability to integrate their other information systems with TrackCore and to realize efficiencies in data entry. WSIP enables medical facilities to integrate a variety of systems that may or may not use HL7 as the standard format for transmitting data.
Additionally, in August of 2008, Tissue TrackCore introduced an HL7 interface as part of its offerings as well. This will allow hospitals with existing HL7 infrastructures, or who are looking to move to HL7, the ability to seamlessly integrate more of their systems with Tissue TrackCore.
Integrations, like the one with PHS, are resulting in the increased operational efficiencies through reduced keystrokes, improved data entry accuracy, and the elimination of redundantly entered data.
If you are a medical facility investigating tissue tracking compliance software, and are interested in operational efficiencies and data integration, be sure to talk to a Tissue TrackCore sales representative about utilizing Tissue TrackCore and WSIP or HL7. If you are an existing Tissue TrackCore user and want to further improve your operational efficiencies even more, call your account representative or our technical support line and ask about our web services and HL7 integration options.
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Date: 9/5/2008
The Joint Commission has recently posted pre-publication versions of the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) and the 2009 Hospital Accreditation Requirements which includes a new chapter entitled Transplant Safety. The new publications contain a number of new items that may affect a hospital’s current practices regarding tissue and implant handling.
One of the important changes contained in the 2009 NPSG standard is entitled Universal Protocol (UP.01.01.01), and it addresses the pre-procedure verification process commonly referred to as the “Time Out”. The second Element of Performance for UP.01.01.01, found on page 25, reads:
“When the patient is in the pre-procedure area, immediately prior to moving the patient to the procedure room, a checklist (for example, paper, electronic, or other medium such as a wall-mounted white-board) is used to review and verify that the following items are available and accurately matched to the patient:
- Relevant documentation (for example, history and physical, nursing assessment, and pre-anesthesia assessment).
- Accurately completed, and signed, procedure consent form.
- Correct diagnostic and radiology test results (for example, radiology images and scans, or pathology and biopsy reports) that are properly labeled.
- Any required blood products, implants, devices and /or special equipment for the procedure.”
Tissue TrackCore allows hospitals to easily meet the requirement to review and verify that any needed implants/tissues are available. The holding room or circulating RN can use Tissue TrackCore’s patented Log Activity screen to do a simple search of active inventory for the implants or tissues that are needed for the procedure.
For complete text of the 2009 NPSG standard for hospital programs, see the manual chapter link at http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/NationalPatientSafetyGoals/09_hap_npsgs.htm.
The 2009 Hospital Accreditation Requirements now include a new Transplantation Safety chapter. This chapter contains requirements relating to organ and tissue handling. Formerly part of the Provision of Care, Treatment and Services chapter, these requirements are now contained within a separate chapter. In addition to the numbering changes, there have been some minor changes made to the text. A separate Transplant Safety chapter will result in much greater scrutiny of a hospital’s program, policies, and procedures relating to transplants and implants. For the full text see the Chapter link in the Transplant Safety section at http://www.jointcommission.org/Standards/SII/sii_hap.htm.
Medical facility administrators should be sure to review the complete standards in detail, in order to be prepared for when the standards are formally released. To find out more about how Tissue TrackCore can help your medical facility meet and exceed the current and the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and Hospital Accreditation Requirements, you can visit our website at www.tissuetrackcore.com, call a sales and account representative at 1.866.574.8765 or email us at sales@tissuetrackcore.com
Date: 7/31/2008
The Tissue TrackCore platform is experiencing explosive growth in its user base as it is selected by multiple Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) and Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs). Recent agreements with IDNs including Catholic Healthcare West, Christus Health, Memorial Hermann and the Sisters of Charity Leavenworth have lead to immediate double digit growth in customer base including 18 facilities in the Christus Health System alone.
The number of hospitals joining IDNs and GPOs continues to grow as they seek to find more ways to cut costs and deliver affordable healthcare. As part of a larger group hospitals are able to negotiate better deals and standardized practices and technology across partner facilities. Tissue TrackCore’s affordable pricing, state of the art technology, singular product focus and thorough understanding of tissue and implant tracking compliance issues, makes it an attractive solution for IDNs, and their member facilities, looking for the lowest total cost of ownership.
“Tissue TrackCore continues to be evaluated side by side with competing products at the IDN level and has been selected in all of these competitive situations to date.” says John Post, President LPiT Solutions, Inc., the technology company behind Tissue TrackCore.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that provides surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissues in compliance with FDA and Joint Commission standards. Written specifically to address the Joint Commission’s tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy to use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy in tracking tissues and implants.
