Memorial Hermann Healthcare Accomplishes Stage 6 of HIMSS Analytics

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.

TrackCore Customers Recognized As 2010 Top Hospitals

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/.

Integration Does Not Need To Be Expensive Or Complicated

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.

Implant and Tissue Vendors Interface With TrackCore to Provide Catalog and Item Info to End Users

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.

LPIT Solutions named Reinvented Company Of the Year in the inaugural Great Lakes Innovation & Technology Report GLITR Awards

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., October 11, 2010 – LPIT Solutions Inc., a healthcare software company based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was recipient of the 2010 GLITR (The Great Lakes Innovation And Technology Report) Awards Reinvented Company of the Year. The award was announced at the I3M: Igniting Innovation In Michigan Event, a ceremony that celebrates ‘Entrepreneurs in Action’ and recognizes top companies in the Great Lakes Region that have grown and expanded their companies based on technologically advanced or innovative solutions that shape industries.

“LPIT is excited to be a part of this celebrated group and honored to receive this award. We are proud to be one of the many companies in Michigan and the Great Lakes states that are adapting to the changing markets, while bringing jobs to the region” said John Post, President & CEO of LPIT. Post’s experience in the healthcare and technology industries began in the early 1990s and eventually led to the founding of LPIT Solutions, Inc. in 2002. In 2006, LPIT Solutions launched TrackCore, which has become an industry leading tissue & implant tracking software package, and is considered a pioneering product in the industry.

LPIT Solutions and John Post also participated in the “Meet the GLITR Award Winners” session, on Thursday, September 30th at Lawrence Technological University. The event was presented by WWJ Newsradio 950 and its technology report segment GLITR.

The GLITR Awards were presented to Michigan-based companies for outstanding performance in transforming and rebuilding the economy.

About TrackCore Software
TrackCore Software is a cost-efficient, easy-to-use software package for tracking tissue usage and complying with Federal standards. TrackCore allows organizations to efficiently manage and track the chain of custody for tissue and implants. Built by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals, TrackCore is the industry leader in tissue tracking and helping healthcare organizations ensure compliance 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 specializes in the design, development and implementation of internet based software solutions. LPIT Solutions, Inc. is proud to be the developer and distributor of TrackCore.

About The Great Lakes Innovation And Technology Report (GLITR)
Hosted by WWJ Newsradio Technology Editor, Matt Roush, GLITR is a regional radio program that highlights business and technological innovations, with particular focus on green technology, alternative energy solutions, emerging markets, and growing companies. Owned and operated by CBS Radio, WWJ is Detroit’s only all news station celebrating 90 Years of Innovation in 2010.

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Using 2D Barcodes to Integrate TrackCore with Cerner Surginet

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.

Barcodes Aren’t Just For Bubblegum

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:

1. Search for and find specific items in the system.
2. Retrieve data regarding an item that you are receiving into the system. 
3. Retrieve data regarding a patient by scanning their patient wrist band or chart.
4. 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.

Integration Options Between TrackCore Tissue and Implant Tracking Software and Existing Healthcare IT Systems

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.

Budget-friendly Applications in the Healthcare Enterprise

On September 16, 2010, James Casavant, LPIT’s Director of Technology, gave a presentation at a Lawson Cloverleaf user group meeting on deploying budget-friendly applications in the healthcare enterprise. In the presentation, James describes how a healthcare facility or network can realize a solid return on their software investment by using a Software-as-a-Service modeled application like TrackCore in conjunction with a lightweight interface client like Lawson’s Cloverleaf Secure Courier Client. Solid ROI combined with high user adoption, quick deployment and a high value to time investment return; hospitals are able to meet their software needs in a budget friendly manner.

As a software vendor that strives to help make its customers’ realize a solid value proposition, we understand the value of budget-friendly software especially in these tough economic times. If your organization is looking to meet regulatory compliance with regard to tissue and implant tracking and you find yourself in need of cost justifying the investment, the presentation is well worth reviewing.

A copy of the presentation can be found at http://www.lpitsolutions.com/resourcedocuments/budgetfriendlysoftware.pdf

TrackCore Interfaces With Cerner’s Surginet

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

TrackCore Interfaces With Meditech

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 .

Cleveland Clinic & LPIT Complete Enterprise Agreement for TrackCore Software

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.

LPIT Director of Technology to Present at the 2010 Lawson Cloverleaf User Conference

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.

RFID & TrackCore – Join the Future of Innovation

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.

