The links below provide detailed contact information for all the software vendors with a STS Certified Software or STS Harvest Compliant Software product in one or more of the three STS National Databases: Adult Cardiac Surgery Database - which includes software version(s), General Thoracic Surgery Database, and Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
Only vendors with a fully certified product and/or Harvest Compliant Software for a particular database are identified below.
Please contact all software vendors directly for information regarding their STS Certified Software or STS Harvest Compliant Software products.
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STS Vendor |
Adult Cardiac Surgery Database |
General Thoracic Surgery Database |
Congenital Heart Surgery Database |
| Agfa HealthCare |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
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| ARMUS Corporation |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
X |
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| Axis Clinical Software, Inc. |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
X |
X |
| CAOS |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
X |
X |
| CardioAccess, Inc. |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
X |
X |
| Cedaron Medical, Inc. |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
X |
X |
| GE Healthcare |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
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| Goodroe Healthcare Solutions, LLC |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
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| heartbase |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
X |
X |
| LUMEDX Corporation |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
X |
X |
| Medical Dynamics of SC, Inc. |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
X |
X |
| MedNet Solutions |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
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| Philips Medical Systems |
2.52.1 only |
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| Quantros, Inc. |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
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| QuesGen Systems, Inc. |
X |
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|
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
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| TenFold Corporation |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
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| The Begg Technology Group, Inc. |
X |
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| Velos, Inc. |
2.52.1 and 2.61 |
X |
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All information below has been self reported by the vendor to STS.
Vendor: Agfa HealthCare
Phone: 800/959-3205
Website: www.agfa.com/healthcare
Description: Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX Cardiovascular Suite (IMPAX CV), powered by Heartlab technology, delivers a patient-centric, single point of access to clinical information, supporting efficiencies in the diagnostic process by facilitating best practice workflows. IMPAX CV manages multimodality images and information with near-instantaneous retrieval and structured reporting -- for cardiac catheterization, echocardiography (adult/pediatric), nuclear cardiology, ECG, more. Our solutions are designed to extract and present relevant information to busy clinicians. Agfa HealthCare's easy-to-administer anytime/anywhere access also promotes knowledge sharing and distribution of reports to referring physicians.
Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX family of suites integrates IT and imaging systems for Radiology, Cardiology, Mammography, and Orthopedics for healthcare facilities of all sizes. Built on open standards, the specialized suites integrate well with other information systems, protecting past and future equipment investments and supporting our patient-centric vision of healthcare information. Our consultative approach combines in-depth clinical know-how and integrated IT solutions for improved diagnostic and enterprise efficiencies to departments, hospitals, and networks around the globe.
Vendor: ARMUS
Phone: 800/94-ARMUS
Website: www.armus.com
Description:
ARMUS Outcomes3 clinical registry solution combines an advanced data entry component with real time validation and an ad-hoc analytical engine with visual query builder in one integrated platform. The system is delivered through our CQI Application Services (ASP) over the Internet and accessible from anywhere at any time.
Outcomes3 supports all the STS data versions and definitions (from 2.35 through 2.61) in ONE database, allowing longitudinal analysis for quality improvement and/or research.
An individualized STS database using Outcomes3 can be set up quickly. Sites do not need IT support staff or separate computing environments in order to have secured access to the system that includes:
o Complete data collection and analytical database application
o Training and user manual
o Customer and technical support
o Periodic system updates and upgrades
o Accessibility to your database from anywhere, anytime
o Interactive help (finding records, data analysis, reports, tables, data exports, etc.) by shadowing your session
Each database in the CQI network is completely independent; your database will NOT be part of another database or shared with any other users. Furthermore, we can customize users' access to ensure data integrity.
The current version of Outcomes3 is the result of almost ten years of consistent research and development. Ad-hoc, visual query designer, data table and statistical analysis are all part of the standard application. No SQL or statistical knowledge nor any reporting tools are required in order to use Outcomes3. Data can be easily exported to other applications at any time.
The data entry mechanism is based on rules and definitions that are checked in real time. The system proactively eliminates many predictable and not so obvious errors by using the rules created for all fields. These rules are stored in a special data structure and any specific changes (user defined fields and rules) are instantaneously applicable the next time you start the application.
ARMUS is the sole application service provider for the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative (VCSQI) where all the institutions (17 centers) are using our services to combine clinical and financial information into Outcomes3 with a patient-matching algorithm. Most of the participant members of VCSQI are also using Outcomes3 for STS data collection.
