Case Study: Health Central Hospital improves tissue tracking and compliance with Altera Digital Health Tissue Manager

Tissue Manager improves compliance and tracking

Health Central Hospital, a not-for-profit community hospital, faced challenges in managing its high-volume tissue inventory for surgical procedures using fragmented, manual processes. Their goals were to improve patient safety and regulatory compliance while reducing waste from expired items. They turned to Altera Digital Health and implemented its Allscripts Tissue Manager solution to address these issues.

Altera Digital Health's Allscripts Tissue Manager provided an electronic system for tracking tissue from receipt to implantation. The solution used barcode scanning and alerts for expiring inventory, which dramatically improved documentation and compliance. The results were significant: the hospital reduced inventory lost to expiration from an estimated 20% to less than 2% annually, ensured accurate patient charging, and received praise from Joint Commission surveyors for its improved processes.

Health Central Hospital

Resad Kotoric

Manager, Surgical Purchasing