TrackCore 'Saving Time' at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

"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

TrackCore User Group 2010: 16 Hospitals Help Shape TrackCore

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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TrackCore Customers Among US News & World Report Best

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

LPITSolutions Welcomes New Team Member - Chad Derry

LPITSolutions welcomed a new team member to its training and implementation team this week.  Chad Derry joined LPIT with the title of Training Specialist, TrackCore.  As a training specialist, Chad will be part of the team that assists new TrackCore customers in implementing TrackCore at their facility and training staff in the use of TrackCore prior to them going live with the software. 

Chad received a bachelor's degree in biology from Central Michigan University.  He also brings an entrepreneurial spirit to LPIT, having helped launch a startup digital document storage and archiving solutions company. 

Since 2003, Chad worked at Spectrum Health, Butterworth, in the Emergency Department as a nursing technician while continuing his education at Grand Valley State University in preparation for Physician Assistant Studies.  His clinical knowledge will play an important part in helping hospitals to realize the full potential of TrackCore in their environments.

Administrative Assistant Position

The Administrative Assistant position provides LPIT Solutions full and dynamic administrative support to a dedicated team of software engineers, sales, and executive management professionals. This individual uses their energetic and developed experience, knowledge, and talents in coordinating meetings, initiating telephone calls to new and existing customers, and may serve as facilitator who is organized, disciplined and a go-to person for all administrative functions.

Responsibilities

• Calendar/Travel/Meeting Coordination including, but not limited to sales web demonstrations, meetings/functions, telephone calls for executive(s).
• Answers telephone and directs customers to the appropriate staff member.
• Initiate telephone calls with little guidance, including follow-up calls after web demonstrations, new customers, and existing customers.
• Provide limited customer support assistance.
• Format and edit letters, reports, and all other correspondence from the draft stage to client-ready work; adhere to record retention policies and procedures; and follow an organized filing/document management process for electronic and paper documents.
• Work with firm-standard versions of MS Word, Excel, Outlook and other relevant software like our time and expense application; be able to navigate the internet and intranets and use technical equipment appropriately.
• Efficiently perform and filter research with minimal guidance.
• Work with customer relationship management software.

The ideal candidate will:

• Add value through understanding the work processes and resources, structure, and business of the firm/practice/functional group/industry, including when and how to access them.
• Add value by keeping abreast of the local business environment.
• Know where to find relevant business information.
• Have familiarity with customer relationship management and customer engagement applications

To qualify, candidates must have:

• Approximately 1-2 years of related experience
• Initiative and a strong customer service focus
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to interface with personnel at all levels, both verbally and in writing
• The ability to meet new challenges with an open mind and an optimistic response
• The ability to effectively handle simultaneous projects, and successfully prioritize multiple tasks with good judgment
• Proficiency in standardized software applications, including MS Word, Excel and Outlook

To apply for this position, please follow this link.

Quality Assurance Specialist Position

(THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.  Anyone interested in a similar position can still submit their resume using the link below, for future consideration.)
The Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist is a creative problem solver, assuring the quality of LPIT Solution’s existing software offerings and creating assured quality for new applications. The position requires an individual be able to take on multiple tasks. This individual uses their experience and skills in writing technical and user documentation, as well as some desire to, and experience in, writing code.

Requirements:

• Experience diagnosing, reporting, tracking and resolving quality issues
• Ability to work at both detailed and abstract levels
• Ability to solve problems creatively
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing, by phone, and in person
• Highly Productive
• Willingness and ability to create and adapt to new technologies
• Ability to launch new projects and follow through to completion
• Desire to solve real problems for real users
• Passion for Quality Assurance of end-user applications
• Motivated to make customers happy
• Experience working with manual & automated test suites
• Familiarity with QA tools and techniques, bug tracking systems, test design & execution

The ideal candidate will have: 

• Experience working in a variety of programming languages & environments
• Working knowledge of some/all of the following quality assurance methods:
• unit
• integration
• regression
• user interface
• automated testing
• Experience testing web-based enterprise applications
• Experience testing Windows-based enterprise applications
• Experience testing applications with an eye towards application security
• Browser and server side test automation
• Strong technical documentation writing skills
• Experience and a desire to write .NET code if needed

 To apply for this position, please follow this link.

University of California Expands Use of TrackCore Across Medical Facilities

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

Memorial Hermann Healthcare System to Standardize TrackCore Across IDN

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

Stanford Health Utilizes TrackCore

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