For information on how Tissue TrackCore can assist your IDN, GPO or medical facility in affordably meeting and exceeding Joint Commission and FDA tissue tracking compliance requirements, contact a sales and account management representative at sales@tissuetrackcore.com or by phone at 1.866.574.8765.
Date: 6/24/2008
LPiT Solutions, Inc Releases Tissue TrackCore Update
On Saturday, June 21st, LPiT Solutions, Inc released the latest update to its market leading Tissue TrackCore software package that facilitates the tracking of tissue and implants in compliance with federal guidelines. User feedback, operational streamlining and enhanced data security were the driving forces behind the latest build.
The Tissue TrackCore team continues to draw on user input from regular contact with our customers in order to streamline the recording process and improve the quantity and quality of data that the users store. The team also looks to industry best practices and ongoing testing to find more ways to protect customer data without sacrificing system performance.
Some of the new and exciting changes that have been made include:
- Auto-lookup procedure names and materials used in implant procedures
- Print reports as encrypted PDFs
- Export more data to Microsoft Word and Excel
- Share and secure reports with other users
- Improved patient record lookup.
- Enhanced letter and report templates with multiple style and formatting options.
- On screen indicators for imported versus manually input data.
- Greater configuration options for the most frequently used screens
- Additional information associated to item types
- The ability to log the storage of frozen items that have been thawed.
- Archive your own data
- Simplification of security configuration
- Additional data sources and improved search capabilities in dynamic reporting.
- Increased integration capabilities
- Additional security enhancements to protect customer data.
For existing users, the full details about the changes are described in both the User Manual and from the dashboard which are available upon login or by contacting Tissue TrackCore support via email at softwaresupport@tissuetrackcore.com or by calling 1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765) and choosing option 2 for support.
Potential customers can find out more about all of Tissue TrackCore’s functionality and how it can help you meet and exceed federal guidelines for tracking tissue by contacting sales@tissuetrackcore.com or calling 1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765) and choosing option 1 for sales.
Date: 5/16/2008
LPiT Solutions would like to thank everyone who came to visit us this year at the 55th Annual AORN Congress. Special thanks to the 300+ attendees that spent the extra time to view the product overview in our booth. We enjoyed meeting and talking with all of you.
The national response to Tissue TrackCore has been phenomenal and we are excited about the continued growth of our customer base. In our continued commitment to our new and existing customers, we have surveyed our customer base and will be releasing more exciting new features into Tissue TrackCore in June.
Please be sure to call or email us if you would like to find out more about our product or wish to schedule a product demonstration.
Date: 4/29/2008
4/25/2008 – Through the use of secured web services, LPiTSolutions, Inc is successfully interfacing with ORIS (Operating Room Information System) to ease data entry and improve accuracy in its tissue tracking software aimed at assisting medical facilities in meeting Joint Commission standards for tracking allograft and autograft tissue.
In November 2007, LPiTSolutions introduced its Web Services Integration Platform (WSIP) into Tissue TrackCore, in order to provide medical facilities the ability to integrate their other information systems with TrackCore and to realize efficiencies in data entry. WSIP enables medical facilities to integrate a variety of systems that may or may not use HL7 as the standard format for transmitting data.
In February 2008, integration with ORIS was established and since then WSIP has processed over 200 transactions per day for each facility that is utilizing this integration capability. Integrations, like the one with ORIS, are resulting in the increased operational efficiencies through reduced keystrokes and the elimination of redundantly entered data.
If you are a medical facility investigating tissue tracking compliance software and are interested in operational efficiencies and data integration be sure to talk to a Tissue TrackCore sales representative about utilizing Tissue TrackCore and WSIP. If you are an existing Tissue TrackCore user and want to further improve your operational efficiencies even more call your account representative or our technical support line and ask about our web services integration.
Phone: 1.866.574.8765
Press 1 for Sales and Account Management
or
Press 2 for Technical Support
Sales: sales@tissuetrackcore.com
Support: softwaresupport@tissuetrackcore.com
Date: 2/6/2008
The HCA Richmond Health System has signed with Tissue TrackCore to help meet the tissue tracking needs of all 6 of the facilities in the system.
Henrico Doctors Hospital (
http://www.henricodoctors.com) will be the first facility in the system to implement Tissue TrackCore.
Visit the HCA Richmond Health System on the web at
http://www.hcarichmond.com. Tissue TrackCore is a
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC and
LPiTsolutions, Inc product designed to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue.
