RASMAS Recall Management Services and TRACS4life Tissue Management Software Advance Patient Safety

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 08, 2009 -
Noblis, provider of the RASMAS recall management service, and Biomedical Synergies, Inc. (BSI), developer of TRACS4Life, a best-of-breed tissue management software, announce interoperability of their solutions with a shared goal of achieving a new standard in regulatory compliance and patient safety.

Through interoperability, hospitals and surgery centers will benefit from:

•   Automated identification of recalled tissue and implants
•   Integrated, auditable product recall workflow

“This is an exceptional opportunity for Biomedical Synergies to partner with Noblis, a leading provider of recall management services," stated Paul E. Kozloski, Chairman and CEO of Biomedical Synergies. "Our ability to offer RASMAS service to our clients supports and further enhances our ongoing efforts to assist facilities avoid the pitfalls of tissue management, achieve regulatory compliance, reduce risk and streamline workflow all the while increasing patient safety".
           
TRACS4Life uses manufacturers’ barcodes to track and trace human tissue products and to track non-biologic implants from their entrance into a facility through final disposition.  TRACS4Life exceeds the Joint Commission tissue management requirements and provides hospitals and surgery centers with comprehensive inventory management, streamlined workflows, extensive reporting capabilities and expedited recall processes.

RASMAS delivers timely and actionable healthcare product recalls, comprehensive workflow capabilities, and access to a growing online community of healthcare professionals.  Many leading hospitals employ RASMAS to drive patient safety best practices, manage costs, and reduce exposure to product recall liability throughout the enterprise.  

“This relationship is the next step in our ongoing efforts to offer solution interoperability for RASMAS members,” says Mark Lay, RASMAS Program Director. “RASMAS is designed to support best practices in recall management.  With TRACS4Life interoperability, our members have a complete solution for identifying potentially harmful tissue and implant products.”

About Biomedical Synergies, Inc.

Biomedical Synergies, Inc. (BSI) is a healthcare consulting and software development firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Focused on the human tissue industry and founded by tissue and blood industry experts, BSI offers unparalleled subject matter expertise to augment their software application, a critical differentiation in the marketplace today. Utilizing TRACS4Life, BSI’s patent pending tissue and implant management software, BSI provides products and services to hospitals nationwide pertaining to the management of human tissue, associated surgical implants and manufactured tissue products in their facilities. The combination of BSI’s service offerings and TRACS4Life software allow hospitals to navigate the pitfalls of regulatory compliance, thereby offering a 360 degree solution to tissue management.

For more information about Biomedical Synergies’ products and services, please call 317-842-6502 or visit www.biomedicalsynergies.com or www.tracs4life.com.

About Noblis

Noblis (www.noblis.org) is a nonprofit science, technology and strategy organization that helps clients in the public and private sector solve complex scientific, systems, process, and infrastructure problems in ways that benefit the public.  RASMAS (rasmas.noblis.org) is a web-based service that enables healthcare providers and suppliers to collaborate and respond to product recalls and alerts with dramatically increased speed, thus lowering administrative costs, mitigating legal risk, and most importantly, improving patient safety.