US News & World Reports Best Hospitals 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.

• 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

TrackCore Support team is Excellent!

"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

St Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center Recommends TUG

“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

Congratulations to TrackCore’s “Most Wired” customers

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

Chief Policy Officer at The AATB to Keynote TUG11

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 22^nd. 

• To view the updated TUG11 agenda, click here: TUG11 Participant Brochure
• To register click here: TUG11 Registration Page

LPIT Signs Agreement with VHA Mountain States and Exempla Health goes “live”

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.

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Amy Rycenga
Public Relations & Communications, LPIT Solutions
Phone (616) 632-2222
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