Date: 2/1/2008
"...we had a 'mock' Joint Commission inspection and one of the first things they asked to see was our tissue tracking system. I was able to easily show how our tissues are document through log-in to implantation. The examiner seemed impressed with our system, taking notes, including getting the TrackCore name. I felt very confident with the organized information that I was able to provide. This will be one less anxiety when the actual Joint Commission inspection occurs."
Judith A. Berkshire, R.N.
Surgical Information Systems-Operating Room
Rush University Medical Center
Date: 1/29/2008
LPiTsolutions, a partner in
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC, announced today that they will be one of the sponsors of the
2008 AORN Congress. Be sure to visit us at booth 900 in the exhibit hall.
The
AORN Congress is attended by more than 6,800 perioperative professionals. This year the
Congress is being held in Anaheim, California from March 30 through April 3rd, 2008. The
Congress allows the perioperative profession to revitalize their passion for nursing and expand their skills. Outstanding education and events help them make valuable connections with their colleagues and industry partners. Visit the
AORN Congress website at
http://www.aorn.org.
This sponsorship makes a lot sense for both
LPiTsolutions and the
AORN Congress since
LPiTsolutions is a partner in
Tissue Tracking.com LLC, which is a group of healthcare and technology professionals, that developed software that provides hospitals and surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissue in compliance with
FDA and Joint Commission
(JCAHO) standards.
Tissue TrackCore offers the healthcare industry the only software application that allows facilities the ability to meet and exceed the The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) standards. The application allows for verification of package integrity, temperature range, and expiration date for every point of contact with each tissue. Reporting, source facilities, follow-ups, storage location temperature processing, and many other features are built into this integrated software application.
Date: 1/14/2008
LPiT Solutions is proud to announce that it has released a new update to its Tissue TrackCore tissue tracking solution. Combining user group feedback and customer needs analysis to drive the functionality behind this release, Tissue TrackCore has added even more new capabilities to its system. These features include greater flexibility in how and what data is captured.
Contact us at
sales@tissuetrackcore.com to schedule a demonstration of our new functionality today.
Tissue TrackCore is a
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC and
LPiTsolutions, Inc product designed to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue.
Date: 12/31/2007
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Penn State University has signed with Tissue TrackCore for their tissue tracking needs.
Visit the Center on the web at
http://www.hmc.psu.eduTissue TrackCore is a
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC and
LPiTsolutions, Inc product designed to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue.
Date: 12/24/2007
Thank-you to these TrackCore User Group participants who braved the ice and snow to come to Grand Rapids, Michigan earlier this month - Karen Coe (St. Mary's, Grand Rapids), Micah Davis (Cleveland Clinic), Amy Laarman (St. Mary's, Grand Rapids), Jennifer Mockler (Cleveland Clinic), Carol Shaffer (St. Mary's, Grand Rapids), MaryBeth Thompson (St. Mary's, Grand Rapids), and Allen Wolbrink (Holland Hospital, Holland, MI) - and to the web conference participants.
We appreciate the time you took out of your busy schedule to discuss new functionality as well as future capabilities in TrackCore Software.
The TrackCore Team
LPIT Solutions, Inc.
Date: 12/1/2007
"With regards to feedback received at a recent Joint Commission reaccreditation survey, "The physician surveyor remarked that he was 'extremely impressed with the on-line tissue tracking program' and particularly liked our ability to quickly display the detail around all of the tissue samples in our program. He mentioned that the functionality provided by Tissue TrackCore was 'very impressive' and that it was instrumental in assuring our compliance to the applicable standards.
We are completely satisfied customers of your product."
Brian L. Brasser, RN
Chief Nursing Officer
Spectrum Health United Hospital
Date: 11/5/2007
Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York has signed with Tissue TrackCore for their tissue tracking needs. Mt. Sinai expects to go live on 12/1/2007.
Visit Mt Sinai on the web at http://www.mountsinai.org
Tissue TrackCore is a Tissue Tracking.com, LLC and LPiTsolutions, Inc product designed to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue.
Date: 11/5/2007
"Tissue TrackCore has definitely made tracking our tissue easier, and I really like the idea of scanning the tissue from MTF and all the fields are populated. We love it!"
Martha Larkin, RN, CNOR
Nurse Manager-Perioperative Services
Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens
Date: 10/15/2007
LPiT Solutions is proud to announce the Release of Tissue TrackCore V2.0. The new release includes a lot of great new features including:
· Easier to use interface with new time saving features for end users
· Ability to integrate with other hospital systems
· The ability to capture and report on more relevant data
· Greater organization-wide system customization options
· Enhanced system security and performance
Contact us at sales@tissuetrackcore.com to schedule a demonstration of our new functionality today.
