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Sunquest and mTuitive Integrated Anatomic
Pathology/Synoptic Reporting Solution Receives Certification from Cancer Care
Ontario
North York Hospital &
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
Tucson, AZ, September 24, 2008 – Sunquest Information
Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory information systems, and mTuitive, Inc., a leader in synoptic
reporting and structured data capture, today announced that the integrated
solution of Sunquest’s
CoPathPlus™ Anatomic Pathology
System (versions 2.5 and higher) and the mTutive xPert™ for Pathology synoptic
reporting solution (versions 1.0.5 and higher, now currently on 3.0) have been certified by Cancer
Care Ontario (CCO) authorizing them as a vendor that can assist Ontario
hospitals with meeting CCO’s 2008-2009 CAP/CS aligned data standards for
pathology reporting. This new
integration with mTuitive will give Sunquest CoPathPlus users an industry-first
seamless integration solution between LIS, anatomic pathology, and an expert
system for synoptic reporting. Hospitals
that are CCO-validated are eligible for funding reimbursements to offset the
costs of implementing this solution.
North York Hospital of Toronto was the first joint
Sunquest/mTuitive client to be certified by CCO in September 2008. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center of Toronto
will be certified in the Fall of 2008.
Standardized pathology reporting increases the
availability and consistency of cancer pathology information that is essential
for treatment decisions, evaluation and research. Over the past two
years, CCO has made substantial progress working with hospitals. In an effort
to continue to support them, CCO has developed a process to certify specific
vendor solutions against defined reporting standards. The certification of a
vendor solution is the first step to validating that it can be implemented or
enhanced to assist the hospitals in meeting the new standards.
mTuitive complies with the 2008-2009 CAP/CS aligned
data standards developed by Cancer Care Ontario in conjunction with the College
of American Pathologists (CAP) Cancer Committee, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the American Joint Committee on Cancer. The
CAP checklists1 for breast, lung, colorectal, prostate and
endometrium were amended to include the mandatory pathological collaborative
staging elements.
About Cancer Care
Cancer
Care
About mTuitive
mTuitive,
Inc. develops data capture and synoptic reporting software to assist health
care professionals in recording clinical findings and maintaining compliance
with established protocols and guidelines.
Our unique method of capturing structured information provides valuable
data for pathology, oncology, and cancer staging applications. Established in 2003, mTuitive, Inc. is based
in
About Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.
Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., is a global market leader in clinical data
management solutions with more than 1,200 hospitals and commercial laboratories
using its products worldwide. The company
is dedicated to providing best-of-suite solutions that enable quality patient
care, clinical safety, and operational efficiencies. Its experienced
sales and technical service teams deliver 24x7 assistance to customers for
their procurement, implementation, and customer care needs. The Sunquest
Laboratory™ system achieved "Best in KLAS" in the Laboratory Segment for
2007, which was its fourth consecutive year, (KLAS Enterprises, LLC, www.KLASresearch.com.)
Sunquest’s
professional services division provides a wide array of management and
technical tools, including lab redesign and optimization, outreach and lab
network program development, and operational business and implementation plans.
For more information, call 800-748-0692 or visit: www.sunquestinfo.com.
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