Tissue TrackCore Director Featured in Materials Management in Healthcare Magazine

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=MATMANMAG
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 reaccredidation survey, contact a Tissue TrackCore sales representative at 1.866.574.8765 or email us at sales@tissuetrackcore.com.

Tissue TrackCore Wows Joint Commission Surveyors at Two Customer Sites

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, a Michigan hospital joined the ranks of successfully surveyed TrackCore clients. With regard to their recent Joint Commission reaccreditation survey, the RN and Chief Nursing Officer at the hospital 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.