Tissue TrackCore is a Tissue Tracking.com, LLC and LPiTsolutions, Inc product designed to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue.
Date: 10/9/2007
North Kansas City Hospital has selected Tissue TrackCore for their Tissue and Implant Tracking needs.
Visit North Kansas City Hospital on the web at
http://www.nkch.org.
Tissue TrackCore is a
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC and
LPiTsolutions, Inc product designed to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue.
Date: 10/1/2007
Tissue TrackCore has been awarded a national contract by Broadlane. Broadlane customers and partners are now able to utilize Broadlane contract pricing in accessing Tissue TrackCore Software.
Visit Broadlane at
http://www.broadlane.com Tissue TrackCore is a
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC and
LPiTsolutions, Inc product designed to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue.
Date: 10/1/2007
Tissue TrackCore went live today, October 1st, at all three Lakeland Health Care Facilities.
Visit Lakeland Health Care at
http://www.lakelandhealth.orgTissue TrackCore is a
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC and
LPiTsolutions, Inc product designed to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue.
Date: 8/14/2007
August 14, 2007 Press Release – Lakeland Health Care Signs with Tissue TrackCore
Tissue TrackCore to be implemented at 3 Lakeland Health Care Facilities in St. Joseph, MI.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 14, 2007 – Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, received news that Lakeland Health Care (www.lakelandhealth.org) in St. Joseph, MI. has signed a contract to use Tissue TrackCore Software as their solution for their tissue tracking compliance needs at their 3 main facilities.
“We are looking forward to implementing Tissue TrackCore at Lakeland Health Care’s facilities and helping them with their Tissue Compliance Initiative.” states John Post, partner of Tissue Tracking.com LLC and President of LPiT Solutions.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that provides a cost-effective way to help organizations track tissue in their efforts to be in compliance with FDA and Joint Commission standards. Written specifically to address Joint Commission's tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLC
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) tissue tracking standards and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.
LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs. LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of Tissue TrackCore.
Press Contact
Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com
Date: 8/13/2007
August 13, 2007 Press Release – Maricopa Medical’s Burn Center Signs with Tissue TrackCore
Tissue TrackCore to be implemented at Maricopa Medical’s Burn Center in Phoenix, AZ.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, August 13, 2007 – Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, received news that Maricopa Medical’s Burn Center (www.azburncenter.com) in Phoenix, AZ has signed a contract to use Tissue TrackCore Software as their solution for their tissue tracking compliance needs.
“Compliantly tracking the sheer volume of grafts that are utilized at Maricopa Medical’s Burn Center with out a product like Tissue TrackCore was very time intensive” states John Post, partner of Tissue Tracking.com LLC and President of LPiT Solutions. “We are pleased to have been selected to help them with their Tissue Compliance Initiative.”
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that provides a cost-effective way to help organizations track tissue in their efforts to be in compliance with FDA and Joint Commission standards. Written specifically to address Joint Commission's tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLC
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) tissue tracking standards and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.
LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs. LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of Tissue TrackCore.
Press Contact
Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com
Date: 7/6/2007
For Immediate Release
Media Contact
Kimberly Fitzgerald
VP, Marketing
732-661-3184
The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, and LPiT Solutions Inc. Announce Software Agreement
Edison, NJ, July 2, 2007:The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (“MTF”), the nation’s largest tissue bank, and LPiT Solutions Inc., the creator and provider of Tissue TrackCore, tissue tracking and compliance software, announced today that they have entered into an exclusive development and distribution agreement. The two companies will work together to develop an enhanced version of software specifically for MTF customers.
Don Larson, Vice President of Sales for MTF, stated, “JCAHO compliance is an integral part of a healthcare organization’s operations and as part of that effort the tracking of tissue is a growing concern. We are pleased to partner with LPiT to help MTF customers meet federal compliance requirements, as well as reduce the time and costs associated with effective tissue tracking.”
John Post, President of LPiT Solutions Inc, stated, “Being selected to partner with MTF provides us with an exciting opportunity to present our Tissue TrackCore software to all of the MTF customers that are looking for a Tissue Tracking Compliance Software Solution. Tissue TrackCore is the “Best in Class” solution in the marketplace and the only Joint Commission Resources, Inc (www.jcrinc.com) reviewed solution available.”
Tissue TrackCore helps customers effectively track tissue inventory and utilization while complying with Federal standards. LPiT partnered with clinical professionals in the development of Tissue TrackCore from inception to completion. The software was designed specifically to be easy to use, cost-effective, and to ensure a high-rate of accuracy – all of which help to improve the safety of patients.
