Quantros

Infobox company
company_name = Quantros, Inc
company_type = Private
foundation = April 2000
location_city = Milpitas, California
location_country = USA
industry = Computer software
homepage = [http://www.quantros.com/ www.quantros.com]

Quantros is a privately owned health care software company based in Milpitas, California

Concept

Quantros focuses on four primary health care 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 organizations (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 [http://www.sts.org/ Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)] Adult Cardiac Surgery (CABG) data registry vendor
* 2006 – Quantros becomes a certified American College of Cardiology [http://astute.cardiosource.com/acc06fallc4cathpci/ProgramInfo.aspx ACC-NCDR CathPCI] data registry vendor
* 2007 – Partnership established with [http://www.vigilanzcorp.com/ Vigilanz] . Focus on HL7 integration.
* 2008 – Partnership established with United States Pharmacopeia (USP) for MEDMARX - largest medication error and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) data registry with more than 1.5 million records

Products

* [http://quantros.com/pdf/QTS-SS-CareInsight.pdf Care Insight] - Patient care compliance
* [http://quantros.com/pdf/QTS-SS-ICInsight.pdf IC Insight] - Surveillance for infection control and prevention
* [http://quantros.com/pdf/QTS-SS-RxInsight.pdf Rx Insight] - Analyze live data from lab and pharmacy systems
* [http://quantros.com/srm.htm SRM - Safety & Risk Management Solution] - Electronic self-reporting, event tracking, monitoring and workflow management
* [http://quantros.com/rrm.htm RRM - Regulatory Reporting Management & Performance Improvement Solution] - Submit data to regulatory bodies and improve Pay for performance (healthcare) (P4P) reimbursement
* [http://quantros.com/medmarx.htm Quantros MEDMARX] - Medication error and adverse drug reaction comparative data system
* [http://quantros.com/ace.htm ACE - Accreditation & Compliance Excellence Solution] - Collect, monitor, report and analyze accreditation and compliance projects

Executive Team

* Sanjaya Kumar, MD, M Sc., MPH – President and Chief Medical Officer [http://quantros.com/team.htm]
* Thomas Leahy – Executive Vice President, Sales
* Chris Bethell – Vice President, Marketing
* Jenny Bell, RN – Vice President, Professional Services
* Randy Everett – Vice President, Operations
* Venky Vaddineni, MS – Vice President, Engineering & System Design
* Chris Rasmussen – Vice President, Legal & General Counsel, Secretary
* Steve Miller – Vice President, Finance
* Neena Arora, MD – Director, Product Management, Regulatory Reporting
* Ali Rashidee, MD – Director, Product Management, Safety and Risk
* Donna Scott, RN, CPHQ, LHRM – Director, Product Management, Accreditation and Compliance

References

* United States Pharmacopeia partners with Quantros [http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/US-Pharmacopeia-partners-with-Quantros-to-enhance-the-MEDMARX-patient-safety-reporting-program-7750-1/]
* [http://www.wvmi.org/ WVMI] Safety Excellence Award [ http://www.wvmi.org/corp/proj_patient_safety/news.aspx]
* [http://www.mitss.org/ Medically Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS)] Hope Award [http://www.mitss.org/pressroom_news_hopesponsor.html ]
* Quantros Migrates to BEA Systems Weblogic 10 [http://military.einnews.com/article.php?nid=7126 ]
* Quantros/HealthGate Patient safety Agreement [http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/technology-services/3924686-1.html ]
* BusinessWeek: About Quantros, Inc. [http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=7935073 ]
* Sanjaya Kumar, MD, authors Fatal Care: Survive in the US Health System [http://www.igigraphics.com/html/bookstore.html ]
* The Joint Commission Specification Manual for National Hospital Quality Measures [http://www.jointcommission.org/NR/rdonlyres/B37E04F7-C497-43F3-98E4-208F20339271/0/Release_Notes_2_3.pdf ]
* Patient Empowerment [http://patients.about.com/od/booksforpatients/a/fatalcare.htm Patient Empowerment ]

External links

* [http://quantros.com/ Quantros website]
* [http://www.quantros.com/news_04042007.htm Company featured on PBS’ Nightly Business Report]
* [http://fatalcare.com/ Fatal Care: Survive in the US Health System]
* [http://patients.about.com/od/booksforpatients/a/fatalcare.htm Patient Empowerment]
* [http://www.americangovernance.com/americangovernance/publications/2ndmonograph05.html Monograph: 2008 Pay-for-Performance: A Guide for Hospital Trustees]
* [http://www.americangovernance.com/americangovernance/publications/2ndmonograph05.html Monograph: Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Monitoring: A Resource for Governing Boards and Trustees]