St. Mary’s Health Center Chooses RASMAS for Product Recall Management

March 03, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Health News
Noblis, Inc. announced that St. Mary’s Health Center has signed a contract to use the Risk And Safety Management Alert System (RASMAS) to automate its recall management processes.

RASMAS is a web-based product recall management service that improves the way recalls and safety alerts are received, tracked, and managed by hospitals and healthcare organizations. Subscribers throughout the United States and Canada report that using RASMAS has decreased the administrative costs associated with handling alerts and has reduced their alert-processing time by as much as 80 percent.

"We are pleased that St. Mary’s has selected RASMAS to manage their product recalls," said Lydia Thomas, president and chief executive officer of Noblis. "By choosing RASMAS, St. Mary’s is showing their commitment to patient safety and strengthening their dedication to their continuous quality improvement initiative."

About St. Mary’s Health Center
With a legacy of more than a century of exceptional care, St. Mary’s Health Care Center in Jefferson City, Mo., is mid-Missouri’s premier health care provider. St. Mary’s, a member of SSM Health Care, has 167 beds, extensive cardiology and open-heart surgery, a maternal and child care center, a comprehensive oncology center, and a network of primary care clinics serving a nine-county area. For more information, visit http://www.lethealingbegin.com/

About Noblis

Noblis, formerly Mitretek Systems, is a nonprofit science, technology and strategy organization working in areas that are essential to our nation’s well being: national and homeland security, transportation, healthcare, criminal justice, energy and the environment, and oceans, atmosphere and space. For more information: noblis.org

For more information about RASMAS call 877-727-6276 or visit http://rasmas.noblis.org