For more information about Tissue TrackCore, fill out an online request form at
http://www.tissuetracking.com/promo/contact.aspx.
About LPiT: LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs.
LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of Tissue TrackCore. For more information about LPiT Solutions, please visit
www.LPiTSolutions.com About Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation:The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation is the nation’s largest full service tissue organization dedicated to providing quality tissue through a commitment to excellence in education, research, recovery and care for recipients, donors and their families. A not-for-profit organization, MTF is a consortium of academic medical institutions and organ and tissue recovery organizations across the country. In its first 20 years, MTF and its recovery partners have recovered over 60,000 donors and provided over 3 million tissue grafts to patients in need. For more information, please visit MTF’s website at
www.mtf.org.
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Date: 6/21/2007
June 21, 2007 Press Release – VHA Central Region Endorses Tissue TrackCore
Tissue TrackCore Tissue Tracking Software endorsed by VHA Central Region
Press Contact
Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com
Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 21, 2007 – LPiT Solutions Inc, the developer and distributor of the Tissue TrackCore Tissue Tracking Compliance Software, has signed a 2-year renewable contract with the VHA Central Region. VHA Central has endorsed Tissue TrackCore Software as a recommended solution for their shareholders, partners, and affiliates.
“The VHA Central group has been outstanding to work with and we are excited to be a VHA Central endorsed Tissue Tracking Software Solution. Ensuring Patient Safety through effective tissue tracking benefits everyone involved in the process and it is our commitment to continue to enhance Tissue TrackCore to meet the current and future needs of our customer base” states John Post, partner of Tissue Tracking.com LLC and President of LPiT Solutions.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that provides a cost-effective way to help organizations track tissue in their efforts to be in compliance with FDA and Joint Commission standards. Written specifically to address Joint Commission's tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLC
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) tissue tracking standards and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.
LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs. LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of Tissue TrackCore.
About VHA Central, LLC
VHA is a nationwide network of 2,200 leading community-owned health care organizations and their affiliated physicians, comprising 25 percent of the nation’s community-owned hospitals. The VHA Central region includes 153 hospitals located in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio and is headquarter in Indianapolis, IN.
Date: 6/21/2007
Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 21, 2007 – LPIT Solutions Inc, the developer and distributor of the TrackCore tissue tracking compliance software, has signed a 2-year renewable contract with the VHA Central Region. VHA Central has endorsed TrackCore Software as a recommended solution for their shareholders, partners, and affiliates.
“The VHA Central group has been outstanding to work with and we are excited to be a VHA Central endorsed Tissue Tracking Software Solution. Ensuring Patient Safety through effective tissue tracking benefits everyone involved in the process and it is our commitment to continue to enhance TrackCore to meet the current and future needs of our customer base” states John Post, President & CEO of LPIT Solutions, Inc.
TrackCore Software is a web-based software product that provides a cost-effective way to help organizations track tissue in their efforts to be in compliance with FDA and The Joint Commission standards. Written specifically to address Joint Commission's tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), TrackCore Software is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
About TrackCore Software
TrackCore Software is a cost-efficient, easy-to-use software package for tracking tissue usage and complying with Federal standards. Its consistent high rate of accuracy enhances patient safety, while minimizing administrative costs and eliminating wasted time and resources. TrackCore allows organizations to efficiently manage and track the receipt, transfer, issuance, validation, implantation and disposal of tissues and implants — all accomplished with point-and-click accessibility. Built by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals, TrackCore is the industry leader in tissue tracking. TrackCore‟s functionality integrates and ensures compliance with the FDA and Joint Commission.
About LPIT Solutions, Inc.
LPIT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPIT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs. LPIT Solutions, Inc. is proud to be the developer and distributor of TrackCore Software
About VHA Central, LLC
VHA is a nationwide network of 2,200 leading community-owned health care organizations and their affiliated physicians, comprising 25 percent of the nation’s community-owned hospitals. The VHA Central region includes 153 hospitals located in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio and is headquarter in Indianapolis, IN.
