
Date: August 1st, 2008
Contact:
Mike Valentine, VP North American Sales
mike.valentine@mtuitive.com
508.771.5800
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ontario Hospitals Meet New Cancer Care Ontario Standard with mTuitive's xPert for Pathology
Boston, MA - mTuitive is proud to announce that three of their customers have received validation from Cancer Care Ontario for meeting the 2008-2009 CAP/CS aligned data standards for pathology reporting.North York General Hospital, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center and The Scarborough Hospital have implemented mTuitive's xPert for Pathology and, as a result, are successfully transmitting discrete synoptic data to CCO's cancer registry.Hospitals that are CCO-validated are eligible for funding to offset the costs of implementing a CCO-certified synoptic reporting solution like xPert for Pathology.
This is a first of its kind initiative. CCO's goal is to implement province-wide quality standards for cancer-related pathology reporting, which would facilitate improved patient outcomes and a better clinical quality of care. This is important because pathology reports are generally widely disseminated to the clinical care team and the information contained within these reports guides decisions around subsequent treatment. Standardized pathology reporting increases the availability and consistency of cancer pathology information that is essential for treatment decisions, evaluation, and research.
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.
xPert for Pathology interfaces with all available Laboratory Information Systems on the market which lends itself to wide use throughout the province.
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
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