LPiT Solutions, Developer of Tissue TrackCore, to Exhibit at 2009 AORN Congress Once Again

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.

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.

St. Francis Medical Center 'Highly Recommends TrackCore'

“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

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