Press Contact:
Joseph A. Pascaretta
Head of Marketing, Public Relations
Phone (866) 574-8765
Fax (616) 632-2225
Date: 6/7/2007
June 6, 2007 Press Release – Holland Hospital Signs with Tissue TrackCore
Tissue TrackCore Tissue Tracking Software to be implemented at Holland Hospital in Holland, MI.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 6, 2007 – Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, received news that Holland Hospital in Holland, Michigan has signed a 3-year contract to use Tissue TrackCore Software as their solution for their tissue tracking compliance needs.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to help Holland Hospital with their Tissue Compliance initiative. They evaluated several packages in their due diligence process and we are pleased to be the one they selected” states John Post, partner of Tissue Tracking.com LLC and President of LPiT Solutions.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that provides a cost-effective way to help organizations track tissue in their efforts to be in compliance with FDA and Joint Commission standards. Written specifically to address Joint Commission's tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLC
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) tissue tracking standards and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.
LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs. LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of Tissue TrackCore.
Press Contact
Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com
Date: 6/6/2007
"We are totally satisfied with Tissue TrackCore! This application has saved us many hours while managing our human tissues and has removed the stress associated with Joint Commission compliance."
Allen Wolbrink
Business Manager
Holland Hospital
Date: 5/3/2007
May 2, 2007 Press Release – Spectrum Health Systems-United Memorial Passes JCAHO survey
First Tissue TrackCore Customer to be surveyed by JCAHO.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 2, 2007 – Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, received news that Spectrum Health Systems-United Memorial Facility in Greenville, Michigan was recently resurveyed by JCAHO. Spectrum Health Systems-United Memorial Facility had signed a 3-year contract late last year, to use Tissue TrackCore Software as their solution for their tissue tracking compliance needs. They went live with the software in December of 2006.
“We recently had our return JCAHO visit after being cited on the tissue tracking standard the year prior. We passed with flying colors. The surveyor commented to us on how complete and thorough the Tissue TrackCore software was and called it, "The best she had seen". As a director, I feel confident we are meeting the standard using this product.”
Patty Shoults RN, BSN, BBA, MBA
Director Surgical Services
Spectrum Health System-United Memorial
“We are very pleased to hear that Spectrum Health Systems United Memorial was able to successfully pass their return JCAHO survey. They are the first Tissue TrackCore customer to have been surveyed by JCAHO. When they came to us, they had been cited and were looking for a solution. We were able to get their facility fully implemented and trained in just over two weeks” states John Post, partner of Tissue Tracking.com LLC and President of LPiT Solutions.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that provides a cost-effective way to help organizations track tissue in their efforts to be in compliance with FDA and Joint Commission standards. Written specifically to address Joint Commission's tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLC
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) tissue tracking standards and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.
LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs. LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of Tissue TrackCore.
Press Contact
Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com
Date: 2/7/2007
February 7, 2007 Press Release – St. Joseph’s Healthcare Signs with Tissue TrackCore
Tissue TrackCore Tissue Tracking Software to be implemented at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Clinton Township, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 7, 2007 – Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, today announced that St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Clinton Township, Michigan has signed a 3-year contract to use Tissue TrackCore Software to meet The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) requirements for their tissue tracking needs.
“We are looking forward to working with St. Joseph’s Healthcare and are very encouraged that we have another Trinity Health System Hospital that has chosen our Tissue Tracking Software. We believe that our Tissue TrackCore Software Solution gives healthcare organizations the Best Solution for compliance with the Joint Commission standards for Tissue Tracking but the best part of the solution is that it is easy to implement, learn, and use.” states John Post, partner of Tissue Tracking.com LLC and President of LPiT Solutions.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that allows surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissues to comply with FDA and The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) standards. Written specifically to address The Joint Commission's(JCAHO) tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLC
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) tissue tracking standard, communicating with the FDA, and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.
LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs. LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of Tissue TrackCore.
Press Contact
Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com
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Date: 1/21/2007
January 21, 2007 Press Release LPiTsolutions to sponsor the 2007 AORN CongressGrand Rapids, Michigan, January 21, 2007 – LPiTsolutions announced today that they will be one of the sponsors of the 2007 AORN Congress.
The AORN Congress is attended by more than 6,800 perioperative professionals. This year the Congress is being held in Orlando, Florida from March 11 through the 15th. The Congress allows the perioperative profession to revitalize their passion for nursing and expand their skills. Outstanding education and events help them make valuable connections with their colleagues and industry partners. Visit the AORN Congress website at
http://www.aorn.org.
This sponsorship makes a lot sense for both LPiTsolutions and the AORN congress since LPiTsolutions is a partner in Tissue Tracking.com, LLC, which is a group of healthcare and technology professionals, that developed software that provides hospitals and surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissue in compliance with FDA and accreditation standards.
