New telepathology interface will save critical
hours and bolster patient safety by replacing current
time-consuming and inefficient manual processes for Organ
Procurement Organizations (OPOs).
SALT
LAKE CITY, July 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- DonorConnect, InVita Healthcare Technologies
(InVita), and Specialist Direct are proud to announce the
collaborative development and launch of a first-of-its-kind
interoperability solution for organ evaluation. This advanced data
exchange replaces manual biopsy result retrieval and transcription
processes for OPOs with real-time and secure delivery of
results and source file attachments directly into the
iTransplant® System, the market-leading electronic donor
management System provided by InVita.
"This collaboration will enhance the
efficiency and effectiveness of delivering organ biopsy
information"
"At DonorConnect, we are thrilled to announce our
collaboration with InVita Healthcare Technologies and Specialist
Direct in developing a groundbreaking interoperability solution for
organ evaluation," said Chuck
Zollinger, Chief Operating Officer at DonorConnect. "This
collaboration will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of
delivering organ biopsy information to transplant decision-makers,
ultimately saving more lives through transplantation. We look
forward to the positive impact this interoperability solution will
have on those awaiting life-saving transplants, reinforcing our
commitment to excellence in giving hope and healing lives through
organ, tissue, and eye donation."
By immediately delivering kidney and liver biopsy results to
DonorConnect's iTransplant System with automated result
notifications, this interoperability optimizes the organ allocation
and recovery process by ensuring Transplant Centers have
instantaneous and dependable information critical for organ
evaluation and acceptance for their patients.
"At InVita we continuously seek to provide modern
technological innovations that improve the donation process and
ensure patient safety for transplant programs and their patients
across the country," said Todd
Collins, CEO of InVita Healthcare Technologies. "We're proud
to launch this new interface with innovative OPO partners like
DonorConnect to optimize the critical organ evaluation
process."
Specialist Direct's SDI Cloud transplant technology facilitates
the sharing of diagnostic results with OPOs and transplant
hospitals to streamline the organ recovery process.
"We're thrilled to collaborate with industry leaders InVita and
DonorConnect on this mission-critical iTransplant integration
initiative. Beginning with telepathology results, this interface
will significantly improve operational efficiencies for the
transplant ecosystem from both a speed and accuracy perspective,"
said Scott Rombach, Founder and CEO
of Special Direct.
"With over 100,000 patients on the nation's transplant waitlist,
every donation opportunity is of crucial importance," said
Wade Liu, Chief Product Officer and
General Manager for InVita Healthcare Technologies, Donation and
Transplant Division. "This is another example of our unwavering
commitment to collaborate with our amazing community of OPO
partners to provide innovative first-to-market products and
interoperability that meaningfully support this critical lifesaving
mission."
About Donor Connect | donorconnect.life
DonorConnect, headquartered in the Salt Lake City area,
is the federally designated, nonprofit community service
organization dedicated to the recovery and transplantation of
organs and tissues for Utah, southeastern Idaho,
western Wyoming, and Elko, Nevada. Our service area encompasses more than
3.9 million residents, 90+ hospitals, and three transplant centers
– Primary Children's Hospital, Intermountain Medical
Center, and the University of Utah Hospital (along with
the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical
Center).
About Specialist Direct | specialistdirectinc.com
Specialist Direct is the market leader in providing diagnostic
telehealth solutions to the organ procurement organization and
transplant industry through its network of top U.S. medical
specialists and transplant technology. The company's transplant
solutions have been proven to optimize organ utilization and save
lives by improving the speed and accuracy of diagnostic study
interpretations. Specialist Direct provides telecardiology,
teledermatology, telepathology, telepulmonology, and teleradiology
services.
About InVita Healthcare Technologies |
invitahealth.com
InVita provides mission-critical and chain-of-custody software
technologies for complex medical, forensic, and community care
environments. InVita's solutions streamline clinical workflows,
optimize supply chains, sample tracking, and visibility across
donation and transplantation, blood and plasma operations, the
tissue and implant lifecycle, and environments spanning DNA and
forensics. InVita continues to expand the iReferral® and
iTransplant® platforms supporting
nearly 75% of all OPOs in the United States and
used by more than 15,000 medical professionals across
more than 100 organ, tissue, eye, and birth tissue
organizations around the world.
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