Please call us to arrange an online demonstration and discuss possible next steps.
Many thanks for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you.
Vendor: Axis Clinical Software, Inc.
Phone: 503/292-3022 ext. 113
Website: www.axisclinical.com
Description:
PATS is truly the most powerful software available for tracking, analyzing, reporting and showcasing outcomes data. Conceived in the early 1970s by a renowned cardiac surgeon, and commercialized in 1980, PATS has endured as both the industry pioneer and frontrunner.
PATS is certified for the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery and Congenital Heart Surgery database programs. Users may add as many of their own data fields as they desire, position them in any section, and in any sequence.
PATS is also certified for the ACC NCDR CathPCI Registry, ACC NCDR ICD Registry, all UNOS organ transplant registries and six Merged Vascular Registry modules (Peripheral Arterial, Aortic Aneurysm, Cerebrovascular, Renovascular, Peripheral Venous and AV Dialysis Access).
With PATS, users also have the ability to build and maintain an unlimited number of separate and discrete home-grown data registries, as may apply to specific areas of specialty/subspecialty, research studies, procedures, techniques, clinical pathways, patient populations, disease states, regulatory agencies, community programs, government programs, or the like. There are no pre-requisites, no restrictions.
PATS is the only application of its kind capable of supporting outcomes data management across an entire enterprise -- every area of specialty -- scalable to any number of sites, departments and users, with special utilities exclusively for health systems and integrated delivery networks.
PATS is equipped with on-board tools for design, collection, entry, validation, cleanup, monitoring, auditing, mining, analysis, reporting, graphing and presentation of data. All PATS tools are structured for optimum ease of use, regardless of computer or database aptitude. They do not require complex technical query writing, programming or Boolean operators. The Windows-based point-and-click design allows anyone to go from novice to expert in no time.
Vendor: CAOS
Phone: 877/833-7570
Website: www.ecaos.com
Description:
CAOS was incorporated in 1989 and currently provides a full service line for the Cardiothoracic Community, including STS submission for Adult Cardiac, Thoracic Surgery and Congenital Heart. In addition to STS submission CAOS has a full Electronic Health Record for the Heart Center that includes Vascular Lab,Vascular Surgery and ACC submission. For the physician office CAOS offers Practice Management Software, Billing Service, CPT/ICD-9 Coding, Collections, Chart Review and Consulting.
Vendor: CardioAccess, Inc.
Phone: 954/438-0885
Website: www.cardioaccess.com
Description:
CardioAccess is committed to becoming the world leader in medical information management and has been supplying automated information systems for more than 10 years. Our products are designed and developed with the assistance of cardiothoracic surgeons and staff in order to deliver a product that is both useful and easy to use by all key medical personnel.
CardioAccess has created the International Clinical Outcomes Database (ICO), a fully relational, comprehensive database for both congenital and adult heart disease. CardioAccess products function as a tool for patient care, teaching, research and practice management. The International Clinical Outcomes Database is comprised of three parts, the Congenital Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgical Database, the Adult Cardiovascular Surgical Database and the Adult Thoracic Surgical Database. These databases include all of the required Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) data elements. The goal of these databases is to provide medical practices with local or remote access to information leading to better medical care.
CardioAccess is pleased to announce that we are now 100% Phase I and Phase 2 certified for the 2.61 Adult Cardiac software specifications. We were officially the first vendor to do so. Users of our adult cardiovascular surgical database can now actively participate in the STS' data harvest as well as calculate the risk of patient mortality based on the STS risk stratification algorithms.
CardioAccess has helped set the standard for data collection for congenital heart disease. Currently, CardioAccess is one of only a few software vendors to offer a database to collect congenital heart disease surgical data. We have worked in conjunction with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) to standardize the way data is collected for pediatric heart surgery. Beginning in October 2002, CardioAccess users began successfully participating in STS Congenital Data Harvests. This database is fully compliant with the standards set by the International Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project which is described in detail in the April 2000 edition of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
CardioAccess users have successfully submitted data on coronary artery bypass graft surgeries to both the California CABG Outcomes Reporting Program (CCORP) and to the New York State Adult Cardiac Surgery Reporting System (CSRS) with the help of export utilities housed within the adult STS database.