Tissue TrackCore offers the healthcare industry the only software application that allows facilities the ability to meet and exceed The Joint Commission's standards. The application allows for verification of package integrity, temperature range, and expiration date for every point of contact with each tissue. Reporting, source facilities, follow-ups, storage location temperature processing, and many other features are built into this integrated software application.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLCTissue Tracking.com is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's standard, communicating with the FDA, and holding focus groups with field personal such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best of Breed” for tissue tracking software.
Specific product features and benefits can be found at
www.tissuetracking.com.
About LPiT Solutions: LPiT Solutions is a leading resource for business technology solutions and dynamic database driven applications. Based in West Michigan, LPiT specializes in designing, developing and implementing IT solutions to meet the short-term and long-term business demands of our clients. Our team of experts offers a broad perspective to help pinpoint your company's technical needs. LPiT is committed to helping make the most out of IT investments, allowing companies to carry out specific business directives at peak efficiency and effectiveness. For more information, visit
www.LPiTsolutions.com.
Date: 1/18/2007
January 18, 2007 Press Release – St. Mary’s Healthcare Signs with Tissue TrackCore
Tissue TrackCore Tissue Tracking Software to be implemented at St. Mary’s Healthcare in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 18, 2007 – Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, today announced that St Mary’s Healthcare in Grand Rapids, Michigan has signed a 3-year contract to use Tissue TrackCore Software to meet The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) requirements for their tissue tracking needs. Training and implementation is scheduled to occur the first week of March.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to provide our solution to St. Mary’s Healthcare and we are hopeful that the other hospitals we are talking to in the Trinity Health System also give us the opportunity to meet their Joint Commission Compliance and Tissue Tracking needs” states John Post, partner of Tissue Tracking.com LLC and President of LPiT Solutions.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that allows surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissues to comply with FDA and Joint Commission standards. Written specifically to address Joint Commission's tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLCTissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's (JCAHO) tissue tracking standard, communicating with the FDA, and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.
LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs. LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of Tissue TrackCore.
Press Contact
Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com# # #
Date: 1/16/2007
"OR staff quickly view information pertinent to them - no cumbersome searching. The screens are not cluttered and the system is easy to navigate."
Penny Sabrosky, BS, CSPDT
Sterile Processing Manager-Perioperative Services
Hackley Hospital
Date: 1/15/2007
"The reports are easily accessed. The system accommodates multiple levels of accessibility from entry level to Director."
Alison Scholten, RN, BSN, CNOR
Clinical Manager, Perioperative Services
Hackley Hospital
Date: 11/17/2006
November 17, 2006 Press Release – Hackley Hospital Signs with TrackCore Tissue Tracking.com, LLC Implements Tissue TrackCore at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 17, 2006 –
Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, today announced that
Hackley Hospital in Muskegon Michigan has signed a 3-year contract to use
Tissue TrackCore Software to meet The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) requirements for their tissue tracking needs. Training and implementation is scheduled to occur Tuesday November 21, 2006 and the package will be Live and in use with in a few days from Training.
Director of Perioperative Services Deb Svensson stated, “Tissue TrackCore is very easy to use and therefore, the training and implementation time is minimal. It is great that training, implementation, and live use can be facilitated in just days. This is unlike any other software implementation that I have experienced.”
“We are excited to be able provide the solution to Hackley’s Joint Commission Compliance and Tissue Tracking needs” states John Post III, partner of
Tissue Tracking.com LLC.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that allows surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissues to comply with
FDA and The Joint Commission standards. Written specifically to address The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320),
Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLC
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) tissue tracking standard, communicating with the
FDA, and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs.
LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of
Tissue TrackCore.
Press Contact Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com # # #
Date: 10/26/2006
October 26, 2006 Press Release – Product Launch Tissue Tracking.com, LLC Launches Tissue TrackCore Designed by health care professionals for health care professionals. Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 26, 2006 –
Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, announced today the immediate availability of
Tissue TrackCore.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that provides hospitals and surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissue in compliance with
FDA and The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) standards.
Written specifically to address The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320),
Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
“The Joint Commission passed these standards in July of 2005,” said John Post, partner of
Tissue Tracking.com LLC. “This is a serious patient safety issue and healthcare organizations are now being sited for non-compliance. Once cited, facilities have 30 days to become compliant or risk losing Medicare and other funding.”
“Tissue TrackCore offers a solution that will provide immediate compliance with these standards and greatly increase patient safety where tissue tracking is concerned. The ease of use and accessibility of information over a secure Internet connection makes this application easy to deploy with minimal involvement from IT infrastructures. Value-added features, a low pricing strategy, and a short ROI makes Tissue TrackCore the best solution for the healthcare market.”
