The hospitals of Community Healthcare System are among the first in the country to use bar-coding technology providing more efficient results for physicians and reducing the opportunity for identification errors of surgical specimens processed in the laboratory.

The same type of technology used to track packages around the globe is now being used to safeguard specimens processed by the laboratories of Community Hospital in Munster; St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago; and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart. The True Positive ID Tracking System enables the laboratories to process specimens more accurately and efficiently than ever before.

“Investing in groundbreaking technology, such as the new specimen tracking system, enables our hospitals to attain new levels of patient safety and security, and, set a new standard in the quality care we provide,” said John Gorski, Chief Operating Officer for Community Healthcare System.
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