Tissue TrackCore Releases New Integration Options Documents

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/

Tissue TrackCore Successfully Integrates with McKesson’s Pathways Healthcare Scheduling

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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Joint Commission Posts Pre-Release of New 2009 Standards

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