Tissue TrackCore offers the healthcare industry the only software application that allows facilities the ability to meet and exceed The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) standards. The application allows for verification of package integrity, temperature range, and expiration date for every point of contact on each tissue. Reporting, source facilities, follow-ups, storage location temperature processing, and many other features are built into this integrated software application.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLC
Tissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) tissue tracking standard, communicating with the
FDA, and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs.
LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of
Tissue TrackCore.
Press Contact Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com # # #
Date: 10/26/2006
October 26, 2006 Press Release – Product Launch Tissue Tracking.com, LLC Launches Tissue TrackCore Designed by health care professionals for health care professionals. Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 26, 2006 – Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, announced today the immediate availability of Tissue TrackCore. Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that provides hospitals and surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissue in compliance with FDA and accreditation standards.
Written specifically to address The Joint Commission's standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
“The Joint Commission passed these standards in July of 2005,” said John Post, partner of Tissue Tracking.com LLC. “This is a serious patient safety issue and healthcare organizations are now being cited for non-compliance. Once cited, facilities have 30 days to become compliant or risk losing Medicare and other funding.”
“Tissue TrackCore offers a solution that will provide immediate compliance with these standards and greatly increase patient safety where tissue tracking is concerned. The ease of use and accessibility of information over a secure Internet connection makes this application easy to deploy with minimal involvement from IT infrastructures. Value-added features, a low pricing strategy, and a short ROI makes Tissue TrackCore the best solution for the healthcare market.”
Tissue TrackCore offers the healthcare industry the only software application that allows facilities the ability to meet and exceed The Joint Commission's standards. The application allows for verification of package integrity, temperature range, and expiration date for every point of contact with each tissue. Reporting, source facilities, follow-ups, storage location temperature processing, and many other features are built into this integrated software application.
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLCTissue Tracking.com is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's standard, communicating with the FDA, and holding focus groups with field personal such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best of Breed” for tissue tracking software.
Specific product features and benefits can be found at
www.tissuetracking.com.
About LPiT Solutions: LPiT Solutions is a leading resource for business technology solutions and dynamic database driven applications. Based in West Michigan, LPiT specializes in designing, developing and implementing IT solutions to meet the short-term and long-term business demands of our clients. Our team of experts offers a broad perspective to help pinpoint your company's technical needs. LPiT is committed to helping make the most out of IT investments, allowing companies to carry out specific business directives at peak efficiency and effectiveness. For more information, visit
www.LPiTsolutions.com.
Date: 10/6/2006
October 6, 2006 Press Release – Testing Complete Tissue Tracking.com, LLC Completes Final Testing of Tissue TrackCore Designed by health care professionals for health care professionals. Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 10, 2006 –
Tissue Tracking.com LLC, a group of healthcare and technology professionals, today announced the completion of final testing for Tissue TrackCore. The rigorous testing was completed Friday with a focus group session that was attended by regional hospital and surgical center representatives.
Tissue TrackCore is a web-based software product that allows surgical facilities a cost-effective way to easily track tissues to comply with
FDA and The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) standards. Written specifically to address The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) tissue tracking standards that are applicable to hospitals and surgical centers (PC.17.10, PC.17.20, PC.17.30), and the standards that are applicable to labs (QC.5.300, QC.5.310, QC.5.320), Tissue TrackCore is very easy-to-use and ensures a high-rate of accuracy.
“We thank our focus group participants for the time and effort they have taken in reviewing this package and providing their feedback,” says John Post, partner of
Tissue Tracking.com LLC.
“We also have to commend the development team for their ability to resolve problems as they arose and close out outstanding issues, their experience and professionalism in conducting the testing process was key to ensuring that we kept to the schedule, budget, and specification.”
About Tissue Tracking.com, LLCTissue Tracking.com, LLC is a group of healthcare and technology professionals that came together to help meet the specific patient safety issue of tracking tissue. By carefully analyzing The Joint Commission's
(JCAHO) tissue tracking standard, communicating with the
FDA, and holding focus groups with field personnel such as OR Managers and Chief Nursing Officers, Tissue TrackCore has become the “Best in Breed” for tissue tracking software.
About LPiT Solutions, Inc.LPiT Solutions, Inc. is a leading resource for business technology solutions and support. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
LPiT Solutions specializes in the design, development and implementation of Internet based software solutions. Flexible, strategic partnerships are formed with clients based on their specific needs.
LPiT Solutions is proud to be the developer and distributor of Tissue TrackCore.
Press Contact Marketing and Sales
1.866.LPITSOL (574.8765)
marketing@tissuetrackcore.com# # #