Our Adult Thoracic Surgical Database has received certification from the STS based on the data specifications version 2.07. The thoracic database is available as a stand-alone database or combined with our Adult Cardiovascular Surgical Database.
Vendor: Cedaron Medical, Inc.
Phone: 800/424-1007 or 530/758-7007
Website: www.cedaron.com
Description:
Cedaron specializes in systems that include documentation and outcomes built into a single product. Our CardiacCare software includes both the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery and the ACC/NCDR PCI Databases with the option to add the STS Adult Thoracic and STS Congenital databases or the ACC ICD and the Carotid Stent Registries (Care). Cedaron analytics are the most user friendly on the market. Submitting to STS and the ACC/ NCDR is fast and effortless, save your Ad hoc reports as "Flash Reports" and never build the same query twice. . Cedaron offers real time interfaces for ADT Systems for patient demographics, Hemodynamic Systems to bring over the Cath Lab procedure, Permanent Clinical Record for documents, and Surgery Systems for the STS database.
In business since 1990, Cedaron has built an outstanding reputation with both its clients and industry societies. Ranked #1 in customer service we provide unlimited toll-free customer service 24/7/365. Additionally, Cedaron is the sole vendor of documentations and outcomes programs for national benchmarking for The American Physical Therapy Association, The American Society of Hand Therapists and The American Association of Speech Hearing and Language.
Vendor: GE
Phone: 800/664-2761
Website: www.gemedicalsystems.com
heartbase is a proven system which offers versatile data collection tools, data conversion and a full range of reporting tools, including statistical analysis and data export capability. Streamline data entry and increase data accuracy with fully functional interfaces to all hemodynamic monitoring, ADT and financial systems. Superior technical support and training is guaranteed.
heartbase has evolved from over 20 years of collaboration between clinicians, nurses, physicians and biostaticians from prominent institutions. This innovative company offers a robust solution to meet the ever-expanding requirements of hospitals and physicians involved in managed care contracting, research, publication, cost control, and government and registry reporting. Installed nationwide, heartbase enables facilities to improve patient care and procedure results. Call us today to learn how you can benefit from heartbase's experience in the forefront of data collection and analysis.
Introducing heartbase Surgical Op-Notes, which combines STS Adult Cardiac Surgery collected data with a site/physician customized narrative to create a new generation of automated operative notes while streamlining the process of physician dictation and data collection for Open Heart Surgeries. Automatically generated within the heartbase database, Op Notes include patient information, a detailed description of the surgical procedure and findings, and a precise image of the patient's coronary tree with grafts. heartbase Op Notes saves approximately 25 minutes of dictation time per physician, as well as valuable perfusionist and FTE data entry time.
Vendor: LUMEDX
Phone: 800/966-0699
Website: www.lumedx.com
Description:
With over 500 heart center clients worldwide, LUMEDX is the No. 1 provider of STS and ACC registry software, and the market leader in fully integrated cardiovascular information and imaging systems.
We offer comprehensive solutions for all three STS databases--Adult Cardiac Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery and Congenital Heart Surgery--as well as all the ACC-NCDR and numerous state registries. Users can purchase our registry software as stand-alone products or as part of a fully integrated Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS).
LUMEDX provides an end-to-end CVIS that includes clinical data repository, outcomes management, cardiology PACS, physician documentation and reporting, scheduling, and inventory control. We also offer high-caliber consulting services and technical training.
Trusted, proven and inherently flexible, LUMEDX can help your hospital enhance quality of patient care, reduce costs, streamline workflow, increase patient volume and grow revenue.
For immediate assistance, contact sales@lumedx.com. Or visit http://www.lumedx.com/registry/index.asp for more information on our STS Registry solutions and to request a free Registry Portfolio Information Kit.
Vendor: Medical Dynamics of SC, Inc.
Phone: 800/456-9577
Website: www.meddyn.com
Description:
Medical Dynamics has been furnishing Clinical software solutions since 1986 to both Hospitals and Healthcare equipment companies, providing comprehensive systems at very reasonable prices. Medical Dynamics is dedicated to and fully supports the Society for Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery and General Thoracic Surgery databases.
The Adult Cardiac Surgery database information can also be pre-populated from the American College of Cardiology Cath Lab database.
Long known for industry leading support and software, Medical Dynamics can provide the right solution for STS Database needs.
