Quantros
Encyclopedia
Quantros is a privately owned health care
software company based in Milpitas, California
.
markets: Quality, patient safety
, infection control
and accreditation
standards compliance. The company’s Web based, real-time data capture technology validates and submits required data to agencies such as The Joint Commission (TJC) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services
’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS). Quantros clients include hospitals, health care
organizations, and patient safety organization
s (PSOs).
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
software company based in Milpitas, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Concept
Quantros focuses on four primary health careHealth care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
markets: Quality, patient safety
Patient safety
Patient safety is a new healthcare discipline that emphasizes the reporting, analysis, and prevention of medical error that often leads to adverse healthcare events. The frequency and magnitude of avoidable adverse patient events was not well known until the 1990s, when multiple countries reported...
, infection control
Infection control
Infection control is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection, a practical sub-discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential, though often under-recognized and under-supported, part of the infrastructure of health care...
and accreditation
Accreditation
Accreditation is a process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented.Organizations that issue credentials or certify third parties against official standards are themselves formally accredited by accreditation bodies ; hence they are sometimes known as "accredited...
standards compliance. The company’s Web based, real-time data capture technology validates and submits required data to agencies such as The Joint Commission (TJC) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services is a Cabinet department of the United States government with the goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America"...
’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration , is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer...
(CMS). Quantros clients include hospitals, health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
organizations, and patient safety organization
Patient safety organization
A patient safety organization is a group, institution or association that improves medical care by reducing medical errors. In the 1990s, reports in several countries revealed a staggering number of patient injuries and deaths each year due to avoidable adverse health care events...
s (PSOs).
Timeline
- 2000 – Company founded; introduces web-based standards compliance self monitoring
- 2003 – Acquisition: Doctor Quality's Risk Prevention Management (RPM) application and client base
- 2004 – Quantros becomes a certified Performance Measurement System (PMS) vendor for The Joint Commission's ORYX Core Measures initiative
- 2005 – Quantros becomes a certified Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery (CABG) data registry vendor
- 2006 – Quantros becomes a certified American College of CardiologyAmerican College of CardiologyThe American College of Cardiology is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949 to advocate for quality cardiovascular care through education, research promotion, development and application of standards and guidelines, and to influence health care policy...
ACC-NCDR CathPCI data registry vendor - 2007 – Partnership established with Vigilanz. Focus on HL7 integration.
- 2008 – Partnership established with United States PharmacopeiaUnited States PharmacopeiaThe United States Pharmacopeia is the official pharmacopeia of the United States, published dually with the National Formulary as the USP-NF. The United States Pharmacopeial Convention is the nonprofit organization that owns the trademark and copyright to the USP-NF and publishes it every year...
(USP) for MEDMARX - largest medication error and Adverse Drug ReactionAdverse drug reactionAn adverse drug reaction is an expression that describes harm associated with the use of given medications at a normal dosage. ADRs may occur following a single dose or prolonged administration of a drug or result from the combination of two or more drugs...
(ADR) data registry with more than 1.5 million records - 2010 - Quantros Accelerates Growth Trajectory with Strategic Investment from Francisco Partners
Products
- Care Insight - Patient care compliance
- IC Insight - Surveillance for infection controlInfection controlInfection control is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection, a practical sub-discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential, though often under-recognized and under-supported, part of the infrastructure of health care...
and prevention - Rx Insight - Analyze live data from lab and pharmacyPharmacyPharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
systems - SRM - Safety & Risk Management Solution - Electronic self-reporting, event tracking, monitoring and workflowWorkflowA workflow consists of a sequence of connected steps. It is a depiction of a sequence of operations, declared as work of a person, a group of persons, an organization of staff, or one or more simple or complex mechanisms. Workflow may be seen as any abstraction of real work...
managementManagementManagement in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively... - RRM - Regulatory Reporting Management & Performance Improvement Solution - Submit data to regulatory bodies and improve Pay for performance (healthcare) (P4P) reimbursement
- Quantros MEDMARX - Medication error and adverse drug reactionAdverse drug reactionAn adverse drug reaction is an expression that describes harm associated with the use of given medications at a normal dosage. ADRs may occur following a single dose or prolonged administration of a drug or result from the combination of two or more drugs...
comparative data system - ACE - Accreditation & Compliance Excellence Solution - Collect, monitor, report and analyze accreditationAccreditationAccreditation is a process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented.Organizations that issue credentials or certify third parties against official standards are themselves formally accredited by accreditation bodies ; hence they are sometimes known as "accredited...
and complianceCompliance (regulation)In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy, standard or law. Regulatory compliance describes the goal that corporations or public agencies aspire to in their efforts to ensure that personnel are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws and...
projects - Clinical Cafe - online collaboration site for healthcare professionals to share, connect, and learn