Movin’ Out!

We are outta’ here!

….and moving to our new location on our website – www.mtuitive.com/blog/

There we’ll have our opinions about the latest from the world of surgery, pathology, evidence-based medicine, structured data, synoptic reporting, and a whole host of other issues. There will be more writers covering more areas of discussion. So please head on over to learn more about us (although it may take a few days for it to stop looking so wonky).

www.mtuitive.com/blog/

mTuitive Licenses xPert for Pathology to Johns Hopkins Medicine

mTuitive’s Solution Chosen to Meet Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Structured Reporting Needs

Boston, MA - mTuitive, Inc. announced today that they have licensed xPert for Pathology to Johns Hopkins Medicine to report cancer findings and reduce transcription of cancer cases. xPert for Pathology is a workstation that surgical pathologists and their departments use for synoptic reporting and structured data capture. The system provides expert guidance and error checks based on standard, best-of-breed or homegrown protocols.

mTuitive complies with the 2010 CAP/CS aligned data standard 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 checklists for breast, lung, colorectal, prostate and endometrium were amended to include the mandatory pathologic collaborative staging elements.

“To say that we are proud to be working with Johns Hopkins would be a gross understatement,” said John Murphy, CEO of mTuitive, Inc. “We are humbled by the opportunity to work with some of the greatest minds in the field of pathology medicine. The pathology team at Johns Hopkins is driving advances in our product that we had not imagined.”

Same-Day Surg Path Services: Don’t Forget About Reporting!

Bruce Friedman writes today on the topic of same-day surgical pathology services, where a lab processes and diagnoses a specimen in a single day.  Labs with a best-of-breed approach to histology equipment are the clear leaders, but Friedman reminds us that “technology alone is usually insufficient to realize a shorter turn-around-time in histopathology.”

There is another limiting factor after a pathologist has made their diagnosis:  reporting.  Since most labs use dictation which may or may not be available the same day, your specimen may be prepared and diagnosed in record time, but not reported to the clinician and patient until the next day.  This is where mTuitive’s reporting solutions help. xPert for Gross Pathology provides voice-driven, hands-free reporting, and xPert for Cancer Pathology and xPert for Final Diagnosis give pathologists a way to complete reports in one sitting.  Best of all, our reports are always structured, synoptic reports that clinicians like better, and that provide voluminous data for analysis.

Any lab savvy enough to invest in the latest histology, immunohistochemistry, and digital pathology equipment will immediately see the value in standardized, structured pathology data as another means to analyze clinical quality and improve operational efficiency at the same time.

Animated Differences Between Surgeons & Pathologists

Click the image below to watch a hilarious, animated video showcasing the differences between pathologists and surgeons:

*No real Surgeons were harmed in the making of this video (I hope)

mTuitive’s New Website!

Self-Promotion Alert!

The Internet's Inner Workings...Revealed!
(click image to see it in motion)

mTuitive recently updated our website. Please check it out today – we’ve made some changes to the content, the layout and other aspects. Let us know what you think! You can either go to http://www.mtuitive.com/ or click on the button below!

(Thanks and regular/non-brand plugging posts will continue shortly)