Vendor: MedNet Solutions
Phone: 866/258-2735
Website: www.mednetstudy.com
Vendor: Philips Medical Systems
Phone: +31 (0)40 2762797
Website: www.philips.com
Vendor: Quantros, Inc.
Phone: 408/957-3300
Website: www.quantros.com
Description:
Quantros is a leading software company specializing in real-time, internet-based applications for the healthcare provider industry. With over 1,400 healthcare organizations using one or more of our products, Quantros focuses its attention on solutions that help organizations track, monitor and report and analyze safety and risk management, quality and performance improvement and accreditation and compliance data.
In the area of quality and performance improvement, we have created Quantros RRM for reporting to the STS Cardiovascular Registry as well as The Joint Commission, CMS, the ACC-NCDR CathPCI Registry, AHA Get with the Guidelines (AHA GWTG) database and state mandated reporting systems. Quantros RRM currently helps over 650 healthcare providers as they strive to continually improvement quality and performance improvement within their organizations.
Vendor: QuesGen Systems, Inc.QuesGen is a web-based data management system uniquely developed for academic and commercial research studies and clinical trials. The data capture required for each study is custom built to address each study's specific needs. The system can typically be configured in about a week, depending on project requirements. The QuesGen application is reliable, secure and flexible.
QuesGen Systems works personally with investigators to develop custom applications for managing clinical research data. QuesGen is a real-time hosted application that enables study teams to collect, store, update, monitor and query research data with ease, improving the quality of data collected, decreasing data entry time, and allowing researchers to effortlessly track a study’s progress in real-time.
We believe that using web-based tools for managing research data is optimal. It removes physical barriers to working with geographically dispersed subjects and personnel. In some situations, the study subjects can enter data themselves via the Web. Our clients have found that in many situations, removing the requirement that a person meet with a provider or research assistant to collect data increases convenience for staff and study participants. Of course, we traditionally provide systems that are accessed by clinical staff who enter data as required.
Vendor: Technology Solution Partners LLC
Phone: 203/925-8388
Website: www.tspllc.com
Description:
Headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut, Technology Solution Partners L.L.C. (TSP) is an information technology (IT) consulting and services company. TSP specializes in providing, comprehensive, integrated, and cost-effective application and software development consulting services, training and mentoring guidance, solutions and associated support services. This includes design, development, testing, implementation, maintenance, support, and hosting for global projects. TSP with its ability to manipulate and integrate technology that represents the experienced knowledge of more than 100 successfully completed software applications spanning over 15 years, has been providing competitive, technology-based services to leading businesses, including IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Montefiore Hospital Network, New York Presbyterian Hospital Network, New York Structural Biology Center, and Pfizer, among other organizations in the financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, non-profit, and public-sector organizations. TSP specializes in healthcare and pharmaceutical areas.
Vendor: TenFold
Phone: 800/TENFOLD x 8232
Website: www.tenfold.com
Description:
TenFold CardioTrac is a low-cost, Web-enabled, scalable cardiovascular outcomes application that captures encounter and outcomes information, patient demographics, lab data, and other procedure results for physicians and researchers. TenFold CardioTrac delivers timely, accurate, and accessible cardiovascular outcomes data that clinicians use to pinpoint effective treatments.
CardioTrac is both ACC and STS certified and is agile enough to adjust quickly to any updates to these two national registries. Built with the EnterpriseTenFold development platform, CardioTrac flexibly adapts without costly programming. TenFold CardioTrac includes ACC and STS reporting, built-in reports and interfaces, and secure Web access for remote clinicians.
Description:
Velos, Inc. builds application, Internet, and wireless device infrastructure software for the Healthcare Industry for information systems that support discrete functions (e.g. clinical, billing, medical research) and constituencies (e.g. payer, provider, and drug/device supplier) to integrated systems that address multiple functional and constituency needs. Velos products mirror the workflow of healthcare professionals, enabling multiple functional informational needs to be addressed as a natural by-product of care giving. Velos is a structured but highly configurable system and database architecture which itself is adaptable to a combination of multiple user needs (physician, nurse, administrator), and variations of such user needs as determined by the particular medical specialty and treatment setting. Velos specialty products support clinical outcome analysis, patient care, regulatory, and financial needs in Cardiology, eCardio, EP, Cardiovascular Surgery, Renal and Transplant medical specialties. Velos eResearch is an investigator-centered, Internet-based software product that expedites the research process by supporting the administration and execution of clinical research and trials.
